19-02-15, 08:48 PM
I know there's all sorts of statistics out there, so I apologise if this figure is incorrect. I heard somewhere that all bikes nicked with the intention of shipping to Europe makes the thief £500 quid "per unit". If correct then whether your bike is worth £1000 or £20,000, the thief gets only a fraction of the bike's true value! Not that they will give a toss, £500 to them is still a good pay day for a day's work.
After been the victim of bike theft myself, i've become paranoid about security. I'm in the process of moving house from a two bedroom house without a garage, to a three bed with a garage. At the moment i'm keeping my Fazer locked in my dad's garage, but when I make the move i'm going to be putting a ground anchor in, alarm, upgrading the garage door security, gps tracker etc. My dad thinks i'm being excessive spending all that money to secure a £1600 bike, but to me it is my pride and joy! I don't want to risk giving another thieving little shit the satisfaction of ripping me off, if anything I want any "would be" thief to take one look at the security set up and keep on walking!
After been the victim of bike theft myself, i've become paranoid about security. I'm in the process of moving house from a two bedroom house without a garage, to a three bed with a garage. At the moment i'm keeping my Fazer locked in my dad's garage, but when I make the move i'm going to be putting a ground anchor in, alarm, upgrading the garage door security, gps tracker etc. My dad thinks i'm being excessive spending all that money to secure a £1600 bike, but to me it is my pride and joy! I don't want to risk giving another thieving little shit the satisfaction of ripping me off, if anything I want any "would be" thief to take one look at the security set up and keep on walking!