[Ducati] my 900ss sp stolen in SF

[Bruce Bradsby]

Sorry to hear about it, bro. Did you check to see if maybe it was  
towed? Pretty sure that 4th is outbound and likely is a tow-zone  
after 4:00PM. I'll definitely keep an eye out, and you should watch  
Craigslist for any distinctive parts, like rash on fairings. Is the  
SP full fairing or half-fairing? On prevention, somebody's got micro-  
chip-entrained "paint" you can dab on discreetly to ID parts from  
your bike for future police identification. I've read a lock, chain,  
cover & alarm will make them move on to other bikes. I'd rather use a  
concealed handgrenade with the pin attached to the inside of the  
fairing  :)    Anybody use LoJack and have feedback to share?  I have  
clearly had too much time to stew on this; In the last year, I've had  
a carbon winglet literally ripped off of, and a set of tools taken  
from the pouch inside the fairing of my 999 though none of this  
compares to your loss. Dipsh#t crackheads destroyed the winglet to  
remove it, so it was no use to either of us at that point, and the  
tools, well we all know what those are worth.

For SF bikers, I recommend you park in the large bike-only meter  
spaces with lots of pedestrian traffic, as there's safety in numbers  
because bikes are coming and going all the time and anybody  
manhandling a locked bike into a van would be beaten to a pulp -  it  
would raise too much attention for the sh#theads to brave it. Also,  
many garages let bikes park there cheap, including 5th & Mission at  
the Metreon, that are at least somewhat hard to load a bike from  
without raising someone's eyebrows. Make your bike unattractive to  
thieves - they're lazy cowards, else they'd have real jobs, lives &  
bikes.

-bruce
Bruce Bradsby

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>
> I'm a long-time lurker, few time poster.  Anyway last Friday I  
> parked near
> the Metreon and Moscone Center on 4th St between 1130am and 730pm  
> and my
> bike was gone.  I had a disc lock on the front wheel.  It was a  
> 1997 900 ss
> sp - the last of the classic red biposto Supersports. :(  Don't  
> know if it
> was stolen for parts or what.  If you see a Supersport with a Batz  
> Maru head
> inside the windshield, let me know.  If nothing else, hope others  
> learn from
> my mistakes.
>
> 1. a bike can be stolen in even a high traffic area
> 2. a disc lock may be useless
> 3. don't leave your bike unattended for such a long time in a city  
> like SF
> 4. don't have faith in the honesty of others in a big city
> 5. even a bike worth ~$4-5k is worth stealing
>
> Les Young
> X - '97 900ss ssp
>
>