Classic Z1R

[fezzick]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid= ... =785170756

Spotted at Sydney Airport today. Somebody has spent a lot of time and money on this thing.

[h.b.bear]

Nice find he is a very game man to be leave that lying around a carpark like that

[fezzick]

I was thinking that, too!

[Gosling1]

very tidy indeed ! Not the sort of bike I would be leaving in the carpark at SKSA though.......

[jefflthomas]

lol...the steering's not even locked!!!...LOL

[paul w]

Apologies if I've mentioned this before, but the photo and comments reminded me of a time back in the early 80s, and chatted to a guy who was jailed for car/bike theft.
It was a fascinating. He was very open about how easy it was to steal cars and bikes.
Naturally, I wanted to know how NOT to get my bike stolen, and his answer was surprisingly simple, and obvious.
He stressed on me to remember that for the thief, the most important thing was to do the job as quickly as possible, thus reducing their chance of getting caught.
So, ANYTHING, just ANYTHING that would slow them down was a mark against the job.
It was a long talk, but I remember that number one was to park your bike against another one that was better - in other words, they'd rather steal the other than yours.
Brutal, I know, but such is the mindset when dealing with thief’s.
Second (regardless of whether your could park next to a better bike or not), was to have some sort of deterrent, ideally a big fuck-off chain.
They can cut the chain, of course, but that means extra time for the job.
He said the moment he saw a decent chain, they would continue on, because they knew they'd soon come to a bike without one.
If the chain was attached to something, even better - the bike could not simply be lifted onto the back of a ute.
That was it, really, but he did stress that if they wanted it, they got it, and the story he gave to illustrate this was, surprise, surprise, the theft of a Harley.
The owner had it in a back shed, with a strong, well-locked door, the bike wrapped in a big chain and lock.
The shed was at the back of the house, surrounded by neighbours. The only was in and out, was to paddle the bike down a very narrow way between the house and a neighbour’s fence.
He also had two large dogs in the back yard.
So, around 2am, one guy crept into the neighbour’s yard, and threw over some poisoned meat to the dogs – forget putting the dogs to sleep, they did not want to things to wake at all. As I said, brutal.
When the dogs were dead, two guys went across the neighbour’s back yard and into the man’s yard, past the two dead animals, and using oxy-acetylene, quickly cut through the door hinges.
As the door fell, they drove (I think) an F100 ute through the neighbour’s front street fence, across their lawn, and through the next fence diving the two properties, and parked it next to the shed.
They quickly lifted the whole bike into the back of the ute, and sped off back through the broken fences.
From memory, it was The guy reckons it took just a couple of minutes, if that.
Yup, after that tale, I ALWAYS used a chain and lock, no matter where I was.

[fezzick]

You're right, of course. If they really want it, they'll get it. So, the lesson is, don't ride a good bike.