July 29th, 2012, 07:33 PM | #1 |
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Name: Yakaru
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The Grocery Bandit
So, not sure this a 'crash' report but still a story to tell; I should probably start bringing my cover with me on the bike after this, though I'd love to hear any stories from others on preventing this from happening.
Needed a few small items to make dinner, so I decided to run out to the local grocer since what I needed could fit in my backpack and I avoid taking my car since my parking space barely fits it (which is impressive, I drive a compact car). Grocery store is on the 'edge' of a neighborhood so lots of foot traffic, didn't really think about it. Went in, got my veggies, and when I walked out there was a kid (13 or 14 is my bet) on my Ninja. I saw him and shouted to ask why he was there and apparently panicked him since he jumped off it and, in the process, shoved it off the stand onto the ground. Damn it. I was more concerned with my bike than him at that point, picked up the bike and except for the fact it made one of my front turn signals unusable there's very little visible damage (a small paint chip and some very light scuffs I already scrubbed off). Still, looks like my next change to the bike will be putting on flush mount turn signals -- was on my list but now that one is busted that one gets priority. Fun. |
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July 29th, 2012, 07:56 PM | #2 |
Jigglin' your Jiglets
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This is the best reason to strangle a teenager that I've ever seen, and you passed it up
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July 29th, 2012, 08:08 PM | #3 |
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I would have chased his ass down.
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July 29th, 2012, 08:43 PM | #4 |
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Was more concerned with the bike at the time, even though 'what was done was done' by the time I got to it. I'm just thankful there's no 'real' damage.
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July 29th, 2012, 08:52 PM | #5 |
Jigglin' your Jiglets
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The next time some dumbass kids try to cross the street in front of traffic just go ahead and knock them over.
Fair's fair
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July 30th, 2012, 04:26 AM | #6 |
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I would have chased them down and made someone in his family pay for the damage. Idgaf about hurting anyone; that's not ever my intention. I would just want the bike back to where it was before they caused damage. So rude.
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July 30th, 2012, 01:43 PM | #7 |
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That kid has technically crashed a Ninja 250, so according to popular-ninjette.org reasoning, his next bike should be a 600CC supersport.
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July 30th, 2012, 02:24 PM | #8 |
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never startle.
just walk up calmly next time so you can catch them. then do whatever you feel is necessary. i made a kid who sat on my car and scratched the paint, call his parents and had him apologize to both his parents and me. made me feel better but i still had to fix the damage. dropping a bike causes hundreds of dollars in damage, i would have called the parents and told them to pay up. |
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July 30th, 2012, 04:47 PM | #9 |
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i put a mod on my bike just for this reason. back when i had a shop in the local mall i used to park my first bike on the side walk at the closest public entrance. i had friends that worked security, and one day i had one call me and say "hey there are some kids sitting on your bike and messing with it" so i ran out and chased them off. at that time i kept my ninja on the stay stand cus i knew people where walking by it all day every day and didnt want to risk some one knocking it over. after that i moved my bike to one of the little service loading areas behind my shop so there would be no foot traffic. so i come out one day with one of my workers while he smoked and caught some people trying to steal it, i had a deemed disk lock on the front, parked it in gear, and had it behind a big transformer against a wall. there where 2 of em trying to pick it up and get it to their truck, i got loud and flashed my pistol " i have a conceal and carry" and they took off.
so, when i got this bike i took a VERY cheap option, it cost like 5$ total. i picked up an alarm light, all it does is sit there and blink when you flip a switch. its very noticeable, you cant walk by the bike with out seeing it. now the only reason i installed it was to make people think twice before going around it or touching it. i know it wont keep some one who is determined to steal it away but it works for kids n stuff. i have a vid floating on here that shows it on and off. it was very simple to install and if you need help i can tell you how i did it. BTW here is the disk lock the alarm light and if you want to see the alarm light installed here is the walk around vid with it http://youtu.be/NNb19a0Ytr4
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July 30th, 2012, 05:21 PM | #10 | |
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July 30th, 2012, 05:25 PM | #11 |
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I love my Xena xx-6 disc alarm. Any vibration will set off some warning beeps then the alarm goes off.
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July 30th, 2012, 05:28 PM | #12 |
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how much did you pay for it? and did you install it yourself? when i get my 636 i will be buying an alarm, im just not sure which one yet.
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July 30th, 2012, 05:31 PM | #13 |
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July 30th, 2012, 05:51 PM | #14 |
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is it waterproof? sounds like a great idea, might have to sell my disk lock and pick one of those up.
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July 30th, 2012, 05:59 PM | #15 | |
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August 1st, 2012, 08:56 PM | #17 | |
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August 3rd, 2012, 06:42 AM | #18 |
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no they had the tail down so it was covering the plate, and where im at the crime rate is very high so the cops dont do much/care.
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August 3rd, 2012, 07:31 AM | #19 |
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I put a spy 5000m alarm on my 250. It only cost me $94 and i installed it my self. Now when ever some comes near my bike, the alarm goes off. They dont even have to touch it. Also is a really good security to prevent theft. I think its a must to have one of these.
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August 5th, 2012, 12:54 PM | #20 |
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