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Originally posted by XXXXXX
This is not a "be on the lookout for" story, more of a general warning to all bikers.
I was told about it last night, it was a friend of a friend kinda thing. He was riding down a toll road interstate here in Florida called the 417, it is not a heavily travelled road and he was wearing brand new Oakley glasses and no helmet. He turned his head for a second and they flew off his head, he immediately pulled over to the shoulder to see if he could retrieve them. He left his bike running on the shoulder, and ran back. When he picked the glasses up he turned to go back and saw a car pulled over, a guy jump out, hop on his bike and take off!!! They have a picture of the guy running a toll booth on the road but it doesnt show much.
His cell was in his trunk so he couldnt even call the cops right away, or a ride to pick him up! Talk about wrong place wrong time... I just can't believe the odds. My friends were talking about getting a massage yesterday while we were out riding, I told them there is no way in hell I would leave my bike anywhere unattended in this friggen town for even 5 minutes.
On a side note, another friend of mine went down to Miami to purchase a streetbike and a dirtbike from a seller, he loaded both into the bed of his truck and on his way out of town stopped at a walgreens for a soda and snack, he was in there maybe 3 minutes, he walks out to find 3 guys around his truck, the straps cut, and the bikes laying on each other with these guys trying to lift them out. He yells at them and they look but just keep working, then he pulls a 9mm out and yells again, they didn't even flinch, and some big lady in a Navigator says "hey cracker you better put that away before I pull out a real gun" He was on his cell but had no service, acting like he was talking to the police, he said loudly his location, and "oh so you have a unit nearby? Hurry please" and I guess that finally spooked them into leaving.
Whats the world coming to when pulling out a gun in broad daylight won't even scare off potential theives???
Keep your bike in your living room if you have to, rent a storage unit, don't waste your money on locks and chains that can be cut, and maybe your bike will be safe.
This is not a "be on the lookout for" story, more of a general warning to all bikers.
I was told about it last night, it was a friend of a friend kinda thing. He was riding down a toll road interstate here in Florida called the 417, it is not a heavily travelled road and he was wearing brand new Oakley glasses and no helmet. He turned his head for a second and they flew off his head, he immediately pulled over to the shoulder to see if he could retrieve them. He left his bike running on the shoulder, and ran back. When he picked the glasses up he turned to go back and saw a car pulled over, a guy jump out, hop on his bike and take off!!! They have a picture of the guy running a toll booth on the road but it doesnt show much.
His cell was in his trunk so he couldnt even call the cops right away, or a ride to pick him up! Talk about wrong place wrong time... I just can't believe the odds. My friends were talking about getting a massage yesterday while we were out riding, I told them there is no way in hell I would leave my bike anywhere unattended in this friggen town for even 5 minutes.
On a side note, another friend of mine went down to Miami to purchase a streetbike and a dirtbike from a seller, he loaded both into the bed of his truck and on his way out of town stopped at a walgreens for a soda and snack, he was in there maybe 3 minutes, he walks out to find 3 guys around his truck, the straps cut, and the bikes laying on each other with these guys trying to lift them out. He yells at them and they look but just keep working, then he pulls a 9mm out and yells again, they didn't even flinch, and some big lady in a Navigator says "hey cracker you better put that away before I pull out a real gun" He was on his cell but had no service, acting like he was talking to the police, he said loudly his location, and "oh so you have a unit nearby? Hurry please" and I guess that finally spooked them into leaving.
Whats the world coming to when pulling out a gun in broad daylight won't even scare off potential theives???
Keep your bike in your living room if you have to, rent a storage unit, don't waste your money on locks and chains that can be cut, and maybe your bike will be safe.
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