Superhawk: STOLEN
09-18-2009, 10:21 AM
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Superhawk: STOLEN
My hawk got stolen right off the street sometime yesterday or the evening before. I came out at 5pm to go to work and she was gone. Called the city, it hadn't been towed, just stolen. And I didn't have comprehensive, just liability - I don't have a lot of money and I never figured my junkyard no-fairings hawk would be of interest to thieves. (Shouldn't they be out snatching late model R1s and 1098s?) Of course I just moved into a new apartment and had to pay a bunch in security deposit, so it looks like it'll be a long time before I do any riding again.
If anyone in the Chicago area sees the bike in the picture I'm attaching, please let me know. When it was taken it didn't have the tank bag on but it did have some newly installed Napoleon bar end mirrors.
It's hard to describe the frustration and anger about this. I really connected with this bike, after a year I was really starting to get to know every little tick and sound. Not to mention the fact that I don't own a car so it's back on public transit with my sorry ***. Maybe it's time to get that bicycle I've been thinking about...
If anyone in the Chicago area sees the bike in the picture I'm attaching, please let me know. When it was taken it didn't have the tank bag on but it did have some newly installed Napoleon bar end mirrors.
It's hard to describe the frustration and anger about this. I really connected with this bike, after a year I was really starting to get to know every little tick and sound. Not to mention the fact that I don't own a car so it's back on public transit with my sorry ***. Maybe it's time to get that bicycle I've been thinking about...
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09-18-2009, 11:53 AM
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That sucks man. My buddy here in ATL had his bike stolen in front of him when he ran out of gas on 85. He crossed the interstate to get a can of gas, and left his bike parked in the HOV lane. Two guys pulled up in the HOV lane while my buddy was standing on the shoulder with the gas can and threw his bike in their truck, flipped him off, and took off.
Good news came about 3 months later when the cops found his bike. Lucky for him they did nothing to the bike. It didn't have a scratch on it!
I hope that same luck comes your way and they find your bike man, hang in there. I would be sick if it was me!
Good news came about 3 months later when the cops found his bike. Lucky for him they did nothing to the bike. It didn't have a scratch on it!
I hope that same luck comes your way and they find your bike man, hang in there. I would be sick if it was me!
09-18-2009, 12:52 PM
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Guy I know from work had a busa' stolen a few years ago, he only had liability so he was freakin MAD. He got a call almost a year later from the sheriff saying they had found his bike and he needed to come and sign for it. We thought it was going to be all beat up, but turns out the guy that had it was a drug dealer. He put like $20k+ worth of work into it. Engine, chrome, stretched, etc. All that busa' stuff that they do. So sometimes these things work out in the end. Good things happen to good people and vice versa...
09-19-2009, 09:49 PM
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Thanks for the kind words, guys. I appreciate it.
Strange story from tonight:
I live right down the street from a restaurant where I work. A buddy calls me from work around 10pm tonight, says he just saw someone ride my bike past the restaurant. It's a very distinctive headlight set up and exhaust note, which my buddy happens to be very familiar with since he was really fond of my bike. So I believe that he did see someone riding my bike. Which means either it was sold really quickly to someone in the area, or the thief is an idiot.
Just let me catch this muthaf*cka at a stoplight in my neighborhood...
Strange story from tonight:
I live right down the street from a restaurant where I work. A buddy calls me from work around 10pm tonight, says he just saw someone ride my bike past the restaurant. It's a very distinctive headlight set up and exhaust note, which my buddy happens to be very familiar with since he was really fond of my bike. So I believe that he did see someone riding my bike. Which means either it was sold really quickly to someone in the area, or the thief is an idiot.
Just let me catch this muthaf*cka at a stoplight in my neighborhood...
09-19-2009, 10:11 PM
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You could help your effort substantially if we didn't have to guess that you are in West Boston! Get your user stats up to date!
Oh Fijk! My bike is gone, can you help. No - I'm in Alaska = get a grip!
Oh Fijk! My bike is gone, can you help. No - I'm in Alaska = get a grip!
09-19-2009, 10:28 PM
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Bad news. And you're right, you don't know how it feels until it happens to you. I had my 4 month old Isuzu Trooper stolen in 1990. I didn't get it back.
A friend of mine had his Katana 1100 stolen in the early '90s. 6 months later CHP sees a bike going down the freeway with wires hanging out the side. He pulls the guy over, runs a check, and my friend got his bike back. He still has it.
You did say you reported it to the cops, right? Good luck on a speedy recovery.
A friend of mine had his Katana 1100 stolen in the early '90s. 6 months later CHP sees a bike going down the freeway with wires hanging out the side. He pulls the guy over, runs a check, and my friend got his bike back. He still has it.
You did say you reported it to the cops, right? Good luck on a speedy recovery.
09-20-2009, 05:40 AM
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09-20-2009, 08:38 AM
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OOPS! Sorry I jumped into the thread from the middle not the beginning. Still should get his stats up. Recovery of stolen bikes here in Austin is horrible - even with Lo-jack, alarms, doesn't seem to matter. Last spring somebody told me that APD recovered 1 bike out of 48 stolen that month.
09-20-2009, 12:30 PM
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Interesting question for sane people. Nobody in Chicago qualifies! I've spent way more time there than I'm proud of. I haven't been there in decades but I can imagine that it would be the perfect city to have a fighter'd out Superhawk except in the winter. Watch for the parts to show up on ebay or other forums about mid-winter.
09-20-2009, 02:32 PM
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Interesting question for sane people. Nobody in Chicago qualifies! I've spent way more time there than I'm proud of. I haven't been there in decades but I can imagine that it would be the perfect city to have a fighter'd out Superhawk except in the winter. Watch for the parts to show up on ebay or other forums about mid-winter.
Chicaga (spelling on purpose) is a great town, better than any largish city in the US of A by far. In a lot of ways Chicago is better than it was but like any urban setting the advent of cell phones, the internet and californication has had a negative effect.
Not meaning to jack this thread but depending on where it was stolen (never stated thus far), it could happen in any town. That is why G-d invented locks & chains. I live in a quiet burb but still double-lock my 2-wheeled contraptions in my alarmed garaged. Too much invested even with full coverage. A tip-over (like I recently had) made the full coverage pay for the last 3+ years premium right there.
Just got back from a ride and gotta go watch D'Bears!
09-20-2009, 05:38 PM
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Chitown is the best and the worst for me. Used a Kodak lab just south of downtown to process my first films. Fell in love with a United flight-attendant who was based there so we did lots of back and forth. Spent four seasons with the Vikings so we got to see our black&blue brothers from the NC division twice a year assuming nobody made the playoffs. Met my second wife on a trip home from the lab processing a film that we were sending to Russia. The food is great, Soldier Field is a special place.
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