New Watercool Bonneville Owners Beware.

I have been using a disc lock on mine the last few years. I usually put it on the rear where the bike is too heavy for the lazy ones to lift. Like all such things, it works until it doesn't. I also ride older stuff. I think these kind of clowns are mainly after the new stuff. ...J.D.

 

It almost seems it would have been better had they gotten clean away never to be found so you could just make a claim and get a new bike.

 

Bastids

 

... and straight into a wall/ dump truck. Better again. Rancid fks.

Hope you get some joy out the situ. Shocking post.

 

Whoa, that’s downright awful. Very sorry to hear this, and now you have to pay to get it fixed? Just insult to injury.
Wishing you the best in getting beyond this and back on the road

 

Thanks for the info Alectron. How on earth did they get through any reasonable padlock and chain in fifteen seconds? Sounds like a tracker and alarm is a must and don't leave unattended which spoils the free spirit sentiment somewhat. Bloody fecal accretions.

 

Out and out cnuts! Just hope they somehow get their comeuppance.

All the best

Oldfart

 

Hope you get a good result out of this, it seems the norm today all manufacturers governed by bean counters and no justice from the law when our hard earned items get stolen.

 

How did they get it running without the coded keys?

 

Speculating wildly... Can't imagine any particular thought to security is designed into ECUs, so possibly there are automated hacks out there. Or they just plugged in their own computer to replace ECU. I mean, aren't there legitimate things that you can buy that do that sort of thing to tune bikes. E.g. hack ECUs to apply different maps or 'piggy-back' ECUs.

 

Very sorry to hear this and thanks for the heads up.

 

It isn't just Triumph, if thieves want your bike it will be gone irrespective of make!!
So as you say secondary measures are best.

 

I am a mechanical engineer and the steering locks on most bikes are easily broken, they are a only useful for the stoopid local teens.
Any more serious criminals will overcome them easily and either drive a bike off or throw it in a van.
What is worrying is that it appears to have been started without a coded key?

My son and his mates have had numerous bikes stolen and they were mostly Japanese/Italian!!

 

If there's a will, there's a way to get around all these security measures. That being said, I do plan on adding a disk lock and some other security features when I start riding my bike more. Currently, it only gets ridden when I'm practicing, so I don't leave it alone anywhere, other than in my locked garage.