Way to go mate. Great that you were able to get your bike back and not to damaged awesome. I know this might sound strange but I had my power chair nicked several years ago. Never got it back but like you I have an independent tracker in my chair now. At the time we had to keep it in our car garage and it was nicked in the garage. Great video and look forward to more information on this story.
Glad you got the bike back, a few years back I used to work with a tracking company that fitted trackers, Bermondsey was the number 1 place the stolen bikes would end up in the country, some things have not changed it seems.
Unfortunate that your bike was targeted but at least you were able to recover it! I've been lucky enough to never have anyone mess around with my bike, the most common place it's parked in public view is Glasgow city centre which is weirdly safe for bikes. Edinburgh which is just up the road and regarded by Glaswegians as "posh" is way worse for motorbike theft, lots of people stopping there on tour fall foul of the local feral teens.
Hello mate. what locks did you actually have? would love to know because i have xmax 300 and use 200 quid worth of locks on when im out. one of them locks is anti grinder lock liteLok x1 and a good alarmed disc lock. when parked at night i have 6 locks including 19mm chain.
Is your bike locked to anything at night? Doesn't matter how many locks you have on it if it can be picked up and put in a back of a Van. I had a good disc lock, litelok and a 19mm milenco chain on it
@@TheLDNCouriermines locked to a lamp post lol. i just find it strange why they lifted your xmax .... when you found it was the locks still attached ?. seems like they did a lot of work for a low value bike. you'd think they would drive to Berkely road and pick a nice one parked up there .... not saying xmax isn't nice but to thieves its low value, and if they stole to use for crime usually they go after tmax, vespa or piaggio beverly
Ah mate am paying 1500 a year for 3rd party only on a 400cc, as London with no garage. But one great thing about accepting responsibility for the security and recovery of your bike, is that it reminds you how poor a service the insurance company (and the police) offer you. As my premium lowers, I question if I will ever get fire and theft cover again or if each year I will just put that money in the bank. After 3 years not only does it cover the replacement of the bike but I still have the money.
Completely agree. I choose third party only too for the reasons you've just said. Garages often don't lower your premium anyway and sometimes increase... Basically they have things sewn up.
I know this feeling of what you went through. You have to go to hell and back to secure your bike. I have a few tips I uses to keep my bike more secure
Thanks for watching - Feel free to comment your tips on my next vid - keen for the comments on that vid to be full of tips which might help people out on this issue
They do whatever they can to stop the owners from going to retrieve the bikes themselves. I had a friend who had many bikes stolen during his time in London, and they would always tell him that he's not allowed to go there, i suppose now they just lie instead - maybe it's more effective. They do it because there could be a violent altercation between the owner and the thieves, and they want to prevent that from happening, they lied to protect you. I totally disagree with it though, and the fact those two vans didn't even pursue you actually makes me a little mad
Interesting. Yeah I didn't say I was going to retrieve the bike nor was I told not to but you could well be right that they wanted to deter me doing so by lying they were on the scene. I get the feeling my case was more just incompetence / not caring at all. Yes the lack of pursuit was the worst bit in many ways... No wonder there's so much of it around. Thanks for watching
@@TheLDNCourier It honestly works super well, hopefully I will never have to use them lol. Glad you got your bike back in one piece! My last bike that was stolen got vandalised and sprayed green... Be safe out there.
5:32 Pictures of the damage can be seen here: www.youtube.com/@TheLDNCourier/community. Meant to include these in the video.
Way to go mate. Great that you were able to get your bike back and not to damaged awesome. I know this might sound strange but I had my power chair nicked several years ago. Never got it back but like you I have an independent tracker in my chair now. At the time we had to keep it in our car garage and it was nicked in the garage. Great video and look forward to more information on this story.
Thanks for watching - appreciate it. If it isn't bolted down etc haha
Glad that you were able to take matters into your own hands and retrieve the bike mate, gotta be safe out there ig.
