lahadaextranjera
Well-Known Member
After being here for nearly a decade, it was finally my turn to get robbed. I've never been pickpocketed but nearly all of my friends have.
I decided to get up early (9:30am) because I was helping my disreputable friend move house. Due to my smoking and driving policy I requested that we started early.
I went to my bike to get to hers in good time and it had vanished! It just wasn't there! I knew I was looking in the right place because I parked the car right in front of it when I returned from shopping yesterday. I would've paid someone to take a picture of my face, I was shocked!
I saw the neighbours and asked them. This was strange because I'd seen it at midnight and now it was gone?! I've had it for over 3 years and it only cost me a few hundred euros.
The law here in Spain regarding bike insurance is that you can't get theft cover on a 49cc so you never get an expensive one, just in case.
I called my friend to inform her that I wasn't coming and proceeded with getting docs together to call the police and the tow truck dept. Neither had it. I had to report it in case it was used in a crime.
It's really hilly where I live, there are even outdoor escalators so this made me wonder. I couldn't start it with the ignition the other day and didn't move it before midnight because of my new trainers. I would've had to kick start it and maybe get dirty.
My non theft cover insurance runs out in 3 days and costs about the same as the bike so I start to see the bright side about not paying another years insurance for nothing etc. I'd also not replaced the mirror, recovered the seat or straightened the front wheel steering.
How did they take it if they couldn't hot wire it? My friend suggested that they picked it up in a van but I dismissed this because it didn't have enough value for a prof job. I suspected kids had taken it, broken the steering lock and may the ignition barrel and then pushed /kicked it.
I asked a bin cleaning man in the street if he'd seen it and he hadn't. My bf and I walked downhill around the block to have a look. When he realized I left the bike docs at home he wanted to go back. I returned after a while and found my bike 50 meters from where we were and next to some bins!! . It was propped up on its side stand (now broken) with the ignition intact!!!! I couldnt believe it! Even the steering lock works which means I probably didn't put it on! I got my bike back without too much damage!!
I want to buy a bigger bike now so that I can get theft cover. I need a new bike anyway. I had a chain but my mechanic lost it. I will get another one now. Happy ending!
I decided to get up early (9:30am) because I was helping my disreputable friend move house. Due to my smoking and driving policy I requested that we started early.
I went to my bike to get to hers in good time and it had vanished! It just wasn't there! I knew I was looking in the right place because I parked the car right in front of it when I returned from shopping yesterday. I would've paid someone to take a picture of my face, I was shocked!
I saw the neighbours and asked them. This was strange because I'd seen it at midnight and now it was gone?! I've had it for over 3 years and it only cost me a few hundred euros.
The law here in Spain regarding bike insurance is that you can't get theft cover on a 49cc so you never get an expensive one, just in case.
I called my friend to inform her that I wasn't coming and proceeded with getting docs together to call the police and the tow truck dept. Neither had it. I had to report it in case it was used in a crime.
It's really hilly where I live, there are even outdoor escalators so this made me wonder. I couldn't start it with the ignition the other day and didn't move it before midnight because of my new trainers. I would've had to kick start it and maybe get dirty.
My non theft cover insurance runs out in 3 days and costs about the same as the bike so I start to see the bright side about not paying another years insurance for nothing etc. I'd also not replaced the mirror, recovered the seat or straightened the front wheel steering.
How did they take it if they couldn't hot wire it? My friend suggested that they picked it up in a van but I dismissed this because it didn't have enough value for a prof job. I suspected kids had taken it, broken the steering lock and may the ignition barrel and then pushed /kicked it.
I asked a bin cleaning man in the street if he'd seen it and he hadn't. My bf and I walked downhill around the block to have a look. When he realized I left the bike docs at home he wanted to go back. I returned after a while and found my bike 50 meters from where we were and next to some bins!! . It was propped up on its side stand (now broken) with the ignition intact!!!! I couldnt believe it! Even the steering lock works which means I probably didn't put it on! I got my bike back without too much damage!!
I want to buy a bigger bike now so that I can get theft cover. I need a new bike anyway. I had a chain but my mechanic lost it. I will get another one now. Happy ending!