1 Oh! the pain!! Fri 31 Oct 2014, 02:03
alibear57
active member
I don't know whether I should be mad or excited, that some 'young?' idiots decided to take my old Beamer without consent and cause a fair bit of damage. Fortunately (if there is any fortune in finding it in such a state) I used a bit of Sherlock-icity and found it - all covered over with branches and stuff to camouflage it (either to come back and have more fun on it or lift it in a van). You can probably imagine how I felt when I first saw it lying there - it looked wrecked. One pannier was missing (it had my helmet & leather gloves in it), both mirrors were gone, as was the screen - apart from some small fragments left in the screws :pale:
After foraging around, I found one mirror, then later on in the day, I found the remains of the screen, complete with perfect footprint right in the centre (police told me it would be of no use as they don't record footprints - they are genuinely not interested in bringing anyone to justice). After a restless night, I went back, in the daylight, to where I found the bike and found the pannier, still locked, and the other mirror - I was SO happy to find the pannier, since it was in value about £300 including the contents.
All in all, I suppose I am relieved that the damage will be repairable at minimal cost, but it has made me hesitant to take my bike to certain places until I get proper anti theft devices - any advice on this matter would be much appreciated. I bought an Oxford Screamer, only to find that the 7mm pin would not fit into the smaller slots on my front wheel brake disk. I'm hesitant to buy a chain until I'm sure it will not be possible to cut it with bolt cutters (as I've been told some can - and I can't afford a titanium one right now). Alarms which are triggered when the bike is moved sounded good to me, until I was told that a windy day will set it off - whew, what a nightmare!!
Screenless
OUCH!!
Abandoned pannier - whew, relieved!!
Well camouflaged and nearly missed it.
After foraging around, I found one mirror, then later on in the day, I found the remains of the screen, complete with perfect footprint right in the centre (police told me it would be of no use as they don't record footprints - they are genuinely not interested in bringing anyone to justice). After a restless night, I went back, in the daylight, to where I found the bike and found the pannier, still locked, and the other mirror - I was SO happy to find the pannier, since it was in value about £300 including the contents.
All in all, I suppose I am relieved that the damage will be repairable at minimal cost, but it has made me hesitant to take my bike to certain places until I get proper anti theft devices - any advice on this matter would be much appreciated. I bought an Oxford Screamer, only to find that the 7mm pin would not fit into the smaller slots on my front wheel brake disk. I'm hesitant to buy a chain until I'm sure it will not be possible to cut it with bolt cutters (as I've been told some can - and I can't afford a titanium one right now). Alarms which are triggered when the bike is moved sounded good to me, until I was told that a windy day will set it off - whew, what a nightmare!!
Screenless
OUCH!!
Abandoned pannier - whew, relieved!!
Well camouflaged and nearly missed it.
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Drove various motor bikes in my 20s - 30s on my car licence
including Honda 250 Superdream - then they changed the law
Passed full bike test 29th Aug 2014:o--o:
K100LT 1993 purchased 13th Sept 2014 with 30,506 miles on the clock
Today 6th Oct 2014 it has 32,516
VIN 0179775