So my turn signals were stolen...

[NJD022588]

I rode my bike about half mile today, and on the way home I noticed the turn signal indicator was off when I put the right turn signal on. I just figured a bulb was out, so I checked when I parked and both rear turn signals were gone. Only the wires were left hanging. I found one of the screws that hold them on next to where I always park.

I think someone may be slowly parting my bike out for me since my turn signals and cover have been stolen since I got the bike in September. Is there anyway to stop vandalism?

Is it worth it to go to insurance? These are pretty cheap (I assume) and this may raise my rates if I go to them since it shows that, apparently, I'm in an area of high vandalism (small college town).

Or, just a good excuse to come up with a flush mount solution?

[Flashmonkey]

Your TURN SIGNALS were stolen?!?!?! WTF....who would want that? I smell drunken college students

Anyway...since you're missing a turn signal you might as well go the full flushmount route

Edit: oh and definitely don't go to insurance about this....not worth it for turn signals IMO.

[kkim]

one of them loud sensor alarms they were talking about in another thread?

[Strider]

and start parking in a more visible area maybe?

[dmonaco05]

start lookin for another 250 in the area... or another bike with 250 stuff on it... and take a bat to their knees

[Daeldren]

Be glad it was only the turn signals, you could have walked out to an empty parking space instead (it really really sucks). I agree that some sort of alarm in a public area would throw off some thieves but don't count on it doing much at late night when nobody is around, it didn't even phase the guys who stole my R6.

[Snake]

This is truely sad when a persons property has to be guarded with alarms & cameras! What is going on with America?

[Techno250]

Wasn't there a time when crackheads were stealing spark plugs off motorcycles for use as crack pipes? Maybe some crack hos thought the turn signals would work? I dunno -- I don't smoke crack so I wouldn't know.

[NJD022588]

Originally Posted by Flashmonkey

Your TURN SIGNALS were stolen?!?!?! WTF....who would want that? I smell drunken college students

Anyway...since you're missing a turn signal you might as well go the full flushmount route

Edit: oh and definitely don't go to insurance about this....not worth it for turn signals IMO.

LOL, yes! I looked everything over, and its just the turn signals! I think the stolen cover was just a result of drunkenness (and that was over 6 months ago). It seems like this person really just had the signals on their mind.

I already have an idea for flushmounts.

Originally Posted by kkim

one of them loud sensor alarms they were talking about in another thread?

It is really, really windy here... especially where my apartment is. Wont it just be going off all the time?

Originally Posted by Strider

and start parking in a more visible area maybe?

I do park in the back of the parking lot, but the whole lot is lit up well. I park in the back so I'm next to a "Workers only" spot and no one ever parks there so its easy to get my bike in and out (I'm required to park the bike in the same spot as my car).

Originally Posted by dmonaco05

start lookin for another 250 in the area... or another bike with 250 stuff on it... and take a bat to their knees

I know there are about 5 around the area, but why would one of them need 2 turn signals? I understand needing one if you crashed...

[kkim]

Originally Posted by NJD022588

It is really, really windy here... especially where my apartment is. Wont it just be going off all the time?

try to find one with adjustable sensitivity.

[Sound Wave]

you could get security screws. would stop them at least the first time until the figure out which screwdriver bit to get.

not these but just to give you the idea:
http://tamperproof.com/?source=google_search

[Nemy]

wow. that's a first. Never knew people would stoop that low... I mean stealing bikes I can understand (though obviously don't condone) but turn signals?!?! WTF! And they would've had to have stood there for a little bit unscrewing both sides...

sorry to hear it happen to you man. But now you have an excuse to pimp her up!

[gizmogamez]

****** buzz....

I asked my insurance company about vandalizm since I added it when I bought the new bike, and they said that depending on what I clame I should be able to make 3 clames or half the cost of the bike each year without my rates going up....
They just require a police report and such.

[tjkamper]

Why the hell do people vandalize bikes? This isn't such a big problem with cages. But everywhere you go, bikes are getting jacked up!

[Realirony]

I know this isnt considered vandalism really in my case, but it still pissed me off as if it had been vandalized.
But I went out to my bike about a week or two ago and I park it in a parking space here at my apartment(thats actually in a nice part of town) and someone had taken my mirrors and folded them into the bike and centered the bike further back in the spot.
Someone had moved, touched, and groped my baby so that they could get their freaking fat hummer H2 into the handicapped parking spot next to me without hitting it with their army sized doors. I mean, Im glad they didnt wanna hit it. But dont touch mah bay-bay!!! and for the love of god, you're not handicapped, I saw you run to your hummer one day. I see through your disguise sir, I see...

