[Ducati] my 900ss sp stolen in SF

[Brian De Groodt]

On the thread of LoJack, I was looking around at the Scorpion kits  
last night.  Not LoJack, but it's the best I've seen for motorcycles  
short of the LoJack deal.  Anyone have any feedback on those?  Do  
they trip too easily?  Are thieves more advanced than the features  
the Scorpions offer?

Brian De Groodt
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On Oct 3, 2006, at 5:40 PM, Bruce Bradsby wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
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