I always get full coverage insurance on my scooters, they are money pits anyway. You
might as well get something back in the unlikely event is stolen, which these days is
more likely than not.
Tyra
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:06:13 Syd Wayman wrote:
>
>>Personally it seems very strange to me that a distinctive and rare >bike
>>like that was stolen in the middle of the day, if it was properly >secured.
>
>Why should anyone *have* to lock their bikes in their own personal garage? I
>probably would if others in my apartment building had access, but... I guess
>that's the way of the world these days. But anyway, I just wanted to say
>that yes, it's possible to have a "distinctive and rare" bike stolen in the
>middle of the day - any bike. My Primavera was stolen in the middle of the
>work day - you know, most of the people in the neighborhood are at WORK, not
>home - while my neighbors who weren't working, but were outside, watched.
>These kids somehow maneuvered my scooter sans seat, cables, connected wires
>around my roommate's P200 (it was a narrow walkway between a wall and the
>house & I couldn't do it) and were running it back and forth trying to start
>it. My neighbors said "We thought it might be one of your friends working on
>a bike so we didn't do or say anything until after they took off down the
>hill on it." So yes, it's possible. It's also possible to have a
>home-garaged bike(s) stolen if the people break in through the sliding glass
>door and get into the garage. Just ask Christophe. But still, if it's a
>private garage, why would anyone think to lock their scooter(s) down -
>unless you're neurotic about it or had a similar thing happen before?
>
>My question too, is - why not harass the guard back? God, I would. I'd fight
>like mad to get something like my Vespa or Lambretta back no matter what
>shape it's in.
>
>...Syd
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