[Buffalony]

Originally Posted by dmonaco05

start lookin for another 250 in the area... or another bike with 250 stuff on it... and take a bat to their knees

LOL. Thats brutal

Originally Posted by Daeldren

Be glad it was only the turn signals, you could have walked out to an empty parking space instead (it really really sucks). I agree that some sort of alarm in a public area would throw off some thieves but don't count on it doing much at late night when nobody is around, it didn't even phase the guys who stole my R6.

You know that feeling well Ken...lol


I know its windy in ur area, consider an alarm any ways.
Heres one with a pager that works up to a 1/2 mile. pricey but prob worth it.
http://www.cruisercustomizing.com/de...&related=short
I've been looking at this one for a bit now and it is a pretty nice, loud alarm with all the bells and whistles. Tilt sensor etc.

[Ramen]

Someone trying to get OEM parts after a bad fender chop?

[Techno250]

Originally Posted by Realirony

I know this isnt considered vandalism really in my case, but it still pissed me off as if it had been vandalized.
But I went out to my bike about a week or two ago and I park it in a parking space here at my apartment(thats actually in a nice part of town) and someone had taken my mirrors and folded them into the bike and centered the bike further back in the spot.
Someone had moved, touched, and groped my baby so that they could get their freaking fat hummer H2 into the handicapped parking spot next to me without hitting it with their army sized doors. I mean, Im glad they didnt wanna hit it. But dont touch mah bay-bay!!! and for the love of god, you're not handicapped, I saw you run to your hummer one day. I see through your disguise sir, I see...

If it wouldn't tick 'em off, I'd leave a nastygram on their windshield, something along the lines of "Hey lard-butt loser, do not freaking touch my bike and if you park in the handicapped spot again, I'm calling the tow company." But then they'd push your bike over or something, so prolly not a good idea.

[capt_bugaloo]

Start carrying a motorcycle cover in a tankbag or tail bag when you ride, and use it.

Park in areas that are well-lit and have plenty of witnesses and traffic.

You might also want to consider getting an alarm.

[SpyderGirl]

I had someone swipe my Spyder personalized plate about a week after it arrived. And what sucks is that in CA you have to have at least one of the plates to get a duplicate, however MC only have the one plate. Luckily I was able to get a replacement.

I suggest a cover with a cable lock alarm.

[Sailariel]

It would be nice if someone made an electrical device like an electric fence for vehicles. A good ZAP would be a great deterrent.

[tjkamper]

You laugh but I saw something like that in an email a couple of years ago for cars.

[TrueFaith]

Someone once tried to remove and steal a half-fairing from one of my bikes. I found out about it when the windshield started wobbling like crazy on the highway and almost came off, which would have takem my head off with it at that speed. When I got it to the side of the road all but one of the fairing bolts was gone and the one that was left had no nut on it, so I dodged a major bullet. The next night (I was on Graveyard shift) I watched my bike in the lot where I parked it and at about 3AM a car stopped a block away and a guy started walking toards the bike. I called the cops and they actually caught the guy after a short chase. His trunk was full of bike parts and he had a theft record a mile long.

[CodE-E]

Originally Posted by TrueFaith

Someone once tried to remove and steal a half-fairing from one of my bikes. I found out about it when the windshield started wobbling like crazy on the highway and almost came off, which would have takem my head off with it at that speed. When I got it to the side of the road all but one of the fairing bolts was gone and the one that was left had no nut on it, so I dodged a major bullet. The next night (I was on Graveyard shift) I watched my bike in the lot where I parked it and at about 3AM a car stopped a block away and a guy started walking toards the bike. I called the cops and they actually caught the guy after a short chase. His trunk was full of bike parts and he had a theft record a mile long.

I applaud you and the cops for that!

F***ing thieving c*nts deserve execution.

[Sound Wave]

Originally Posted by Flashmonkey

.... I smell drunken college students ...

what you do in the privacy of your own home is your own business.

[Alex]

Somehow I missed that last response when I was in this thread previously...

