Stolen bike

Shocking news, Will had put his soul into that bike. Hope it was just a joy ride and it's soon found parked somewhere undamaged. We had a little discussion a while back when I said the couple of times we stayed at Pubs without secure parking I used a front handlebar brake lock to avoid scumbags just pushing my bike away, and everybody said no one steals Laverdas. People steal 200kg Pot Plants; if it can be moved, people will steal it.
 
Bugger! I really hate low-life scumbags that steal personal property. What they need is is to be caught by the bike owner and dealt a bit of rough justice.

I guess there's a chance you could get the bike back since it's not something they can sell without attracting attention.

Penalties for that sort of thing aren't severe enough in Australia. If they get caught they'll probably only get a stern talking to by a magistrate and have to pay a paltry fine. They don't generally have to compensate the owner for their loss. I know that from personal experience when a couple of thieving cunts broke into my garage and stole helmets, a chainsaw and other tools worth a couple of thousand bucks, most of which wasn't recovered. At least they didn't get any of my bikes, which were secured with disk locks. They were stupid enough to get caught by the cops while doing another burglary later the same day. For their several burglaries including mine, they each got a $100 fine and no jail time. The most severe punishment was having to endure a lecture from the judge who told them not to be naughty boys again. In his summing up he said the offence was "out of character" for the otherwise decent young men. WTF? They both had rap sheets as long as your arm! I was $500 out of pocket for the insurance excess, which they weren't required by the court to compensate me for. How is that justice?

A few months later the same pair of youths were caught doing an armed robbery with a sawn-off shotgun. Out of character my arse! It's a lifestyle for those pricks, not a one-off error of judgement. They actually did time in the big house for that little error of judgement.

I'm in a particularly uncharitable mood at present because my elder sister had her car stolen yesterday. It was just a little old Mazda, not worth much because she's a pensioner who can't afford a fancy car, but it was a her only means of independent transport. She's living in temporary rented accommodation without garage parking because her home was destroyed by fire a while back (not her fault, but that's another saga). Talk about kicking someone when they're down. Probably a good thing that I don't know who the bastards are or I'd most likely be facing an assault with GBH charge by now.
 
This is really odd; it's not like your typical MX bike theft: paint it black and ride it around the streets. This bike stands out like a sore thumb; if ridden on major bike roads around Sydney, it will get noticed. There is less that 10 in the whole country. I hope it just gets abandoned and found soon. Unlike my 1976 T140V Bonnie, which was never seen again. Not fun losing a bike.
 
When bruvva Lee's SF2 was stolen in Norway (not a lot of Laverdas in Norway!!) he posted on a number of FB pages. Amazingly, someone saw one of the posts and recalled seeing it down by the docks - sure enough, he went down there and there it was. So don't discount using the dreaded social media to put the feelers out.
 
Vince said:
There is less that 10 in the whole country. I hope it just gets abandoned and found soon.
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that really sucks, rare bike here indeed

Vince,
I know of 15 x 120 Jota's in Aussie, two of which are in my workshop right now
though one of them #8467 is now a 180 Jota as I twisted the crank back to the correct crank phase
had to do that as the frame we installed it in has no rubber mount provision so solid mount
 
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