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Along4theride
Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 09:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

We seem to be having a rash of bike thefts in our area. Tis the season-
I dunno what the theft rate of Buell's are but information is the best defense and I'm sure quite a few of you own other bikes as well.

These are a couple ways that are relatively 'new' techniques people are seeing the thieves use in our area.
How are thieves stealing bikes in your area?

If you live in a condo and have a garage with an outside key panel thieves here are removing the key section with a flat head screwdriver popping the side panel off then hot-wiring the garage allowing them to open it when the wires are touched. If you use a remote entry you might not notice that the key pad has been tampered with.
Check your garage daily to make sure no one has tampered with it

This is from a fellow rider on a local board-

Went for a ride yesterday with a friend of mine. He owns a GXR1000. We went to this Restaurant/Bar, the Food/Beer was good and at about 8pm we decided to head home.
As we get ready in the parking lot this dude walks by and starts to talk about bikes and blah, blah , blah. .
He asked my friend if he could sit on his bike and reluctantly my Buddy says OK.
Next thing you know the guy started the bike and just took off. . .

The whole thing happened so fast it was unreal. . .
By the time I started up my bike 15 seconds passed and even though I tried to chase him he was out of sight. . .
We called the cops, they took a report and so on.
It seemed so unbelievable what happened (still does) - just like in a movie.
At 2 a.m. my friend got a phone call from the cops and and they told him that they caught the guy who stole his bike. . .
There was a chase and finally the thief ended up in some muddy field, tried to run away by foot , but got caught in the end
The bike got towed and today we took a look at the damage which seems minimal (scratched headers, mufflers ,mirrors)

Moral of the story : Never let anybody sit on your bike (unless you know him of course)
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Cataract2
Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 09:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Moral of the story : Never let anybody sit on your bike (unless you know him of course)

With the key in the ignition. Why would you let someone sit on your bike with the key in the ignition?
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Rek
Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 11:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You gotta credit the thief w/ cajones the size of melons, though. I can't imagine taking a risk like that. What if the victim pulled his .41 mag out and ventilated the perps abdomen? Scary.

Rob
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Jeremyh
Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 12:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i let people sit on my bike if the head is locked and the key is in my pocket, that way the only thing they can do is dream about stealing my bike while turning circles on a dead bike.
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Newfie_buell
Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 12:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Not a big lot of that goes on here!!!

I guess we are lucky that way.
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Shawn_9r
Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 03:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Here in Hawaii...if they want your bike they are going to get it. They have this harness( a big samoan or local guy) puts on and straps over their shoulders and around their waist...it has additional straps(loose) coming from the shoulder down. Than all they have to do is go up to any bike, hook the hanging straps to the bike walk to a truck, slid the bike in throw a tarp over and and go... less than a minute and its gone. Luckily I live on post and I try to block my bike in the carport with my truck.

Shawn
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Swampy
Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 04:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I always throw a cable thru my jacket arms and helmet and lock it to the back rotor or through the front wheel
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Nedwreck
Posted on Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 04:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

A similar thing happened on another forum involving a bicycle one of the members was selling. Guy let him take a test ride and he never came back.
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Cerbero
Posted on Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 05:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I've always been curious about the theft rate of Buells...

A few months ago my neighbor (directly across the street) had his SV1000 stolen from the sidewalk in front of his house... He replaced it with a Ducati 750SS, which has already been tampered with a few times...

The odd thing is that I park my Buell no more than 40 feet from where he parks his bikes... and it has never been messed with.

Do thieves think that they'd be hard to part out, because they're so uncommon? Or maybe they think Buells are so unpopular that no one would want to take it off their hands.

Any ideas?
...c
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Cwby8383
Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 10:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

mine is in a padlocked garage with the steering head locked and a brake lock on the rear and I still worry about it. Like some above posters said, a japaneese bike is probably more likely to get targeted. most people in michigan have never heard of Buells. Heck, my dad has been riding motorcycles for 35 years and he thought they were made in italy or something.
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Steve_mackay
Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 10:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hell, 1/2 the time I forget and leave my keys in the bikes. They've never been screwed with. Maybe the Rottweiler and the Akita hanging around have something to do with that
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Charlieboy6649
Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 11:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Same here Steve. My dog look like a killer, but he's just a big baby. Keeps people away none the less...
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Ted
Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 12:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

