is it just me or are a lot of people reporting bikes being stolen in london at the moment?
is it because theres more of us out in the sunshine or perhaps a gang of thieving scumbags are doing a big hit? ***holes
I think I will lock up my bike tonight!
Personally I think the Met should be forming a squad to deal with this sort of issue. Because the longer it is left the more entrenched the criminal gangs will become and the harder it will be do finally deal with this situation.
Can someone in the Met raise this issue with those that don’t listen?
They are too busy chasing easier targets to keep up their statistics! 
Kev,
Perhaps a cheeky little letter to the commissioner to give him a kick up the proverbial, he might just consider setting up a proper unit… I’d be more than happy to work in that unit having experienced bike theft first hand… 
In fact, how about someone on LB take the initiative and start a petition… People power may just work. I would do this but working for the man, it may be considered as a conflict of interests…
Have you got an address?
Sir Paul Stephenson QPM
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
New Scotland Yard
Broadway
London
SW1H 0BG
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looks like they are trying at least !!!
Out of interest does anyone know if any track day organizers or track owners actually pay any attention to frame numbers, in order to reduce the use of stolen bikes as track day specials?
Surely if they did(do?) then bike thefts would reduce by some degree?
As you can tell i have little interest in track days, as i can’t afford to do this to my bike…:w00t:
Neither can he…:crying:
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It’s a start but it is something that should be across the Met, not just one borough. There should be a some sort of coordinated squad/team that should be at the heart of investigating what seems to becoming an increasing common crime.
A start would be a standard letter that we could print out sign and send in to the head honcho to raise awareness.
There is also the problem of people doing that to their bike, and then pushing it into a ditch, or claiming it was stolen to get insurance money. All it does it stick the price of insurance up for the rest of us.
So then surely, pressure should be put on track days to log all bikes that attend?
That way both insurance fraud and an easy outlet for stolen bikes could be stopped, saving us all money, heartache, etc.
It can’t be that difficult for them, they already scrutineer and sound check all bikes.
I think that may be coming soon…I heard something being in the pipe line with racing.
I suspect track days are a pretty small percentage of the problem. Most people who have small offs that dont go through insurance buy replacement parts on ebay. Everything except for the frame and engine are almost untracable and worth a lot of money.
I have seen ads on ebay advertising full sets of fairings or mint condition forks/headlights for bikes that were supposedly written off by the insurance co. I am curious to know how anybody can crash a bike badly enough to be written off without scratching the fairing…
seen as many pics like that from road accidents…
Damn, brand new R1! Do you know the owner? Hope he had fully comp.
Best mate, result of a highside exiting Clearways. He does have fully comp, but if you read your small print, track days not covered. :sick:
Guess this means i’ll actually get my ass down to BM sometime soon, as we won’t be riding together for a while.:crying: