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Hmm, it didn't occur to the hoteliers to get the police. Also, I don't know if I necessarily want physical punishment to be leveled on these poor devils as retribution. It seems punishment enough to have to live in a place like Sukhbaatar all your life.

I grew up in a town in Hungary where the police was pretty useless and all they did is fill out paperwork in a case like this. Maybe I am too pessimistic but we wanted to get out of there fast, and I assumed that the police will just delay us.
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Hi Adam, sorry to hear the news re bags. Mongolia unfortunately has become a serious petty theft hotspot. Hope you get sorted out soon.

I am guessing you werent using the WrapSafe locking cables around the bag?

Also were the straps both other the seat? Under? or one over one under?

For the benefit of others reading, I do recommend people take advantage of the special security loops around the Magadan bags to cable lock the bags to the bike via wrapsafe cables. As an additional idea, it can be useful to thread one of the main "over seat" straps actually under the seat. If the seat needs a key to take it off, then it kinda locks the bags to the bike.
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Hey Walter,

I did have locks with me but I was too tired / lazy / naive to use them.

The seat trick would not work for me, because on my 650 GS the plastic plate that covers the seat release lever is so flimsy, it can be pulled off even without unlocking it with the ignition key. I am actually pretty worried that the seat itself will eventually get stolen, so I started using the cable lock to lock the seat on. :/
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Man, that sucks big time. Most of the time I don't even take the inner bags out.

BTW, I stopped using the packsafe locks because the steel cable is eating through the loops and straps when going offroad.

If you come through Osh, Kyrgyzstan, send me a PM and we can probably work something out with some Magadan bags.
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Motorcycle canvas bags... Ex mititary issue from Silvermans.

About £30 and the toughest bags I've ever used. They aren't waterproof but just use a waterproof inner bag. Dead easy.

A bit late now I know, but no ones ever going to steal them and they work better than 80% of what's on the market for hundreds...
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Well, I usually stay away from the police but it can be fun. With some locals I caught the kid who stole my boots in Iran. A fun couple of days with some high speed escorts to the police station, free food, a police escort to a shoe shop, and watching the Iranian wiggles with the cops. Sat in front of the judge the next day, won my case and promptly pardoned the poor devil for 100 bucks compensation. Nobody spoke English, I don't speak Farsi, but somehow we managed. All this went down on election day in 2009. So, did my part from keeping the police to do anything more sinister. Still have the hand written judgement somewhere. It's in Frasi, so no idea what it actually says


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Hmm, it didn't occur to the hoteliers to get the police. Also, I don't know if I necessarily want physical punishment to be leveled on these poor devils as retribution. It seems punishment enough to have to live in a place like Sukhbaatar all your life.

I grew up in a town in Hungary where the police was pretty useless and all they did is fill out paperwork in a case like this. Maybe I am too pessimistic but we wanted to get out of there fast, and I assumed that the police will just delay us.
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