even though u-locks can be popped easy, they're of some deterrence. After seeing some city workers lift my front wheel to move my bike, I lock the rear. At least its heavier!
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Ceejay
Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 12:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Neighbor across the street owns a X-1, always leaves it sitting out in the driveway, many times all night. One late night I went over rolled it out the driveway and rolled into the back of my truck and took a picture. rolled it back into his driveway and taped the picture on the tank. He hasn't left it out all night since! the guy next to him used to have an older four wheeler, he was washing it one day and left it sitting in the front yard. He went inside to do something and someone was walking by and just got on it and drove away, never saw the four wheeler again. My thinking was that they were looking for that bike, because it was always out, I gave him the picture only two days before, and just to save face the theives decided to take an old beat up four wheeler.
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Ted
Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 12:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

you sure go all out to make a point Ceejay !
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 12:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

When Charlieboy's XB was mine, like the day I brought it home, I had a NYC Kryptonite chain and lock running thru the backwheel, and down around the rear bumper of my truck, someone backed another truck up but apparently couldn't see the lock due to the black bedlining. They tried to just lift it from one truck to the other, got snagged by the chain, and just let it dump from between the trucks when they took off. Apartment security got me right away and I came out to find the bike upside down on the pavement, still locked to the truck. I know Bartimus has had his Blue S2 stolen from his carport, cut chain and all, one of my old co-workers had his XB9 stolen from in front of his wifes car at his apartment complex, best they could figure, the bike was lifted over the top of the car, as there was no clearance between the car and the I-Beams that support the roof. In Hawaii when I lived there, there were a rash of bike thefts involving a Dually being chained to the U-locks, or cables and then just slamming back against the locks until either they or the racks/lightpoles/street signs broke. There were also a rash of bikes having their engines stripped from the frames right there on the street.

Basically anything is up for grabs and if someone sees a value for it, then they will take it.
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Daves
Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 02:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Only if I don't catch them doing it.
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Daves
Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 02:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

PS,
My first HD was stolen so I have very little sense of humor when it comes to bike thieves.
They should be hung
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 02:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

They should be hung...by the balls with Bike chains in a public square for all and sundry to abuse appropriately...
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Mikej
Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 08:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

There is an article on one of the June issues of one of the motorcycle magazines on this subject. Skimmed thru it this morning at the newsstand on the way in to work. Might have been SportRider magazine. Worth a quick read if you see it in a news stand someplace.

Buells have been stolen, and will be again - especially since they've now been designated as donor bikes for performance parts.

On the bikes being lifted over cars, probably the car was just broken into, wheeled out, bike taken, and car wheeled back in. Cars are easier to steal than bikes to a pro since very few people lock their cars with chains or disc locks.
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 09:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mike normally I would agree with you about the car being moved, in his case, the car is a theft recovery and is equipped with a transmission lock that prevents shifting of the transmission. When in place, the trans lock requires the wheel to be turned full lock left or right so that it locks the wheel as well. Like I said, the best they could figure, it was lifted over the car, and after living in Hawaii and seeing a pair of Samoans lift a Fatboy into a truck by themselves, I can see it happening.
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Charlieboy6649
Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 12:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

What bra... You want bike in truck?

(Ogerish 450 lb tattooed Hawaiian effortlessly lift bike into bed.) I can totally see it happening.

Kau Inoa
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Loki
Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 03:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You know those fancy new style wheel dollies for shop use.... Very effective at moving a vehicle out of the way and putting it back.
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Ceejay
Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 10:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Me and some friends used to lift cars up all the time, put them all about an inch apart so they would have to wait on the guy on the end so they could get out, stupid country jokes, things you do when your drinking and bored and there's no girls around, I could see two or three guys picking one up and pushing it around to get to a bike pretty easy.
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Madsx
Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 10:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Guard DOG!!!
Dog
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Thansesxb9rs
Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 10:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Is that a PUG or a Boston Terrier?

Dam that thing is scary!
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Madsx
Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 10:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Boston Terrier
He'll bite the hell out of your ankles!!
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Purplepeopleeater
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 12:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Boston terrier? I thought it was a bite sized snack for my Akita
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Thansesxb9rs
Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 09:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It looks like he is sleeping while standing.
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