people messing with parked bikes

[blues2cruise]

Would a cover deter would be fondlers from touching someone's bike. My bike keeps mysteriously getting marks on it that I know I did not put there.

For example, yesterday I washed and polished the bike. The chrome on the pipes was gleaming....not a mark anywhere. Today, there is a scratch almost 2 inches long in one of the pipes. There are a few other marks in the paint from what I suspect are the fondlers.

[ronboskz650sr]

It's ironic, but church is the only parking lot I've had a problem with. I think every other one is too close to the door I walk into. I've seen me in the reflection, and I think my looks are inadvertantly keeping people off of it.

Only the folks around church know how harmless I am, due to my heart trying to love folks regardless of thier behavior. As soon as the word gets out, I'll probably have kids crawling all over mine, too.

Chris parks his at wal mart for his night shift, and the security guard frequently tells him of the folks he runs off of his bike.

Niether one of us would ever hurt anyone, but a firm, sharp voice wouldn't be out of the question. I think it will do the trick...always has in other situations.

[-Holiday]

i wouldnt mind , as long as they stole it. So i had an excuse to get a new bike.

i really like the suzuki sv650's in blue.....

[Sev]

I'd walk up behind him, belt him in the head with my helmet. Call the cops, sit down and wait. Ask to press charges when he regains consiousness for attempted vehicular robbery.

i dont think sitting on a bike is considered attempted bike theft, youd have to prove he was actually in the act of stealing it(hard when its your word vs his). he would have to have some sorts of tools on him(screw drivers, wires/gator clips etc) to justify a theft claim. also assault and battery is a bigger charge than attempted bike theft. chances are youd end up in jail and hed walk free and clear saying he was looking at your bike when you attackd him. ...hit him in the head them when hes on the ground, but dont wait around for the cops.

"I saw him sitting on the bike fiddling with something between the handlebars, it looked like he was messing with the ignition. I told him to get off... but he didn't. I thought he was going to steal it, so I belted him one. I'd like to press charges for attempted robbery please."

Alternately walk up behind him and say, "you know, most bikers would kill you for touching their bike. I think I'm just going to break your knees."

[BuzZz]

It's ironic, but church is the only parking lot I've had a problem with....... I've seen me in the reflection, and I think my looks are inadvertantly keeping people off of it........

Work it if you got it.

[iwannadie]

I'd walk up behind him, belt him in the head with my helmet. Call the cops, sit down and wait. Ask to press charges when he regains consiousness for attempted vehicular robbery.

i dont think sitting on a bike is considered attempted bike theft, youd have to prove he was actually in the act of stealing it(hard when its your word vs his). he would have to have some sorts of tools on him(screw drivers, wires/gator clips etc) to justify a theft claim. also assault and battery is a bigger charge than attempted bike theft. chances are youd end up in jail and hed walk free and clear saying he was looking at your bike when you attackd him. ...hit him in the head them when hes on the ground, but dont wait around for the cops.

"I saw him sitting on the bike fiddling with something between the handlebars, it looked like he was messing with the ignition. I told him to get off... but he didn't. I thought he was going to steal it, so I belted him one. I'd like to press charges for attempted robbery please."

Alternately walk up behind him and say, "you know, most bikers would kill you for touching their bike. I think I'm just going to break your knees."

still thought from what ive been told you have no right to assault someone to protect your property. the cop will say 'if you saw him on the bike trying to steal it you should have called 911 and not approached him' i asked a few cops about my car(stereo was ripped off) they said id be in more trouble with assault charges. if you for whatever reason try to keep the guy their untill the cops show up then you face false imprisonment charges with are Very serious now day.

like i said better off smashing the guy in the head then leaving. no sense of risking anything just to get the guy on a small charge. its only your word against his that he was stealing it. while he has marks of your attack to prove it.

[ronboskz650sr]

It's ironic, but church is the only parking lot I've had a problem with....... I've seen me in the reflection, and I think my looks are inadvertantly keeping people off of it........

Work it if you got it.

[canuckerjay]

As a high school teacher, my kids are always asking why I don't ride to school. This topic is the reason. 1st, all it takes is one kid that gets p*ssed off enough with me to tip it. 2nd, though most kids at my particular school would more likely just want to get a closer look, I just don't want people touching it, sitting on it, etc.

It's weird how people see a bike and figure that somehow, it is socially acceptable to touch it, flood the engine, try the clutch, etc. If people see a nice car in a parking lot, they don't go near it. If people see a convertable with the top down in a parking lot, they tend to look at the interior, but I've yet to see someone reach in and fumble with the shifter.

For some reason, people think that bikers are totally cool with others touching thier ride, and it makes me want to play target practice with thier heads and a few chairs.

I came to the conclusion long ago that I cannot expect the world's population to be intelligent; and in these cases, logical reason seems to escape people when a bike is around.

Perhaps a good bike alarm would help, though I have little experience or knowledge of such devices.

[MarkyPancake]

I've never seen anyone messing with my bike and would be very angry if I did.

My alarm has a motion sensor that is quite sensitive and beeps quite loud when the sensor is aggravated. If it beeps for too long or the motion is too violent it sets the main alarm off. It's a great deterrent.

[Psycluded]

I've never seen anyone messing with my bike and would be very angry if I did.

My alarm has a motion sensor that is quite sensitive and beeps quite loud when the sensor is aggravated. If it beeps for too long or the motion is too violent it sets the main alarm off. It's a great deterrent.

+1

Mine also has a pager that is effective up to 3/4 mile away, lets me know when the alarm has gone from stages 2-3 ("Uh-oh" to "OMFGWTFBBQ!!1!!one!") and buzzes at me. If the alarm hits stage 2, beeps and warnings, it buzzes once. If the alarm goes off full-force, it pulses until I hit it, which is usually at a dead run to the door, towards the bike.