My FJ Has Been Nicked

[krusty]

Cops have been and forensic found nothing. Theives must have been wearing gloves, no prints anywhere. Insurance claim is in but have to wait two weeks for payout. It's insured with "Insure My Ride", the were pretty good when my son wrote off his ZX14 a couple of years ago, replaced it with a new one. Found an FJ on Gumtree and going to check it out on Friday.

[novaraptor]

Hopefully it will turn up and not be in bad shape. I had my 250 stolen a few years ago. Cops located it in a parking lot the next day, across town. The thieves stole it to steal the carburetor off of it, took the top case, and broke the windscreen off it. And it's not desperation, it's just a way of life for most of these a-holes. A former girlfriends father used to brag about how he had never bought a pair of sunglasses in his life. He would just steal a pair off of someones dash in a grocery store lot whenever he needed one. Best of fortune to you...

[FeralRdr]

I hate thieves!   

At least your police came out and checked for finger prints.  If that had been in the U.S. you might have been lucky enough to have the cops eventually show up and take a report.   

[Country Joe]

I hate thieves!   

At least your police came out and checked for finger prints.  If that had been in the U.S. you might have been lucky enough to have the cops eventually show up and take a report.   

True enough...I had a 1986 Yamaha Radian with barely more than 10,000 miles on it, stolen in Tulsa, OK. Couldn't get a cop to come out, I had to go to the nearest police precinct building and fill out the report there. I had dreams for the next couple of months about pulling up in traffic behind my stolen bike and parking my car on top of a bike thief......

[Mark Olson]

Oh man , that is horrible to have a bike stolen out of the garage . You have so many other bikes and the tools weren't taken .. I would take a real close look at your neighbors garages . People you met recently  , like the guy who took an interest when you were getting fuel and followed you home.

Just a thought , but do you have any practical joker friends who would do this to you? Maybe a relative "borrowed it " ...
Did somebody sign you up for a tv show that swipes your bike and restores it to give back to you later.

Sound so weird they only took the FJ.

My fj ended up with a bent brake lever and chipped engine cover once just sitting in the driveway . My video surveillance showed it to be one of my friends was sitting on it and dropped it on themselves trying to save it from the fall . He didn't fess up till I showed him the vid of the whole debacle.

So with all the stuff you got I would recommend getting a surveillance system to keep an eye on your things. 

[andyoutandabout]

Off with their heads

[FJmonkey]

20 years in the electric chair!!!!! Fry the buggers...

Any chance they are feeding the starving or housing the homeless?

[krusty]

Oh man , that is horrible to have a bike stolen out of the garage . You have so many other bikes and the tools weren't taken .. I would take a real close look at your neighbors garages . People you met recently  , like the guy who took an interest when you were getting fuel and followed you home.

Just a thought , but do you have any practical joker friends who would do this to you? Maybe a relative "borrowed it " ...
Did somebody sign you up for a tv show that swipes your bike and restores it to give back to you later.

Sound so weird they only took the FJ.

My fj ended up with a bent brake lever and chipped engine cover once just sitting in the driveway . My video surveillance showed it to be one of my friends was sitting on it and dropped it on themselves trying to save it from the fall . He didn't fess up till I showed him the vid of the whole debacle.

So with all the stuff you got I would recommend getting a surveillance system to keep an eye on your things. 

Like I said in an earlier post and, has also been suggested by quite a few mates around here, it was targeted for Legends racers.
The wifes' Turbo Forester was also in the garage and it has a dash cam but I never thought to set it up for motion sensor. Might have caught them on video. There are so many "shoulda" things that you think of after the event.

[FJ1100mjk]

So true on many "events" in life that teach us lessons. 

There are so many "shoulda" things that you think of after the event.

[pdxfj]

20 years in the electric chair!!!!! Fry the buggers...

Any chance they are feeding the starving or housing the homeless?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c-TIxEgcTA

[Mark Olson]

20 years in the electric chair!!!!! Fry the buggers...

Any chance they are feeding the starving or housing the homeless?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c-TIxEgcTA

That is a great idea he used in the movie.

[anson45]

Krusty,
Sorry for your loss.
Anson

[krusty]

A little bit of good news is that I have a replacement bike lined up for when the insurance comes through. Same model, same colour, almost same klms, and has GearSack rack and bag, sheep skin seat cover which mine had as well as oxford heated grips and progressive fork springs. Also a full service history. Condition is as good if not a little better. Looking forward to getting wheels again.
Side benefit is motivation in getting my other bikes up to scratch so that I'm not left without a ride.

[FJmonkey]

A little bit of good news is that I have a replacement bike lined up for when the insurance comes through. Same model, same colour, almost same klms, and has GearSack rack and bag, sheep skin seat cover which mine had as well as oxford heated grips and progressive fork springs. Also a full service history. Condition is as good if not a little better. Looking forward to getting wheels again.
Side benefit is motivation in getting my other bikes up to scratch so that I'm not left without a ride.

Are you sure you are not getting your same bike back?

[krusty]

WOW. Never thought of that.