[KJohnson21]

Get a cover (if you haven't already) and put a lock on it. Even if it's just a padlock, it'll keep the cover from "walking away" and slow them down for anything else. Making it inconvenient and/or obvious that they're not the owner is usually enough.

[NJD022588]

Originally Posted by Sound Wave

what you do in the privacy of your own home is your own business.

LOL

Originally Posted by KJohnson21

Get a cover (if you haven't already) and put a lock on it. Even if it's just a padlock, it'll keep the cover from "walking away" and slow them down for anything else. Making it inconvenient and/or obvious that they're not the owner is usually enough.

My first cover didnt have a place to lock it. The cover I have now does, so whenever I lock up my bike, I lock the cover also. I dont always lock the bike up, but it is always covered overnight.

[CZroe]

Those bulbs are pretty hard find in local stock. I had to order them, which is tough when the bike is your primary transportation.

Perhaps I should have resorted to this!

[Kitdog]

Originally Posted by Sailariel

It would be nice if someone made an electrical device like an electric fence for vehicles. A good ZAP would be a great deterrent.

They do I don't know where they sell them but they do sell them. My parents are ranchers/horse trainers and we were in Texas once looking at stock when I was young and the guy had his truck rigged so when he set his alarm it armed a shock (hot wire fence for livestock) devise that electrified his truck body... I guess ranchers out there when they are working with thier cattle and leave their truck arm this to keep cattle from rubbing on their trucks. Cows furr will rub the paint right off a truck. But it drains your battery also

[gideonpoe]

Originally Posted by dmonaco05

start lookin for another 250 in the area... or another bike with 250 stuff on it... and take a bat to their knees

This is exactly how I would approach the situation.

[shadowskater]

Damn man that's terrible, I really hate hearing about someone's bike getting messed with, especially when the convict makes off with something. If there is a bright side its new signals

Originally Posted by TrueFaith

Someone once tried to remove and steal a half-fairing from one of my bikes. I found out about it when the windshield started wobbling like crazy on the highway and almost came off, which would have takem my head off with it at that speed. When I got it to the side of the road all but one of the fairing bolts was gone and the one that was left had no nut on it, so I dodged a major bullet. The next night (I was on Graveyard shift) I watched my bike in the lot where I parked it and at about 3AM a car stopped a block away and a guy started walking toards the bike. I called the cops and they actually caught the guy after a short chase. His trunk was full of bike parts and he had a theft record a mile long.

Justice served, glad you were able to pull that guy off the streets man, so many thief's will wander right back to a crime scene, good thing you were thinking ahead.

[00NissanNinja]

that sucks, yet another thing to worry about. Can't believe someone would just grab your turn signals and go. I worry about that kind of thing happening to mine a lot since on a bike everything is kind of out in the open.
Good job TrueFaith! Make the mofo pay for stealing what is not his

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by dmonaco05

start lookin for another 250 in the area... or another bike with 250 stuff on it... and take a bat to their knees

WAAAAAY too many 250s around here for that to be fruitful. You'd likely be taking it out on the wrong person.

[Sailariel]

I realize that the thief was swiping acessories. You did mention that you park your bike next to your car--in the same space. It may not hurt to get a cable with a good lock and lock the bike to your car. Just make sure you don't pull out with your car while the bike is cabled to it.

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by Sailariel

I realize that the thief was swiping acessories. You did mention that you park your bike next to your car--in the same space. It may not hurt to get a cable with a good lock and lock the bike to your car. Just make sure you don't pull out with your car while the bike is cabled to it.

Shortly after arriving in San Diego, I cable-locked my bike to my sister's car (didn't have a feel for the neighborhood's safety yet). She had to go to class in the morning so I disconnected it but left it threaded through the triple tree and front tire. When I decided to head out, I forgot that it was there because A) I never really used it and B) it wasn't chained TO anything. I tried to drive off and it tightened, slightly cracking my front upper and RH lower fairings. It was barely noticable once popped back in months later, but that didn't make it hurt any less!

Oh, and someone did mess with my bike that night. I had thousands of miles of road grime on the bike and someone wrote "hell" on the windscreen. I keep telling myself that they may have been trying to write "hello" and ran out of room! The only other incident in the year and a half since then was when the dumpster lid came off and hit the bike, so I'm guessing that the neighborhood is pretty safe.

[bdavison]

www.internatrix.com

Go there and order an alarm....they work great!