THEY FOUND MY BIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ogmudbone]

just got the call this morning...they found my bike and pretty far from my house considering it had a dead battery, about 20 miles away. i live off of 78th and they found the bike on 249th. they said it was missing the seat....no telling what other damage is on the ol girl. the insurance people were here yesterday and snatched my title and keys(not that the keys would do any good now that the ignition has been punched and the seat ripped off). im excited to get my baby back but also worried she may be super fucked. anyway have to wait for the insurance guy to get my bike and do a good inspection of the ol girl and see what kind of damage is there. i may have to have her totaled out(cringe).

anyway all your positive energy has helped me to recover my bike, thats my story anyway 


OGmudbone
aka
John

[rktmanfj]

Careful what you sign with the insurance company, if you want it back...

I signed some stuff on my XS750, and planned to buy it back and put everything on a new frame.  But when I returned from the bank with the title, they said they never agreed to such, and that they had a contact with a salvage company for any totaled vehicles.  My signature had released the bike to them.

One of my buddies saw it headed out of town, laying on its side on a flatbed truck with a bunch of junk.   

Randy T
Indy

[ogmudbone]

thanks for the tip.....i will have to wait and see what happens as soon as the insurance people call me back this morning.

[gradice]

That's good the hear John, lets hope the Insurance company don't bend you over & nail ya

[Mark Olson]

John,

That is great news, check your bike out they should let you see it before you sign anything.
there should be a buyback option if they want to total it. MAYBE some money to do your mods now.

you can rebuild it, make it stronger,faster and nimbler. DAH-NAH-DAH-NAH.

sending you positive waves man.

[jamesearthdrum]

Excellent news John. I hope she's not to roughed up.

[Yamifj1200]

John now you know the power of this group. All that good karma heading you way is the reason the police found it. Lets hope all you need is another seat and a new ignition switch. It can be fixed regardless of the condition if thats what you want to do?

ps. I have two stock seats in my garage if you end up needing one let me know...

Eric M

[racerman_27410]

dang ...... FJ's and pushing dont really mix..... i guess their crack/meth buzz was severely scrapped after that 20 mile workout....i would have given up after 20ft

i hope the bike is not busted up too bad.... and dont let the insurance company shaft ya.


KOokaloo!


Frank

[pdxfj]

I talked to John this afternoon and the bike is rather trashed.  He's going to send me pics and I'll post them up here.  I have a feeling his insurance company will total it.

[Davetammy]

I'm glad they found it John,and sorry to hear the bastards trashed it.Watch the insurance bastards like a hawk,they are not to be trusted,ever.If you can find out any info on the thieving shits that did it,post it,and maybe some members that are close to you will come and pay them a visit for their troubles.I would put a smiley symbol here,but they don't have a sinister enough looking one:)Dave

[ogmudbone]

   The insurance guy had me go look at the bike. It's trashed pretty good. Will need a new top triple clamp and ignition switch. Misc electrical repairs as they ripped some stuff out around the battery box. Needs a new paint job as they spray painted it silver and gold, and not in a good way. Needs side covers, a seat, all new locks as they drilled out the locks on the seat and the gas tank to about 1/2 inch. Needs a new battery. Needs new sprockets and chains, the rear sprocket is now worn and pointy far beyond what I remember it looking like after I changed the rear tire. No idea if there is internal damage to the clutch,transmission or engine as it needs to be fired up. The front fender is not aligned proper on the right side, maybe they messed with it? Oh they took the cap off the rear master cylinder, so I may need just the cap or possible the whole "urine cup". I'm sure the insurance will total it based on the plastics and triple trees and the paint job. The adjuster asked me tonight if I would like to buy it back or what the deal was. I told him the win win for me would be for them to total it and hopefully get enough out of it to buy a friends 86 FJ and have enough left to buy back my bike as well. The future remains to be seen.

Thank you all for your positive energy and all your great tips and support.


OGmudbone

[pdxfj]

Here are some pics of his bike.  That was a fair amount of material to cut though to get the ignition lock out.

[Marsh White]

Please clear this up for me...how did the cops find it?  Did they catch the guys?  Was it just parked on a street and the cops ran the plate?  Did it even still have your plate on it?  I'd like to know the details!

Yeah...that bike is pretty jacked up.  WTF!!!  We are clearly dealing with some tweaking, dumb ass mother****ers with the half ass concealment job they did on that bike.

[tqmx1]

From what I can see all the hard to find parts are still on it (front & rear fairings along with the side scoops) all the other parts are the same from the first FJ to the last along with the seat latch. If the gas tank latch is fucked up find a 86/7 tank (flush cap) and send it all down to Mr Hunt and have it repainted any way you want. As for the triple tree they are a dime a dozen.

The wireing (as long as all they did was rip out the switch) is a 3 wire hookup.

In 3 months I hope to see it at the rally.

[ogmudbone]

marsh to answer your query...they found the bike approximately 20 miles away in the parking lot of a church next to the lake. according to the guys that picked the bike up it was almost on the door of the church...it still had my plate on it on obstructed...go figure they throw a fucked up spray paint camo job on it and leave the plate alone.


OGmudbone