Ducati stolen

(SteveH) wrote in :

that's a bit of a schlep from your place, hardly convenient for an
impulsive thrash

 

That's the easy bit.

Cutting a feck-off great hole in a roller shutter might be considered a
tad noisy, though.

 

Don't have full details yet.

The police found it 'during a raid this morning'.

 

Oops.

Any sign of other garages round there with damage, and when did you
last go up there?

Full report on where it was found / whether they caught the cunts
redhanded in due course, I presume?

 

Up there a few weeks back to collect the SO Alfa.

No damage to any other garages.

Hopefully more news tomorrow - but they recovered it during a raid on a
known scrote.

 

So that was the first you knew of it being nicked?

Are you responsible for the repairs to the garage door? I'm just
wondering if you can hit the insurers for a better door when they
replace it (if it's insured) or if you've got to foot the bill for
yourself.

Good luck with getting it all sorted out.

 

Yup. Ran out of space in the garage at home, so rented somewhere a few
miles away.

Well, I'm hoping the bloke I rent it off is responsible for the door -
but he'll not be getting any more than a month's notice from me now, as
I don't want to risk putting anything back in there.

Cheers.

 

Blimey. Might not be undamaged, then. You could be lucky.

Decades ago, a then mate had his Triumph 650 Tiger nicked. Plod went
round to some well-known lowlife's gaff and found it there, mostly
stripped. They hung onto it for evidence for 18 months, during which
time his insco lost patience and paid out, and he bought the salvage.

Which I then bought off him.

The joke was that he actually inherited, as it were, a Triumph and a
half, more or less. There was a huge pile of bits that hadn't actually
come from his bike. I wound up with two tanks, two seats, several side
panels, etc etc etc.

 

Ginge!

 

I know the feeling.

Wasn't there something less desirable you could have shoved in there?
Katie, for instance ;-)

He will be.

Yes, makes sense.

 

I was on the verge of adding a Fiat Cinq. Sporting to the collection and
sticking it in the same garage as the bike(s).

Fortunately, the BMW was in the garage at home.

How much is it worth for me not to tell her you said that? ;-)

PITA, though - took me ages to find these 2 garages. Time to get on the
cahnsil waiting list - although I suspect they'll be in even more pikey
areas.

 

(SteveH) wrote in :

As I said to Neal, there's space in my garage for 1 bike if you want
somewhere to put it over winter, if you get it back.

 

I'm jinxed this month - first Katie's car needed a hugely expensive
warranty repair [1], and now this.

[1] 'Selespeed' flappy paddle gubbins went AWOL - would only select 1st
and 2nd gear. Alfa 'specialist' saw the words 'warranty' and hiked the
bill to a ridiculous extent - now I'm in the process of claiming back
the eye-watering cost from them. (It's one of those aftermarket
policies)

 

Thanks for the offer. I can actually get it in the garage at home - but
it was more convenient (as in, you don't have to move bikes to get in
and out) to keep the bikes in a rented garage elsewhere.

I know you say it's not ideal for an impuse blat - but I tend to keep
one of the two at home most of the time.

 

At least they recovered it before the bits made it to eBay.

 

Oxyacelelene kit in the back of the van. Easy.
Our local Yamaha dealer lost his entire stock of new bikes one night.

 

Have you even looked at the pics?

 

If I were you I'd be more inclined to chain it solidly behind my house
and just use a decent cover to keep it dry. I'd feel a lot safer with
it close to home and outside than stuck a few miles away in a garage.

 

I've just bought a garage a five minute walk away, in a 'nice' and secure
area - buying was all a bit rushed for various reasons.

Mainly because I only noticed it was going to auction two days before it
actually went to auction. However, garages for sale that are actually
affordable are very rare in my part of Hove.

You know the advice is to view, get the legal position, building reports
and see an auction before you go to actually buy? Yeah, well **** that.

I'm a little bit concerned about the length. I've been told it's 15'9"
and the car is 15'8". I hope their measurements are accurate as I
haven't got the keys yet.

I'll ask Champ what security he's been advised to get to save me doing
the research.

 

Hehe. Two hits in two posts.