Stolen Bike, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

[WhiteXT]

Hi everyone

Been a while since I was last on here and I wish this post could be of a more upbeat nature but unfortunately not

I rode my bike up to my house in Newcastle on Sunday from Northants (which was a mighty fun trip of A and B roads, being still on L plates and all that so no motorways ) Anyway I was woken up on Monday morning by my housemate telling me some scrote had broken in and stolen it from our backyard in the Heaton district (it had been there less than 12 hours...) The Police came round but didnt seem to hopeful about recovering it.

Just wanted to advertise it on here incase anyone in the Newcastle area sees it around (I've already posted it up on BCF and NMR and just remembers this forum aswell), its a white Yamaha XT125X, its got a snapped clutch lever and is missing the exhaust heat shield on the right hand side. The number plate is KP09ZRN Theres pictures of it below. Also if they've left them on there's 2 L plates, one on the front right suspension fork and one underneath the number plate at the rear.

If anyone sees it around the area please either let me know on here or ring Northumbria Police to let them know, I would be very greatful for any information about it. Thanks.

[johnsnownw]

Sorry to hear that, mate. Hope they catch the wanker, and find your bike in good condition.

[Airhead]

Have pinned it for you, if it comes back be sure to let us know.

[WhiteXT]

Yeh me too John, thanks for the support. Oldgit, thanks very much, and yeh I will be sure to let you know if it comes back, hopefully it will!! I've only had the bike a year but it still feels like i've lost a good friend, especially after the 250mile ride (furthest iv ever taken it) to bring it up here to Newcastle!!

[WhiteXT]

UPDATE

Received a letter today from a local garage saying that my bike has been recovered from an estate in Byker and that I can go collect it on Monday, two guys were seen with it acting suspiciously on a footpath but had gone by the time the Police arrived but they've got descriptions of them so hopefully the scrotes will be caught!

Here comes the sting though.....apparently having had my bike stolen, probably abused and broken, I now have to pay £150 for the luxury of it in storage costs to the garage thats storing it for the Police... ! What kind of country do we live in where if someones property is stolen they then have to pay for the pleasure of getting it back..... I was speechless when I read that I'm going to have to pay for it! Apparently though if they do catch the scrotes that stole it then I can claim compensation and make them pay for it but I have to be honest that I'm not holding out for that to actually happen!!

Oh well, atleast I'm getting her back on Monday, heres hoping she's not too damaged and also that they do catch the scrotes.

Thanks to everyone on here for your support

[johnsnownw]

Glad to hear you got it back. Having to pay to get your bike out of storage is a kick in the teeth though. Keep us updated.

[Guest CardBoardDave]

Good news on the bike whitext :)

re the storage charge im sure that if you read up on it you may find something regarding consumer rights and contractal law.

[Vez]

Good to hear you will get your bike back WhiteXT, hope its not too badly damaged.

Vez.

Good news on the bike whitext :)

re the storage charge im sure that if you read up on it you may find something regarding consumer rights and contractal law.

When you report a bike stolen they ask you if you want the police to recover it at a cost or if you would like to be informed of the whereabouts to arrange the collection yourself if the bike is found.

[Guest CardBoardDave]

Good to hear you will get your bike back WhiteXT, hope its not too badly damaged.

Vez.

When you report a bike stolen they ask you if you want the police to recover it at a cost or if you would like to be informed of the whereabouts to arrange the collection yourself  if the bike is found.

i did not know that vez. thankfully i have never had any thing stolen from me.

"Charges paid by the police force

"Where recoveries are made under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE), for the purpose of the investigation of crime, or where police have seized a vehicle and subsequently return it to the person it was seized from, Northumbria Police will pay the recovery fee"

http://www.northumbria.police.uk/advice_and_information/advice_and_support/vehrec/

Did they take it for finger prints?

[WhiteXT]

Well went and got her back today....

To first reply to the above posts though, I was never actually offered the options of picking it up myself or the police recovering it. When I got to the garage they had a lot of posters and things on the wall explaining that it is part of the Police's policy to charge for recovery, still not happy about it though. It was actually taken for fingerprints apparently.

First thoughts on seeing her again were, you sure that's my bike, mines white and red.....not badly sprayed black...oh right the buggers have sprayed her!

On a worse note, the headlamp had been taken off and all the wiring at the front ripped out in order to hotwire it, all the lights (apart from the break light) and the mirrors have been taken off, the steering lock was cut through with an angle grinder, they've ripped off the rear mudguarddy bit and number plate and they've taken an angel grinder to parts of it by the looks of things....including the frame and engine serial numbers (no wonder the police took so long to let me know they'd found it, it was hardly recognisable save for the snapped clutch lever and the missing exhaust shield!) Also unexplainably they'd ripped the battery connectors off the end of the wires going to the battery and then frayed the copper wiring and connected it like that...seems fairly pointless!

Managed to get her started on the kickstart (eventually, took about 15-20 mins of kicking it,) it would seem that the starter button on the handlebars is still connected, even though the ignition switch is not so the electrics kick in with the kickstart but there's no display on the screen.

Pics below:

The next two show the destroyed frame and engine numbers,

Next one shows how I bodged a new numberplate on, having nowhere to attach it to I had to take off the numberplate light and use the screw and nut attaching that to put through the plate aswell....

I know it could have probably been worse but it's bad enough! Although I am slightly leaning towards liking this model of bike in black...just not my one...and especially not such a shoddy job!!

Tried ringing the garage today but to no avail, will be ringing again tommorow and hopefully getting a quote on the repairs soon and will have to decide what to do once I get that!

[Vez]

Damn thats a mess, sorry to see it like that , fscking assoles.... at least you have it back i suppose.

Have your insurance payed for you to get it repaired?

[johnsnownw]

Glad you got it back in one piece, sorry that it has fewer bits than before. Asswipes, they deserve a little stabby stabby.

[WhiteXT]

I know I just keep thinking C***s and poor girl every time I see her Unfortunately not covered for theft apparently but I'm getting the documents sent up to me from home and going to make double sure of that!

Thanks John, well mostly one piece! Thinking of maybe going to the area it was found in on it as it is, sure the c***s would be obvious when they saw she'd come back to get them

[mtwallet]

what a bunch of scumbag c***s, must be devastating, they need to be strung up by their b*ll**s