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Originally Posted by akima
Sorry you also had your bike stolen.
I think when people put their own time into earning enough money to buy a bike and then further time into maintaining and customizing that bike; then the thief is actually stealing your time and keeping it for themselves. That's pretty disgusting. I think that's why it hurts so much.
I think when people live in a community, they rely on the people in that community to help them out when they're down. They rely on the community to trade with them in good faith, to watch each others backs and to share the land they all inhabit in a peaceful manor. When a thief comes along and betrays that faith, threatens that peace and only watches your back so they know their evil deeds aren't being witnessed... then that thief takes far more from the person than just the market value of your motorcycle. They take away a part of your trust and a part of your good faith.
I can understand why you haven't been the same. I hope you live somewhere where thieves are rare and good people are commonplace.
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I definitely agree. We put our heart and souls into these things, between adding performance parts, farkles, valve jobs, etc., and for every hour we put into the bike, we spend another ten reading the forums to figure out how to do it right, and when you lose your bike, you lose a bit of your connection to the community. Thieves definitely take more than plastic and metal when they steal another person's bike.