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HELP! Stolen xt660z Tenere
Please keep a look out for my bike
Stolen last night Blue 2011 Tenere - Rochester, Kent, UK Yamaha side panniers. Front screen cut shorter Xt660.com sticker on screen. Touratech handlebar bag. Blue two finger clutch and Brake levers with blue foams Blue Hi-Viz reflective stickers (Police style) on front of tank behind forks, on rear around brake light, around ignition key on tank and on front mud guard. Neutral light doesn't come on (Haaa haaa) If anyone comes across please post location, tell me here and beat **** out the scum Usual rant about disreputable fornicating immoral fornicators. Ta - Graham |
Stolen xt660z tenere
Bad luck mate. I'm sure everyone will keep their eyes pealed for your missing bike.
I hope it turns up, and in one piece... |
I feel for you mate, I had 2 bikes stolen from just down the road in Chatham when I lived there. 1 was a KMX 200, even saw the w****r riding off with it ( it was locked & I had only run to the cash point, found a copper in 5mins thinking he would put the word out only to be told that the radio's were down because they are decorating at HQ. Then he proceeds to tell me that several bikes had been taken from the same car park just the same week.2nd was a DR600 from outside my house. So it must still be hot spot in that area years later.
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Recovered
Update - Bike has been recovered.
*** Please don't drag the rider off the bike and beat him senseless. *** Bike recovered from a Housing Association vacant car garage where there was evidence it had been used as a chop shop. Starting ignition system beaten with a large implement to destroy the plastic and cast iron locking mechanism, key rollers area completely missing. Tank badly scratched where they obviously attacked the ignition The seat forced up from the front, and rear now unable to open with the key Electric's twisted until breaking and left in a tangled mess near the battery, presumably to disable the alarm (battery still connected). Left side of plastic air box broken, whilst trying to jimmy the seat lock. Front indicator cheek plate ripped off, damaging headlight surround Front indicators disconnected. Rear indicators neatly removed - if you've brought these recently off the net.... Has been pushed through mud, but not ridden off road Must have fallen over on drivers side, hand guard damaged. Right Pannier ripped off (with locking mechanism and ripped off plate attached to bike. Pannier open without damage to lock in garage. Left pannier (with geotag) missing altogether This may well turn up. Insurance company haven't retained the recording of the original theft that I reported to them on Sunday morning, and reporting the recovery had them somewhat bemused as they were reporting the theft at the same time . Short Story - Scum not caught, but clearly the police have an informant. CSI coming to do the necessary tonight, and there are good prints to be seen. *** Please don't beat rider senseless *** |
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If the loom is as bad as you make out and the bodywork is damaged then I don't think that you want it back. It's a new bike get your insurance to pay for a new one. That lot will cost a lot to put right! Hope you can get this resolved and the plod get the thiefs. Steve |
I seriously don't care how the bike gets returned to its working state.
I want a bike back: Driving a car is killing me, 40 miles takes 1 & 1/2 hours + and can you believe it cars have to PAY for parking... A new loom, (Don't know what the deal with the tank is) Panniers, Hand guard, Cheek plate, Ignition (I have all the keys), Seat lock, Air box, Indicators, and Headlight surround and I am done. With stolen bikes, insurance companies offer you a settlement which is never going to get a replacement bike, so you are either out of pocket, or buy a cheaper one and end up with other peoples issues. On a repair, its straight cut, they pay to fix. Plus I retain my Tool tube with 1l fuel cannister, 2 finger levers, New TKC80 tyres, GPS mount, tool kit. Discretely hiding a GPS tracker on my vehicles from now on. What is interesting is that when you're faced with a stolen bike, you consider what to replace the bike with, honestly - its another Tenere The alternatives were: Husaberg FE 449 or Tiger 800XC. one bike either side of the Tenere. |
At least with the bike being recovered the insurance should settle quickly rather than keeping you hanging on for months waiting for it to turn up.
Hope you get mobile soon. |
Speechless for you mate. :(
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Interestingly a name has emerged as a potential Culprit.
