18-03-12, 02:33 AM
Hmm at a guess, I imagine that's why they thought to have a go in the first place...
The steering lock issue is a known one, all you normally have to do is wiggle the bars when turning the key. There is something you can spray down the barrel and ininto the back of the steering lock itself that should fix it. I vaguely remember someone telling me not to put WD40 into the ignition barrel, but I dont see any reason why that cant be used on just the steering lock. To get the the back of the steering lock (even its possible when its still on the bike) you'll need one of those thin but long little pipes that WD40 cans come with.
Btw you should have reported it to police as they 'might' have been willing to send someone round to take prints of the bike, but I say might because they are a lazy bunch of wankers when it comes to minor crimes. The last time one of my bikes got nicked, I was lucky in that it had been reported dumped. When i got there the car it was thrown in the back off was next to the bike, so called the police and told them I would be waiting where I found the bike so I could catch and punish the fuck/s who stole it... funnily enough they were there in 15mins after that.
But even after all that, the finger prints they took didn't result in a conviction...
The steering lock issue is a known one, all you normally have to do is wiggle the bars when turning the key. There is something you can spray down the barrel and ininto the back of the steering lock itself that should fix it. I vaguely remember someone telling me not to put WD40 into the ignition barrel, but I dont see any reason why that cant be used on just the steering lock. To get the the back of the steering lock (even its possible when its still on the bike) you'll need one of those thin but long little pipes that WD40 cans come with.
Btw you should have reported it to police as they 'might' have been willing to send someone round to take prints of the bike, but I say might because they are a lazy bunch of wankers when it comes to minor crimes. The last time one of my bikes got nicked, I was lucky in that it had been reported dumped. When i got there the car it was thrown in the back off was next to the bike, so called the police and told them I would be waiting where I found the bike so I could catch and punish the fuck/s who stole it... funnily enough they were there in 15mins after that.
But even after all that, the finger prints they took didn't result in a conviction...