Newbie hi

[Nuttyboy50ish]

Hi all. New to forum never really thought about joining but just recently had my beloved bike stolen and was advised here isa good place to be to help heal. 

[Nick the wanderer]

Hi, sorry about your loss.

[Simon Davey]

Welcome to the forum @Nuttyboy50ish

Indeed, it's a soothing place to hang out.

[Fiddlesticks]

Hi, sorry to hear about the stolen bike.

Hope you enjoy the forum.

[bonio]

Bad luck chap. Mine was stolen 4 years ago give or take a couple of days. Never recovered. 

What happened to yours?

[Nuttyboy50ish]

Thanks for the welcome.  Bike was stolen from motorcycle bay where I work.  Hoping CCTV has caught the thieves. Doubt I’ll recover the bike but stopping this happening to someone else would be good 

[RideWithStyles]

Hi Nutty.

 

sorry that the scum took your bike even while at work, on its grounds.

 

looking on and seeing if it could be avoided or at least discouraged, was it chained?

What make and model of chain and lock?

What route did you chain it?
And what to? Post, anchor, fence?

When/if you get another bike it might be good to get a small, even cheap gps tracker on it that might give you a chance of getting it back if it happens.

[bonio]

Mine was nicked from a hotel car park. There was CCTV covering the whole car park except the motorcycle bays. I don't think it would have made any difference though, the coppers closed the case as soon as they could (2 hours after I opened it) and were probably glad to the think there wasn't any other work to do on it.

 

For the record: I reckon that heavy duty lock and chain + alarmed disc lock make a good combo. And a cover, unless its a proper rat bike.

 

9 hours ago, Nuttyboy50ish said:

Doubt I’ll recover the bike

The silver lining is that if the bike's not recovered, the insurance should go through reasonably quickly: there are no assessors or repair quotes to slow it down. I had the pay out two weeks after the theft.