As it is speculation its unreasonable to put it down in the public domain, I was provided the information through another forum, and when I asked the Police about he name, they were initially very skittish as to how to answer and why I knew the name, I showed them the P.M. from the Other forum, and they explained the above as historic information, however its unlikely that he was responsible for this bike. So a police informant has identified an individual frequently selling XT bits usually out of Brighton, sourcing bikes from across Kent East Sussex and Surrey His initials are A.R. the (A sometimes abbreviated to a T) so if you're buying bits from someone whose initials are A.R. or T.R. and they're located Brighton way, you're probably handling stolen goods. if you have your bike stolen apparently its best practice to drive around the Local Association housing looking for a terrace of garages, and its likely to be in one of those with a kicked in door and generally within a 2 miles radius of your home. CSI came and dusted the bike, did some other stuff (that i wasn't privy to see) and apparently have something that they can use (other than my neighbours and my fingerprints) Given that these scum trawl internet sites such as this (and are probably members) looking for information that could lead to a bikes location I am not going to place safety tips here. However I will point out that you can buy and install a covert GPS /GSM tracker for less than �50 (including subscription for 1 year) Kind of like "Find my iPhone" To not install one is madness, but make sure its discrete, and not in any way hooked up to the indicators, alarm or main electronic system, ideally a separate charging source, and ultra long battery life. http://www.xt660.com/images/smilies/headhack.gif |
Glad they managed to recover it. Better back in your hands, whatever state it's in!
From past experience, I would tend to agree with you that you are generally better off retaining the bike and repairing it (if possible to do so). Let's hope they catch the bu99ers... |
It's a old car alarm thing the indicators, used to and still can on some old models that flash the indicators, pop out a side repeater send some voltage up the wires and it blows the alarm, mod was to put a fuse in indicator feed,
Hopefully insurance will fix you up quick and you'll be back on the road soon |
Glad you got the bike back.
Hope the thief gets their hands broken. |
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http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=23218 It seems to be working ok. |
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It seems now the only viable options for a bike thief is to spend a fair amount of cash getting the ECU re-written and also disguising the original identity - which seems fairly pointless on risk/return for what is a relatively low value bike. Broken to repair a crashed or blown bike, or the non-identifiable parts on eBay would be my guess where stolen XTs end up. Other machines end up on race tracks etc. but on the whole it seems immobilisers seem to have killed off "joy-riding" and only the high value bikes or commonly crashed are targets. ...or have I got that wrong? |
Insurance companies....
Currently negotiating with the insurance company, they really are a bunch of scallywags.
Initially they told me it would be written off on Tuesday I laughed off their proposed valuation on Wednesday. Thursday they sheepishly came back to me with an alternative option where they do the full repair and I have to buy the panniers separately. Based upon higher valuation they cam up with. I have just sent them my research on the value of the bike, which is not far off their proposal together with the repair cost showing break even at 65% of the bikes value assuming retail prices. they get a lower price, and they get the VAT back, so the nett cost of parts should be at least 35% cheaper than the quotes I have obtained and passed along to them. Will be interesting to see what they comeback with. What is noticeable is that the Xt660Z tenere's have held their value well. If doing 5000 miles a year or less, there is no discernible price difference between 5000 miles and 17,000 miles up to 5000 miles seems to command a �1000 price hike, and beyond 5000 miles a year seems to drop the price by �600. Also the original equipment Panniers consistently add �450 to the bikes value. not so for Generic ones. (interesting) Not too phased about the Yamaha Panniers, as they really are quite crap for an adventure bike, so will replace with Givi Outback trekkers. Also makes my alternative soft luggage easier to attach. In short things are looking up and I may well be on my way to "the vince"! |
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http://ardcases.co.uk/products-prices/ I've got a set on Touratech pannier frames, which are pretty standard so I can still use the panniers on another bike in the future. Their frames are a lot more substantial than the Givi ones I had on it when I bought it. I have to say the ARDcases been excellent, look smart, waterproof and tough (not a scratch when the bike fell over, several times). Ooh, look another excuse for the Moscow picture... http://www.sweller.co.uk/images/yamboxes/moscow101.jpg |
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