ripped off

[digschopper]

anyone here been robbed? i just found out a triumph 955i engine,tools,woodstove,saws are all gone.the idiots didnt take the 2 welders,but cut the cables off for the copper. i'm curious if you guys have been through this,and how you handled it.

[jb2wheels]

Piss, bit#$ and moan.
File police report.
Still pissed.
File insurance claim.
Still pissed.
Eventually replace stuff and move on.

[thestud25]

I had a 20 ft dovetail trailer with 2 marine Chevy 350 motors stolen. Livid pissed!!!!!

[jays375]

They took the wood stove,hide the firewood.Or place some dynamite in it,this winter you will know who did it.Just kidding getting ripped off sucks.Lately there has been alot of stuff being stolen all around me.Mostly kids doing it for some quick drug money.Pisses me off you work hard for your things and some scumbag steals it looking for a quick fix.

[jeswinehart]

Piss, bit#$ and moan.
File police report.
Still pissed.
File insurance claim.
Still pissed.
Eventually replace stuff and move on.

Yes, times 2 for me. Insurance come thru like troopers even though not listed or even proof of the boat motor stolen, I even told them that if I owed them money for asking/filing claim on boat motor i would pay them ,,,, (I was extremely well compensated w/o rate increase).
But yes the clip is still half inserted ready to slap rest of way in after 8 years ago and I pray I use in best of judgment

[dcreel]

I have had the stereos in both of my cars stolen in one night. They broke the window of the car that was parked next to my bedroom window. The other was parked at the curb in front of the house. Apparently somebody got cut trying to pry the metal that held my deck in because the dumb@$$ bled all over the interior of my car. They hit 11 cars that night in the same neighborhood. The cops did absolutely nothing.. in Campbellsville, KY. They got the whole stereo, amp, 10 disc cd player and all after breaking the rear glass out of my GEO Storm. It was parked about 30 feet from my bedroom window. That was in Coffeyville, KS.

When I drove a 1980 Toyota 4X4 with 10" of lift they broke into it twice outside the girlfriends apt. complex in Costa Mesa, CA. I drove it for a while with a toggle switch and push button to start it. The third time it was gone. The cops found it in Santa Ana, CA (imagine that..) and the cop that filled out the paperwork wrote that it had been lit on fire and that the fingerprints were burnt off. It wasn't, he lied so he wouldn't have to fingerprint it. It was found in the carport of an apt, and they never even questioned the owners. My father (cop) called them and had words about that. I got it back without wheels and tires, smittybilt bumpers and rollbar, interior gone, exhaust gone. The rebuilt motor was still in it with the rebuilt trans. I sold it for $1500 to a guy who brought a pink steering wheel, bench seat, and 4 mismatched 31" tires and he drove it home..

Here is the truck

[digschopper]

there was no insurance. there were also firearms taken,including my mossberg riot gun,and an sks "with mods".the police admitted without serial numbers,its not looking good. i want revenge. it must be the next worse thing to freeking rape. i have a buddy staying there now,so maybe some night they'll come back...

[Thorpe]

That sucks man! It sounds like they already knew what they wanted though...?? Do you have any suspects? I havent ever had anything big ripped off, but I would go ape-doody if it happened....

[dougspcs]

Been there, got that Tshirt!!

In addition to the piss & moan, walk the neighbourhood banging on doors..tell the neighbours how pissed you are, ask them if the saw anything..they didn't. But be sure to tell them you are installing motion cameras tomorrow..whether you do or don't is up to you.

Since doing this I haven't had my property entered in 2 years..funny thing?? It's usually someone in your hood, or people coming and going regularlly. Get the word out you are a armed and crazy and your property is monitored..it should stop.

Just don't give them the opportunity to chump you twice!!!

[brd812]

When I was getting out racing around 94 I placed my Banshee in the classifieds and a guy talked to my Mom for directions to come out and look at the bike, never showed up, that night our barn was broken into and my shee was pushed away. Two years later, Buddy calls and me at work and tells me to get to this bike shop, my shee is there. I said no way and when I pulled in there she set. I called the state police, he called owner, I proved it was mine w/ gbr stamps on the inside of the cases and fast by gast crank. I got my bike back, and the thief was stuck with the bill for new sleeves,rod, and pistons if I didn't make contact w/him or press charges. He was so going to get his ass handed to him.....scumm. I've kept it ever since and will never let her go again.

[digschopper]

problem is,my place is pretty remote. i was living with my girlfriend over the winter 2 hrs away. they had plenty of time to pick and choose.i'm seriously thinking of setting traps and putting a chain or pole across the driveway. a buddy's staying there now,neighbors so far away they don't know i haven't been living there.

[Jon Boy]

eh, might be careful what kind of traps you set. stuff like that can get YOU put in jail just the same.

[Frankencelery]

Last week I was test riding my ATC90 after some carburetor work, and I rode down a trail at my neighbors place, turned around at the bottom of the hill, and glanced up at my tree stand which has been there for 3 years...and it wasn't. My safety strap and the clip was still there, but the tree stand was gone. I haven't called the police, because I figured there was nothing they would do anyway. I'm going to buy cable locks for the rest. Whether that will help or not I have no idea, but I have to do something.

The really crappy thing (besides losing your sh*t) is that right after something like this happens, you're really pissed and you want to lie in wait for them with your magnum in your lap, but of course you can't live like that and they never seem to come back while your guard is up. I've read a lot of stories from you guys about garages getting broken into and trikes and many other things getting stolen, but what I can't figure out is if there's really anything you can realistically do to protect your stuff. Security lights and locks may have some benefit, but not to a determined criminal.

[Xpress]

Security lights and locks may have some benefit, but not to a determined criminal.

Today I saw a THICK chain (must have been about 3/4" thick, hardened steel) around a bike and the apartment building roof structure over the parking spots. Don't know where he got it, he said he got it from his uncle, but I can imagine it's going to dull every hack saw blade out there before they come close to cutting through, and ontop of that you would have to make a lot of noise if you wanted the bike.

Boat anchor chain maybe? I'm going to try and find some of that stuff, I like my bikes too much to not find some of it.

[Dirtcrasher]

Sadly, there isn't a lock out there (or chain) that a cordless rt. angle grinder with a cutoff wheel can't get off on 30 seconds................