STOLEN BIKE!!! Yamaha XTZ6660 Tenere now RECOVERED
 

Please keep a look out for my bike

Stolen last night Blue 2011 Tenere - Rochester Kent UK
Yamaha side panniers.
Front screen cut shorter Xt660.com sticker on screen.
Touratech handlebar bag.
Blue two finger clutch and Brake levers with blue foams
Blue Hi-Viz reflective stickers (Police style) on front of tank behind forks, on rear around brake light, around ignition key on tank and on front mud guard.
Neutral light doesn't come on (Haaa haaa)

If anyone comes across please post location, tell me here. and beat shit out the scum

Usual rant about disreputable fornicating immoral fornicators.

Ta - Graham

That sucks.
I sympathize completely, as my own white Ten was stolen a few years back. I hope you'll have better luck in retrieving it than I did.

Thanks,

I admired your Eastern European jaunt, I was even looking at getting in contact with you ahead of your next trip, see if I could tag along.

Regretfully, its back to the drawing board again. Have to fight with the Insurance company and you know that won't be enough to buy a bike.
The only bike I am considering is the Tenere again. Wouldn't get their shitty panniers though.

Update
 

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...362#post495694


Oh the Irony

Recovered!
 

Update - Bike has been recovered.

*** Please don't drag the rider off the bike and beat him senseless. ***

Bike recovered from a Housing Association vacant car garage where there was evidence it had been used as a chop shop.

Starting ignition system beaten with a large implement to destroy the plastic and cast iron locking mechanism, key rollers area completely missing.
Tank badly scratched where they obviously attacked the ignition
The seat forced up from the front, and rear now unable to open with the key
Electric's twisted until breaking and left in a tangled mess near the battery, presumably to disable the alarm (battery still connected).
Left side of plastic air box broken, whilst trying to jimmy the seat lock.
Front indicator cheek plate ripped off, damaging headlight surround
Front indicators disconnected.
Rear indicators neatly removed - if you've brought these recently off the net....
Has been pushed through mud, but not ridden off road
Must have fallen over on drivers side, hand guard damaged.
Right Pannier ripped off (with locking mechanism and ripped off plate attached to bike. Pannier open without damage to lock in garage.
Left pannier (with geotag) missing altogether This may well turn up.

Insurance company haven't retained the recording of the original theft that I reported to them on Sunday morning, and reporting the recovery had them somewhat bemused as they were reporting the theft at the same time .

Short Story - Scum not caught, but clearly the police have an informant. CSI coming to do the necessary tonight, and there are good prints to be seen.

Brilliant that it has been recovered and hope its mostly cosmetic damage and can be fixed for another adventure!

Great news that its been recovered. Sad for the damage the little scrote/s have caused!

Bill

Its over a year since an attempt to nick my xt from outside my house. I still jump up at the window if i hear a cat fart outside. I was lucky, they only damaged the steering lock on mine. The disc lock on the back stopped them from getting away with it i think.
Bill

I dont know, maybe better not find it when its ****ed up like that... Sad to hear it ended like that.:(

Great to hear you at least have the bike back. :thumbup1:
The damage does suck obviously, but i doesn't sound like it is anything that can't be fixed relatively easily. Hopefully you'll be back on the road in no time. :mchappy:

returned and running
 

I am now uncertain why I pay insurance. None-the-less, after negotiating a partial repair, over 2 months later they returned the bike to me.

It diddnt start and they had to take it back to the workshop (after a full check) and various guarantees of their repairs for the life of the bike! TWATS

Not to anyone with half a brain and a motorbike,

for the repairs, Under any conditions

This is the chosen repair agent for many insurance companies and are based near Heathrow. Unbelievably poor service, I am not going to waste my time explaining just how absolutely useless they are, and will happily defend my abuse and public character assassination in a court of law. They are negligent to a wording degree.

Bike is up and running and I am happy