RE: YOU THINK IT NEVER HAPPENS TO YOU!
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RE: YOU THINK IT NEVER HAPPENS TO YOU! - 1/6/2008 1:04:41 PM
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vpsophmore
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you're absolutely right scott... I try my best to be as generic as possible when I post up and not to give any info out... whenever I go riding with people we never meet up at my house... most of them don't even know where I live... but I guess all it takes is one asshole in my apartment complex who saw me ride in more than once to say they know where an easy steal is....
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RE: YOU THINK IT NEVER HAPPENS TO YOU! - 1/6/2008 1:11:55 PM
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catamayo85
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that sucks VP! thank God for insurance! you had such a sweet bike too, i was gonna nominate it next month for ROTM  cant believe how low some asshats will go...
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RE: YOU THINK IT NEVER HAPPENS TO YOU! - 1/6/2008 1:25:19 PM
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dwschultzy
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Sorry to hear about your loss VP. I know you have insurance, but as youve already stated. It is going to be difficult replacing such a rare bike if it is not found. Good luck.
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RE: YOU THINK IT NEVER HAPPENS TO YOU! - 1/6/2008 1:31:46 PM
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thirdgenlxi
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well some good news ... I was looking at my policy online and it looks like they cover up to $3000 worth of extra parts at no extra charge to me so at least I'll get alot of my money back for all the extra work I did if I can prove it... luckily I took hundreds of pics and I have receipts or at least transactions from paypal and ebay so that should be pretty easy to prove.
One interesting thing: while I was out having a graveside funeral for my bike (lol jk) i noticed this part laying on the ground... anybody know what it is?
Hmmm.... it appears that may be a part of the steering lock mechanism (???)
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RE: YOU THINK IT NEVER HAPPENS TO YOU! - 1/6/2008 1:42:54 PM
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marc0011
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Really sorry to hear about the loss. I'll keep an out on eBay and craigslist for listings that might be of interest. Were there any extremely unique identifiers (besides VIN and engine #'s) on the bike?
That piece you were holding up in the picture looked to be cast aluminum from the frame. My guess is that they busted up the ignition lock down to free up the bars. My F3 has a small peice of steel that comes out of the lock cylinder which hits a small steel extension of the frame. In regards to the disc lock... I don't know how they would get around that. I use a third lock on my bike just in case someone tries to carry the bike away (bar, disc lock, and heavy duty chain w/ lock).
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RE: YOU THINK IT NEVER HAPPENS TO YOU! - 1/6/2008 1:52:30 PM
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rangerscott
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If the disc lock was on the front wheel, they just had to put the bike in neutral and lift the front for it to move.
Either put disc locks on both wheels or on the back. If its on the back they'd have to drag rubber against asphalt or bike the whole bike up.
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RE: YOU THINK IT NEVER HAPPENS TO YOU! - 1/6/2008 1:52:41 PM
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Nauree
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Windscreen would be your best identifier.
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RE: YOU THINK IT NEVER HAPPENS TO YOU! - 1/6/2008 1:58:43 PM
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sixhundredrr
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Disc locks and the like are only deterrents. We've all seen the video where some guys take approx 15 seconds to just pick up a bike and stuff it in a van. Chains and locks are easily defeated. If they want it, they'll get it. Your only assurance is insurance.
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RE: YOU THINK IT NEVER HAPPENS TO YOU! - 1/6/2008 2:19:40 PM
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marc0011
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At the moment, full coverage is out of my price range. Even though I just finished school, I'm still looking for a job so that I can pay for those extra expenditures. Like you said sixhundredrr, if they want it... they'll get it. I'm just hoping nobody but me wants mine and to help with that, I put a few locks on it.
< Message edited by marc0011 -- 1/6/2008 2:23:13 PM >
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RE: YOU THINK IT NEVER HAPPENS TO YOU! - 1/6/2008 2:28:27 PM
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vpsophmore
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Fortunately I did have full coverage even though it was a pain in the ass to pay every month... if progressive comes through for me I'm definitely gonna get full coverage on everything I own.
I just feel so violated... someone that dark and pathetic was within 100 ft of me and I didn't even know it. How could someone like that live among us?
Also I'm gonna take that broken piece up to the Honda dealership this week and give them and other motorcycle shops a heads up so if anybody comes through to order a ignition lock in the next few days for a 954 maybe it'll be a tip for the popo
Also if you guys know of any bike nights anywhere in middle georgia or atlanta please keep an eye out for it for the next few weeks...I have posted up pics and info on every motorcycle forum I could think of (big thanks to Mike for your help on that)
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RE: YOU THINK IT NEVER HAPPENS TO YOU! - 1/6/2008 2:34:49 PM
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thirdgenlxi
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Disc locks and the like are only deterrents. We've all seen the video where some guys take approx 15 seconds to just pick up a bike and stuff it in a van. Chains and locks are easily defeated. If they want it, they'll get it. Your only assurance is insurance.
Yup... just like locking your car doors, it only keeps the honest theives away 
TRUE STORY.... since we're on the topic of bikes being stolen. Back in 2004 when I was in school, shortly after I bought my bike in October, a friend/classmate of mine decided "I want to get a bike too!". So he did, and in November bought a new '04 GSX-R 600. He loved the bike... we rode together a few times, blah blah. Well early January, he comes home, parks the bike in his back yard. He had one of those 3 wall fences up against his house, much like many people have for garbage cans and stuff, but a little bigger and on the back of his house. He parks it in there, put a cover over it, locked the gate, and parked his car in front of the gate so it couldn't be opened. The bike was completely out of sight to anyone driving by. He woke up the next morning to his mom coming in.... "Ryan where's your bike at??". He says "it's in the back yard", to which she replies, "Uhhh no it's not!!". Fukkin bastards still got it. His car was still parked in front of the gate, still locked. They somehow managed to get it up and over the fence and off they went. He said he could see the skid mark in the neighbors grass where they were dragging it. Called insurance, they gave it 30 days to look for the bike and they never found it, so they cut him a check and it was a done deal. 4 months later, I'm at work on a saturday and Ryan calls me and he sounds all excited..... "dude the cops left me a message last night, they said they found my bike!". Turns out the police raided a warehouse for some other reason (exactly what it was I don't know), and they just happened to find his bike sitting there. They ran the VIN and sure enough it came up stolen. He went down there with his key... stuck it in and she fired right up. Still in almost perfect condition other than a few tiny scratches and of course they hotwired it. Had 100 miles put on it since it was stolen, but otherwise just sitting there collecting dust (literally). But he couldn't take it cuz the insurance company had already paid him for it, so they took it. He even asked if he could just give them their money back and keep the bike, but they wouldn't do it. It actually took them a week or so to figure out how to handle it... they said they'd never actually had a bike that was later recovered before, lol. But they said the bike would be going to auction and he'd have to go and buy it back there. It was alot of red tape and whatnot, I think he just gave up eventually. Now he has a boat, and a wife and a kid now too, lol
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