Saw the old duck the other day

Well, a year after our beloved ST2 was taken by a thief in the night, I
finally saw her again late last week.

Returning from our 6 week jaunt through Asia, we were greeted by a couple of
urgent messages from Fairfield detectives saying that my Ducati had turned
up in a raid sometime late in Sep. I was asked to go to the station to make
a statement which would then be used against the guy who was in possession
of it - currently behind bars on drug dealing (and worse) charges.

I made a statement which effectively spelled out that a. I owned the bike,
b. parked it at 10pm the night before it was stolen, c. it was stolen and d.
I didn't give the thief permission to take it. It took the police about 1.5
hours to type up this revelation - I almost sent them the bill for my time
plus the 2 hours of travel involved... Actually they were pretty cool,
just that it could have been done in 5 minutes.

Anyway, I asked to see the bike and they took me out to the compound where
she sat looking bloody miserable - was pristine when I last saw her. Poor
thing had been dropped on both sides, keylock smashed and I went to fire her
up - but nothing. Sad state. The drug dealer had been using it as his
bike, which was pretty stupid IMHO. A Duck with no baffles are probably not
the way to stay inconspicuous.

She's now the property of the insurer and frankly, I'd never want it back
with 4,000 rough kms + multiple drops. I may be required to appear in court
to state what I'd already written when this character goes to trial -
uuhhh?? Whatever - if I can help put some bike stealing drug dealing %$#%
behind bars then I'm there.

Anyway, lock up your daughters and make sure your bikes are safe -
preferably in the loungeroom...

Cheers,
Dave ZZR600 => ST2 (stolen) => '03 XX

 

Be a perfect cafe racer project.

 

go on send em a bill

suprised you didnt ask em before you went down as to who can sign for your
time

hmm what if it was really cheap and you could have the duke and the BB ??

 

A pity that the Bathurst bonfires are now out .......

Still.... nice big park across the road.... anyone for marshmallows and crispy Duck?

 

I would attend so you can have a good hard look at the skum that stole
it.They will let that piece of shit out one day...

CDIHL