Parts taken off bike...

alanmcorcoran · 02-12-2010, 06:19 PM

Anybody have problems with lowlife taking parts off your parked bike?

Coming back home last night from a theater in downtown Santa Ana, I noticed my front right blinker plastic cover was missing. When i looked closer this morning, I saw what looked like screwdriver or other scratch marks around the edges of the housing.

Why someone felt the need to take this particular part is beyond me. I suppose it could have fell off, but I noticed almost as soon as I was underway and I doubt it "fell off" just sitting in the parking lot. List price for a replacement? TWENTY SEVEN BUCKS. I ordered from a dealer for $17 or so, but sheesh. That's like ten Starbucks!

Water Warrior 2 · 02-12-2010, 06:30 PM

Sorry to hear a low life found your bike. Stuff like that does happen and is there to prove not everyone is law abiding. Some one is 10 starbucks ahead.

Sarris · 02-12-2010, 08:25 PM

I'd suggest an alarm. My HD has one & nobody has touched it yet.

I know it's disheartening and really pisses you off.

I'm real sorry.

patrick_777 · 02-12-2010, 10:28 PM

This is bad around here. Mostly it's easy stuff like mirror stalks, reflectors, brake/clutch levers and license plates, but there are also a lot of cases where people have taken complete handlebars, gas caps, clutch covers, headlights, seats...pretty much anything you can get an allen wrench or a screwdriver on.

These people should also be brutally killed if found too.

alanmcorcoran · 02-13-2010, 12:50 AM

I can't do an alarm. I have already vowed to "brutally kill" some of the cage owners around here than have 'em, set 'em and then go God knows where while they entertain me and my neighbors all weekend. In my last residence, the cops took away one of my neighbors one Sunday afternoon after he attacked a chirping/clanging/WHAOOGAHing pickup with a crowbar. A local hero.

I think it was the WHAOOGAH that finally got to him.

Thankfully, after the rest of us surrounded them, they also order up a vehicle crash cart and put the offending Nissan on a flatbed, still singing away as they took it off to the La Habra impound lot.

I guess I'll be thankful it wasn't a wheel.

02-12-2010, 06:19 PM	#1
alanmcorcoran Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 2,926	Parts taken off bike... Anybody have problems with lowlife taking parts off your parked bike? Coming back home last night from a theater in downtown Santa Ana, I noticed my front right blinker plastic cover was missing. When i looked closer this morning, I saw what looked like screwdriver or other scratch marks around the edges of the housing. Why someone felt the need to take this particular part is beyond me. I suppose it could have fell off, but I noticed almost as soon as I was underway and I doubt it "fell off" just sitting in the parking lot. List price for a replacement? TWENTY SEVEN BUCKS. I ordered from a dealer for $17 or so, but sheesh. That's like ten Starbucks! __________________ [hr:5yt6ldkq][/hr:5yt6ldkq] http://alanmarkcorcoran.com Motorcycles, Music, Musings and More… Login or Register to Remove Ads
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02-12-2010, 06:30 PM	#2
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: Parts taken off bike... Sorry to hear a low life found your bike. Stuff like that does happen and is there to prove not everyone is law abiding. Some one is 10 starbucks ahead.
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02-12-2010, 08:25 PM	#3
Sarris Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Port Richey, Florida USA Posts: 1,348	Re: Parts taken off bike... I'd suggest an alarm. My HD has one & nobody has touched it yet. I know it's disheartening and really pisses you off. I'm real sorry. __________________ Prudent riders live longer than moron riders. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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02-12-2010, 10:28 PM	#4
patrick_777 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,763	Re: Parts taken off bike... This is bad around here. Mostly it's easy stuff like mirror stalks, reflectors, brake/clutch levers and license plates, but there are also a lot of cases where people have taken complete handlebars, gas caps, clutch covers, headlights, seats...pretty much anything you can get an allen wrench or a screwdriver on. These people should also be brutally killed if found too. __________________ ]I am hiding in Honduras. I am a desperate man. Send lawyers, guns and money. The shit has hit the fan.
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02-13-2010, 12:50 AM	#5
alanmcorcoran Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 2,926	Re: Parts taken off bike... I can't do an alarm. I have already vowed to "brutally kill" some of the cage owners around here than have 'em, set 'em and then go God knows where while they entertain me and my neighbors all weekend. In my last residence, the cops took away one of my neighbors one Sunday afternoon after he attacked a chirping/clanging/WHAOOGAHing pickup with a crowbar. A local hero. I think it was the WHAOOGAH that finally got to him. Thankfully, after the rest of us surrounded them, they also order up a vehicle crash cart and put the offending Nissan on a flatbed, still singing away as they took it off to the La Habra impound lot. I guess I'll be thankful it wasn't a wheel. __________________ [hr:5yt6ldkq][/hr:5yt6ldkq] http://alanmarkcorcoran.com Motorcycles, Music, Musings and More… Login or Register to Remove Ads
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