Cheers! I had to at least try and it worked out thankfully
Glad you got the bike back, a few years back I used to work with a tracking company that fitted trackers, Bermondsey was the number 1 place the stolen bikes would end up in the country, some things have not changed it seems.
Cheers! Looks like I'm keeping Bermondsey on the map then
Just because you got a garage don't get complacent. If they know they are in there, they will get them.
True enough - I'm using security as well 🔓
Unfortunate that your bike was targeted but at least you were able to recover it! I've been lucky enough to never have anyone mess around with my bike, the most common place it's parked in public view is Glasgow city centre which is weirdly safe for bikes. Edinburgh which is just up the road and regarded by Glaswegians as "posh" is way worse for motorbike theft, lots of people stopping there on tour fall foul of the local feral teens.
Cheers - London pretty bad for it. Interesting to hear about Glasgow / Edinburgh
Hello mate. what locks did you actually have? would love to know because i have xmax 300 and use 200 quid worth of locks on when im out. one of them locks is anti grinder lock liteLok x1 and a good alarmed disc lock. when parked at night i have 6 locks including 19mm chain.
Is your bike locked to anything at night? Doesn't matter how many locks you have on it if it can be picked up and put in a back of a Van. I had a good disc lock, litelok and a 19mm milenco chain on it
@@TheLDNCouriermines locked to a lamp post lol. i just find it strange why they lifted your xmax .... when you found it was the locks still attached ?. seems like they did a lot of work for a low value bike. you'd think they would drive to Berkely road and pick a nice one parked up there .... not saying xmax isn't nice but to thieves its low value, and if they stole to use for crime usually they go after tmax, vespa or piaggio beverly
Ah mate am paying 1500 a year for 3rd party only on a 400cc, as London with no garage.
But one great thing about accepting responsibility for the security and recovery of your bike, is that it reminds you how poor a service the insurance company (and the police) offer you.
As my premium lowers, I question if I will ever get fire and theft cover again or if each year I will just put that money in the bank. After 3 years not only does it cover the replacement of the bike but I still have the money.
Completely agree. I choose third party only too for the reasons you've just said. Garages often don't lower your premium anyway and sometimes increase... Basically they have things sewn up.
@@TheLDNCourier Spot on
My TPFT was cheaper than my TPO cover. Insurance is bs.
I know this feeling of what you went through. You have to go to hell and back to secure your bike. I have a few tips I uses to keep my bike more secure
Thanks for watching - Feel free to comment your tips on my next vid - keen for the comments on that vid to be full of tips which might help people out on this issue
They do whatever they can to stop the owners from going to retrieve the bikes themselves. I had a friend who had many bikes stolen during his time in London, and they would always tell him that he's not allowed to go there, i suppose now they just lie instead - maybe it's more effective. They do it because there could be a violent altercation between the owner and the thieves, and they want to prevent that from happening, they lied to protect you. I totally disagree with it though, and the fact those two vans didn't even pursue you actually makes me a little mad
Interesting. Yeah I didn't say I was going to retrieve the bike nor was I told not to but you could well be right that they wanted to deter me doing so by lying they were on the scene. I get the feeling my case was more just incompetence / not caring at all. Yes the lack of pursuit was the worst bit in many ways... No wonder there's so much of it around. Thanks for watching
Your first problem is that you live in London.
Haha - I was wondering when the first London comment like this would come up. I love London but there are some glaring issues with living here!
What tracker do you recommend?
Monimoto is what I use and rate. Plenty of other trackers on the market tho
@@TheLDNCourier I use Monimoto and TruTrak, I like having one wired to the bike and one not, for redundancy.
Sounds good!
@@TheLDNCourier It honestly works super well, hopefully I will never have to use them lol. Glad you got your bike back in one piece!
My last bike that was stolen got vandalised and sprayed green... Be safe out there.
@Gobbbbb cheers pal - yeah it could of been worse for me for sure - sounds like you've got a good set up now