Bad News: So I wake up yesterday morning to go for a ride and find that my motorcycle has been stolen.
Good News: Four hours after I called it in as stolen, the police call me and tell me that it has been found on the side of a road about 10 miles from my house. When I went to pick it up it looked like it had been thrown out of a moving vehicle (I'm assuming a van). The left frameslider took the brunt of the damage. The left turn signal, footpeg, shifter, bottom left fairing, left pillion, left mirror, all scratched, cracked or bent. The ignition switch was broken too.
My theory is that they ditched it because I have a noisy Xena lock on the wheel that goes off whenever it is touched or moved. It doesn't seem like they were pros and they couldn't get the thing to stay quiet so after about 10 miles they wanted it gone.
In any event I'm FZ8-less for at least a few weeks while it gets fixed up so I will have to live through all of you until I'm back on the road again.
All of you ride safe and lock em up tight when you are done.
Good News: Four hours after I called it in as stolen, the police call me and tell me that it has been found on the side of a road about 10 miles from my house. When I went to pick it up it looked like it had been thrown out of a moving vehicle (I'm assuming a van). The left frameslider took the brunt of the damage. The left turn signal, footpeg, shifter, bottom left fairing, left pillion, left mirror, all scratched, cracked or bent. The ignition switch was broken too.
My theory is that they ditched it because I have a noisy Xena lock on the wheel that goes off whenever it is touched or moved. It doesn't seem like they were pros and they couldn't get the thing to stay quiet so after about 10 miles they wanted it gone.
In any event I'm FZ8-less for at least a few weeks while it gets fixed up so I will have to live through all of you until I'm back on the road again.
All of you ride safe and lock em up tight when you are done.