Hi all wanted to post up my stolen R1.
It is with a heavy heart i write this.On Friday morning at 10,21 am in Wooler street se17 my new R1 was stolen, i received a movement alert via text and flew out the door to an empty space where she had been parked not 5 mins since.I stayed calm and contacted tracker and the police without delay , within 4 minutes of the call the police arrived this was around 10,50 am .At 10,58 i get another text alert that the battery had been disconnected at Eglington court se17, the police were still with me at that time and put a call out for attendance at that location, 3 minutes pass and the radio of the officer goes off, a policeman asking what part of Eglington court as they were in attendance and cant see anything, i showed the map of ping alert and this was relayed to the officers on scene.Wasting no time i hot footed it over to the location, half a mile from where it had be parked!!!.My map reading for the tracker was reading a location where there was a block of 10 garages and some smaller lock sheds, bingo i was thinking i have my bike back its in one of those garages , police talk to tracker direct and they say they are sending a man with a beacon signal alert finder but this will take some 2 hrs as he is in Milton Keynes.All the police on site were buzzing thinking they had the theft sorted as the bike was in a garage and there might be 2 more that were stolen that morning also.I couldnt believe how many police were there , 17 at one point , one group was on mountain bike and in plain clothes, they stayed the duration , great lads and lasses.Finally the guy fron tracker arrives and gets to it , he narrows the alert to one garage and says the signal is coming from ther , all happy at this point, police were asked to lift corner of garage door so the guy could put a camera probe under to take a look…EMPTY fkn empty , deflated and upset as were all the police . the tracker guy said sill y question but has anyone been on the roof?, i jumped up and as soon as i did there it was the tracker system that was supposed to keep my bike recoverable .After a quick think i realise that the tracker had been removed in the space of 3 minutes or so , fkn anger now overtakes sadness as had the tracker been fitted properly then it would still be on the bike and the bike would now be recovered .After some more paper work and thanking all the police for a great response and turn out i head home.Now im calmer and thinking clear i realise that P and h Motorcycles are at fault here and i call them sat am to ask if i can remove the tracker and use on another bike, the reply was yes sir you can but we would advise a skilled mechanic as the unit is buried and inaccessible so it cant be removed without time and effort, oh i say is that true , well tell me then why within 3 minutes has one been removed from the new r1 i purchased from you… silence befell the service manager!I will be taking this all the way and wont stop until p and h replace my stolen beloved r1.please all be vigile and who knows anything is possible.I will keep all up to date on what happens and what response i get from p/hGU63 ETT