one of my big reds was stolen :(... RECOVERD :(.. update

[stoney420]

wow, unbeleiveable i just got another lead!!! this kid Nick Russell who hangs out with my cousin, has a trailer sitting in his yard with a red 4 wheeler on it, when the cop called back(was a different cop then the first one) i told him about this and about the neighbor seeing a red 3 wheeler and red 4 wheeler in my cousins driveway on a trailer, and he said HE ACTUALLY PULLED OVER NICK RUSSELL ON TUESDAY AND HE WAS HAULING A RED 3 WHEELER AND RED 4 WHEELER ON A TRAILER !!!!!!!! he is now on his way to russells house!!! i cant beleive this cop actually seen him hauling the trailer that was in my cousins yard!!!! thats my best evidence so far!!! man, i should have became an investigator!!!! ofcourse the cop knows russell had one so whats he going to say when the cop wants to see it again??? its gone??? im sure that wont be acceptable to the officer....

[ditchmud]

Let's hear some more good news!

[stoney420]

wish i had some for you ditchmud, but i dont just heard back from the trooper, noone was home at the russells residence, but he did see a 3 wheeler there, so he looked at it and said it didnt match the description i gave him, which was, 83 honda big red, red in color, front and rear racks, gun rack on rear rack which may not be there anymore and told him how the rims were once painted red then were painted over again gray/silver and therefore had red showing through the silver, which you can see clearly, (pics page 1), he said the rims was the main thing he looked at but they did not look as decribed or look freshly painted. and he said he beleives this is the one he seen on the trailer .. i was so sure that the one on the trailer would be mine.....anyway he stopped and talked to one of russells neighbors and they said they have seen another one over there, a bigger one (im not sure what size the one he seen was) and is coming over at 10:30 tomorrow morning to get pictures of mine, etc etc..so all is not lost yet, but not looking as good as it was... ...on a side note... ANYONE IN THIS AREA, LOCK, DOUBLE LOCK, TRIPLE LOCK YOUR TOYS!!!! HE SAID THEY HAVE HAD NUMEROUS(MORE THEN A FEW) ATV'S ATC'S DIRTBIKES AND SNOWMOBILES COME UP MISSING VERY RECENTLY FROM THIS AREA!!!!! a dirtbike, and a 3wheeler from 2 different houses on black creek road, a 4 wheeler and sled on chestnut ridge, a couple others and now mine on smith ridge come up stolen very recently. all these roads are within a 3 mile radius of me!!!! he alsosaid one guy on black creek road woke up to some noise one night last week and seen a couple people loading up his 4 wheeler in their "large pickup truck" just as he was about to run out the door a car was coming down the road so the people left the wheeler in the middle of the road, jumped in the truck and took off!!! so LOCK UP YOUR TOYS, DOUBLE LOCK THEM, TRIPLE LOCK THEM IF YOU HAVE TO!!! well im off to go have some very much needed drinks, will update again in the morning after the cop comes over..

[thefox]

I don't know the who was busted for taking the sleds, I will ask my neighbor tomorrow, he knew who it was. I also talked to a friend today, his grandma lives on your road so they are keeping a look out for it.

[stoney420]

thanks fox, much appreciated...
just sitting here waiting for the cops to call again......
was supposed to be at my house at 10:30 this morning, called them at 12:30 and he said he was tied up at the office would call back and come out in half hour... its now 3:00 and still no word from them... gotta love the new york state troopers!!!
and then they wonder why people just take matters into their own hands ..

[bigboy_toy85]

that sucks man, last year so kid tried to steal mine, i kept hearing it rev up then shut off. so i ran outside. he saw me and took agross the yard. I jumped on the three wheeler, "turned the Gas on" and fired up and chased him down. it was alot of fun.

[daniel_250r]

^^best thing i've heard all day lol, i think i am going to start to lock mine up when the motors back in. it sits in a locked barn tho

[ditchmud]

Any news??

[stoney420]

well.. it got down to the point the cops said "we'll let you know if we hear anything" and they werent trying very hard to find it from what i can tell buttt we have been widely spreading the word locally and have found an excellent lead which was discoverd today, i cant give any details just in case he happens to be on here, but will touch base again tomorrow. wish me luckkkkk

[daniel_250r]

good luck man

[RudeDog666]

Best of luck! Hopefully you stumble upon a garage full of stolen toys. Then everyone's happy and the stealer/s go in for a few years time.

I had a pickup stolen from me once and they caught the 3 guys 2 years later. Turns out they were going around taking "For Sale" vehicles for "test drives" and getting keys made. They would then wait for one week, if the vehicle wasn't sold they would wait till the owners weren't home and drive off with the vehicle. Some they stripped and sold the parts and some they beat the crap out of (mine for instance). The troopers found about a dozen vehicles.

I ended up getting restitution and the original "for sale" price of the vehicle.

Another thing to watch out for... If you're selling a vehicle know who's taking it for that test drive.

Again, best of luck and hope your trike is not too badly beaten.

[stoney420]

well....... i got the big red back!!.......completely un recognizable
completely spray bombed black
just like i thought in the first place it was my little F*CKING COUSIN!!!!
the plan didnt work out as we had hoped, we had a guy that was going to buy it for $100 and catch him with it in the act, instead we went out on there property and seen it/recoverd it since the cops wouldnt go through with the buy idea .
we dont really have any solid concrete evidence linking him to it besides it was in the woods on their property, a couple neighbors did see him riding it while it was red, then again while it was black, the guy that was going to buy it didnt really want to get involved, i just hope he will fill out a statement... ill know how solid the case is on friday when the cop takes everyones statements, and gets all the evidence together.... i just hope they can nail this f^cker to the wall and get me some restitution money to get a new wheeler, there no way this can be restored to the condition it was without all brand new parts

[MonroeMike]

Glad to hear you got it back.

[Mosh]

well....... i got the big red back!!.......completely un recognizable
completely spray bombed black
just like i thought in the first place it was my little F*CKING COUSIN!!!!
the plan didnt work out as we had hoped, we had a guy that was going to buy it for $100 and catch him with it in the act, instead we went out on there property and seen it/recoverd it since the cops wouldnt go through with the buy idea .
we dont really have any solid concrete evidence linking him to it besides it was in the woods on their property, a couple neighbors did see him riding it while it was red, then again while it was black, the guy that was going to buy it didnt really want to get involved, i just hope he will fill out a statement... ill know how solid the case is on friday when the cop takes everyones statements, and gets all the evidence together.... i just hope they can nail this f^cker to the wall and get me some restitution money to get a new wheeler, there no way this can be restored to the condition it was without all brand new parts

A rag soaked in gas will wipe most of the paint and overspray off.
Try it, you will be surprised.
Good to hear you got it back at least.

[stoney420]

thanks mosh ill give that a try on the plastic, rims etc.
any suggestions for the tank and other parts that were paint or powdercoated w/e honda used on it.. gas will take off the red as well wouldnt it? i cant just paint over it without sanding it for days non stop since the paint has huge runs in it, looks like they held the can about 2 inches away when painting it, its on there THICK.....