Attempted theft

[jmlevy85]

So someone tried to steal my bike a couple days ago. I had the bike parked in my carport next to my roommate's bike when it happened. They jammed something into the lock cylinder and tried to break it. All the did was screw that up and break the tip off of whatever they were using. Then they tried to get down underneath the lock cylinder and punch out the little silver rivets that hold the assembly together. Found it this morning when I went to ride to work. Needless to say I was PISSED. Got the bike into the garage and filed a police report.

Was wondering if anyone knows how much it will cost to replace lock cylinders?

 

[Perdurable]

thats ****ed up man!!! i have no clue butttt heres a story for ya

funny story that reminds me of that:
We are in Iraq and i have the keys to our Polaris ranger. its the end of the day and time to go home the buddy i was working with that day (very cocky black friend/coworker no offence) yells at me and says he is going to drive us back and jumps in the drivers seat(he always drives but today our NCOIC told me to drive and gave me the keys). So i told him no, and he says hes not moving till i give him the keys. i told him to **** off and if he dose not move we can both walk back!!! he says **** you i can pop the lock!! so he jams his Gerber in the ****in lock and cranks it sideways breaking everything in the lock and dash and completely destroying the entire mechanism....spend 30 min trying to fix it and nothing would work.... soo we walked back and didn't have a ranger for a week....everybody always wants to pop the lock lol

here is a tip for you thieves out there do some research on the item you want to steal!!! its best if you already have one... find out exactly how to make it run without breaking shit and failing on your own item and then go out and do it right... so people don't get stuck replacing locks and having a huge hassle instead they just get a full check!!!

make everyones life easier and steal shit dont break it!!!:wtfgun:

 

[CrazyCawi]

or just throw it in the back of an effing truck and put a tarp over it.

 

[Perdurable]

or just throw it in the back of an effing truck and put a tarp over it.

... for real honestly did they think they were gonna drive off with it??? wtf:wtfgun:

 

[Fizzer6R]

So someone tried to steal my bike a couple days ago. I had the bike parked in my carport next to my roommate's bike when it happened. They jammed something into the lock cylinder and tried to break it. All the did was screw that up and break the tip off of whatever they were using. Then they tried to get down underneath the lock cylinder and punch out the little silver rivets that hold the assembly together. Found it this morning when I went to ride to work. Needless to say I was PISSED. Got the bike into the garage and filed a police report.

Was wondering if anyone knows how much it will cost to replace lock cylinders?

call up a couple locksmiths in your area and see if they can give you a quote if they can fix it. if not, then try ebay and then dealer is gonna be the most $

sorry to hear had a car broken into when lived at apt. the crooks must've been in a big hurry or very stupid, they took the entire sub box, the cheapest part of the stereo, and left a $1k amp sitting there. i was glad that's only but still felt very violated

 

[alaskanflyboy]

So someone tried to steal my bike a couple days ago. I had the bike parked in my carport next to my roommate's bike when it happened. They jammed something into the lock cylinder and tried to break it. All the did was screw that up and break the tip off of whatever they were using. Then they tried to get down underneath the lock cylinder and punch out the little silver rivets that hold the assembly together. Found it this morning when I went to ride to work. Needless to say I was PISSED. Got the bike into the garage and filed a police report.

Was wondering if anyone knows how much it will cost to replace lock cylinders?

Try calling Chris in the parts department at Allsport. He's pretty good at tracking part numbers down and getting me a decent deal. Sorry to hear someone tried to jack the bike. I keep worrying about mine too. Spokane's really trying to turn into Detroit lately.

 

[jmlevy85]

Ok so next time something goes wrong with my bike I will try the simplest thing to fix it. I finally got the new ignition in from the shop which cost me $160 bucks and I had already pulled the all the plastics off so I could get the the bolts and decided that I would try and see if I could get whatever was stuck in the lock cylinder out. So I took a straight O-ring pick and a pocket magnet and this little 4 mm by 3 mm chunk of metal just clicks right on to the pick and pulls out. All fixed. GRRRR ARRGGGG. I still plan on changing the ignition seeing as I have the parts and some has been messing around in there but it would have been nice to know that I could be riding this whole time.

 

[JT]

thanks Perdurable and CC for the advice to peeps on how to steal motorcycles.

 

[Deleted member 9794]

funny story that reminds me of that:
We are in Iraq and i have the keys to our Polaris ranger. its the end of the day and time to go home the buddy i was working with that day (very cocky black friend/coworker no offence) yells at me and says he is going to drive us back and jumps in the drivers seat(he always drives but today our NCOIC told me to drive and gave me the keys). So i told him no, and he says hes not moving till i give him the keys. i told him to **** off and if he dose not move we can both walk back!!! he says **** you i can pop the lock!! so he jams his Gerber in the ****in lock and cranks it sideways breaking everything in the lock and dash and completely destroying the entire mechanism....spend 30 min trying to fix it and nothing would work.... soo we walked back and didn't have a ranger for a week....everybody always wants to pop the lock lol

Moral of the story: Gerber makes a damn good knife :thumbup:

 

[MichaelInVenice]

... for real honestly did they think they were gonna drive off with it??? wtf:wtfgun:

Most motorcycle thieves do exactly that.