A Honda C90
Not a childhood toy, no sentimental value.

But I was still absolutely gutted that some utter arsehole thought they could walk into my back garden and take it for a joyride.

Especially as I was due to ride up to the Lake District on it the next day, and I had all my tools, camping stuff, and guitar strapped to the back.

The real clincher was that when they'd finished ragging it across a field, they didn't think 'Oh, we'll put it on the sidestand at the side of the road and leave it'. No. They cut all the wires, slashed the seat and tyres and then ripped my topbox off, which contained £50 worth of tools and parts.

After being found by the police, it was then 'recovered' to a place 10 miles away, despite being found less than 5 minutes walk from my house.

Had I been stupid enough to pay the recovery fee and get it back, this would have cost me £170. For a bike that cost me £200.



It sounds like a small thing, but I spent days working on that bike, on my hands and knees covered in oil and grit, to get it in reasonable shape.

Do kids nowdays have no respect? When I was 13, I was out doing E's and drinking 2-for-1 pints at the local rock club, not nicking bikes.
(Half of Stephen Fry's right buttock pissed on your dog on, Mon 18 Aug 2008, 15:39, 5 replies)

*click*
for making 'doing 'e's sound productive' - nice one!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 18 Aug 2008, 15:42, closed)

I had the same...
...with a Yammy 125 many years ago.

Bike was completely stripped, and yet the police wanted something like 180 quid plus 25 quid a day 'storage'.

That bike also cost me 170 quid coincidently.
(dchurch bah, Mon 18 Aug 2008, 15:52, closed)

It's not all bad -
it ultimately led to me passing my test and getting a big(ger, well, it's only a 250) bike. With a fucking huge chain and an alarm.
(Half of Stephen Fry's right buttock pissed on your dog on, Mon 18 Aug 2008, 15:54, closed)

Yup
they did it to my C90 too.
I always want them to steal my GS750B, it's a deathtrap.
( FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 18 Aug 2008, 16:05, closed)

Why is it
they never steal the things you'd happily have nicked?

I've got a crappy 50cc chav chariot parked outside my house that I rode for about a month before I couldn't stand it any longer and bought something better.

It's been there for ages (I'm too lazy to sell it and all attempts to give it away have proved fruitless), but no fucker will steal it.

Damn them!
( Moey, Mon 18 Aug 2008, 16:25, closed)