It's ******* bullshit, I'm not one to curse but the bike I learned how to ride on, my first bike, '02 F4i, I sold to my good friend and it gets stolen 2 weeks later at his school. This is the second bike he's owned that has gotten stolen. His first bike was a '02 R6 and he had it only 4 months before he came back from class and found a pile of wires. This time, he only had the bike for 2 weeks and it got stolen during broad daylight, same as the last theft, in the late afternoon. God damned thieves. This pic was taken when he had his old bike and I was riding my last one. Ironic how both are stolen now.

 

That sucks. Down with thieves!

 

damn, please tell me he had insurance. Also, proven fact, thefts are decreased over 60% if the bike is physically locked to something secure, but sometimes thats hard to do. Sorry to hear that man

 

Sorry to hear that bro

 

no insurance...this all happened down in San Diego.

 

WHAT! no.

insurance is a necessary evil.

 

i wasnt gonna get insurance on my bike......i was going to get powerguard.....if your bike is stolen and isnt recovered after 30 days, lol which it most likely wont. Powerguard will cut you a check for $5000 or up to the value of the bike. you pay a one time $400 and you're covered for as long as you own the bike, Regular insurance for me (20 years old) on that F4 would be out the ***.

 

Dont you have to have insurance just like with a car?

 

no sir, you dont have to have insurance

 

depends on the state. but, no you dont have to have comprehensive including theft unless you have a loan.

 

suzuki just made it so no matter what, you dont have to have insurance....

 

That's not cool. thieves

 

Sorry to hear it buddy, but it seems there's a lesson to be learned. It's all about kryptonite fagedaboutit chains. That and small caliber firearms. Or your friend could be traditional and learn from the previous theft. Tell me he at least had a disc lock on and they picked the thing up. On college campuses its good to park the bikes up front near lots of people. Nobody can physically put the thing in a truck/van w/ attracting attention and a disc lock is very good protection for the money.

 

I totally agree. the xena disc lock w/ alarm is pretty kick ***, and it also serves a purpose, if you jump on your bike and forget to take a regular disc lock off, you might be in trouble, this way, if you get on your bike, it will go off and wont let you **** **** up, hehehhe

 

Wow, sorry for his loss. Hopefully (not likely though) everything will turn out okay.

Mase, what is this Powerguard thing? Can anyone get it? Is it available in NJ?

 

Lemme find out. Ill get back to you w/ some more info.

Edit: I'll call my boss back home and see if i can get a national number for you. I think anyone can get it, if im not mistaken, its national.


[Modified by Mase, 4:51 PM 10/23/2002]

 

http://www.securatrak.com

Nothing like finding the thief that stole it!!


[Modified by nsxxtreme, 7:44 PM 10/23/2002]

 

If you don't mind me asking, how was the F4i as your first bike?

 

Its national. We got it here in Fl. Sure beats paying $5k a year for full coverage insurance.

 

I put on almost 6k miles on it when I owned it (for a year) and had zero problems and zero complaints. I didn't want to let it go but I had to pay off debts so I had to sell it. IMO, the F4i is the best 600cc bike for daily riding/weekend sport riding, although I never went out sport riding b/c I was either at school or working. For my use of the bike, I was better off with a cruiser, but bah to cruisers. I got about 50 miles to the gallon riding the f4i sanely. sportbikes