Someone messed with my motorcycle at work yesterday

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Posted: 10/16/2010 11:02:59 AM EDT

And I work on a Navy base.

When I went to go home I found that someone removed the spring for the kickstand, put the fuel petcock into the on position, slid the hose clap for the fuel line from the petcock all the way up and pulled out the fuel line to just after the last ridge on the barb.

I went to security and told them about it, I was told they have three cameras that point at the spot where I park the bike (it's right in front of the main airfield access gate).

Security is going to review the recordings this weekend, I din't know what kind of a resolution the cameras have, the security guy says it's pretty good.

He also told me that there have been other incidents with motorcycle parked in the same area in the past few months.

I am going to talk to the command Master Chief and the HR person on Monday.

I found out about the kickstand spring when the kickstand would not stay up, I found the petcock / fuel line issue when I went to put the kickstand into the holder (it's a KTM 530 - a street legal dirt bike).

I looked all over for the spring to see if it had broken, it was not broken when I put the kickstand down in the morning.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:06:16 AM EDT

[#1]

Hope they catch the guy.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:06:51 AM EDT

[#2]

Did you piss anyone off at work recently?

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:07:16 AM EDT

[#3]

Terrorists.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:08:12 AM EDT

[#4]

Sounds like someone needs to be the guest of honor at a blanket party.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:08:43 AM EDT

[#5]

yes, I hope you get justice.. someone could get killed on a bike thats been tampered with.. thats just sick that someone would do that...

I'd hope I was the one who found out who did it first

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:09:08 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Did you piss anyone off at work recently?

On a daily basis.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:09:24 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Sounds like someone needs to be the guest of honor at a blanket party.

Very true. That is one worthless piece of crap. Hope they catch him.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:09:32 AM EDT

[#8]

Maybe one of your buddies at work? Im a mechanic in the AF and its not uncommon to put rocks in the lug nut covers or tie an empty soda can or HD ziptie to the driveshaft. I think the best I've ever heard of was making a LONG spark plug wire and running in up under the guys seat so he got a zap off of the coil pack everytime he tried to start it.

ETA: If it was a stranger, I hope you catch that POS and use his face as a ramp for some cool Evil Kenevil stunt

Messing with someone's bike can cause serious injury. As a mechanic, we know what will/will not harm a vehicle or create an unsafe condition.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:10:26 AM EDT

[#9]

I would be livid if someone messed with my bike while I was at work. Hope you catch who did it.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:10:32 AM EDT

[#10]

If I where you I would be checking everything.....go over it again with a fine tooth comb....I keep getting mental images of Mad Max when that guy screwed with the front hub of Goose's motorcycle....it won't buff out...

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:10:36 AM EDT

[#11]

Maybe it's Tyler Durden

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:11:44 AM EDT

[#12]

Coward....at the least. Attempted murder...

If you needed to twist it and nothing was there, you could die.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:11:50 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
If I where you I would be checking everything.....go over it again with a fine tooth comb....I keep getting mental images of Mad Max when that guy screwed with the front hub of Goose's motorcycle....it won't buff out...

I did that at work, I did it when I got home.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:16:06 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Maybe one of your buddies at work? Im a mechanic in the AF and its not uncommon to put rocks in the lug nut covers or tie an empty soda can or HD ziptie to the driveshaft. I think the best I've ever heard of was making a LONG spark plug wire and running in up under the guys seat so he got a zap off of the coil pack everytime he tried to start it.

ETA: If it was a stranger, I hope you catch that POS and use his face as a ramp for some cool Evil Kenevil stunt

Messing with someone's bike can cause serious injury. As a mechanic, we know what will/will not harm a vehicle or create an unsafe condition.

Those are harmless jokes, what was done to his bike wasn't.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:16:11 AM EDT

[#15]

Maybe it is somebody here that wants you to change your avatar.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:19:49 AM EDT

[#16]

I realize that this refers to a car, but the same principles apply to a man's motorcycle.

Lance: Still got your Malibu?
Vincent: Aw, man. You know what some fucker did the other day?
Lance: What?
Vincent: Fucking keyed it.
Lance: Oh, man, that's fucked up.
Vincent: Tell me about it. I had it in storage for three years, it was out for five days and some dickless piece of shit fucked with it.
Lance: They should be fucking killed. No trial, no jury, straight to execution.
Vincent: Boy, I wish I could've caught him doing it. I'd have given anything to catch that asshole doing it. It'd been worth him doing it just so I could've caught him doing it.
Lance: What a fucker!
Vincent: What's more chickenshit than fucking with a man's automobile? I mean, don't fuck with another man's vehicle.
Lance: You don't do it.
Vincent: It's just against the rules.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:27:57 AM EDT

[#17]

Tag for update...........I hope the nutless wonder that did it get the clap from his boyfriend!!

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:29:02 AM EDT

[#18]

Doesn't sound personal. Someone just doesn't like motorcycles.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:30:16 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
I realize that this refers to a car, but the same principles apply to a man's motorcycle.

Lance: Still got your Malibu?
Vincent: Aw, man. You know what some fucker did the other day?
Lance: What?
Vincent: Fucking keyed it.
Lance: Oh, man, that's fucked up.
Vincent: Tell me about it. I had it in storage for three years, it was out for five days and some dickless piece of shit fucked with it.
Lance: They should be fucking killed. No trial, no jury, straight to execution.
Vincent: Boy, I wish I could've caught him doing it. I'd have given anything to catch that asshole doing it. It'd been worth him doing it just so I could've caught him doing it.
Lance: What a fucker!
Vincent: What's more chickenshit than fucking with a man's automobile? I mean, don't fuck with another man's vehicle.
Lance: You don't do it.
Vincent: It's just against the rules.

Yep.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:30:28 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Maybe one of your buddies at work? Im a mechanic in the AF and its not uncommon to put rocks in the lug nut covers or tie an empty soda can or HD ziptie to the driveshaft. I think the best I've ever heard of was making a LONG spark plug wire and running in up under the guys seat so he got a zap off of the coil pack everytime he tried to start it.

ETA: If it was a stranger, I hope you catch that POS and use his face as a ramp for some cool Evil Kenevil stunt

Messing with someone's bike can cause serious injury. As a mechanic, we know what will/will not harm a vehicle or create an unsafe condition.

Those are harmless jokes, what was done to his bike wasn't.

no shit

flipping because the kickstand caught the ground and bursting into flames as the gas line comes off is not harmless

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:31:37 AM EDT

[#21]

In for security footage.

Did you check the brakes.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:33:44 AM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

I keep getting mental images of Mad Max when that guy screwed with the front hub of Goose's motorcycle....it won't buff out...

First thing I thought of.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:34:01 AM EDT

[#23]

Maybe they tried to steal gas?

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:34:17 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Maybe one of your buddies at work? Im a mechanic in the AF and its not uncommon to put rocks in the lug nut covers or tie an empty soda can or HD ziptie to the driveshaft. I think the best I've ever heard of was making a LONG spark plug wire and running in up under the guys seat so he got a zap off of the coil pack everytime he tried to start it.

ETA: If it was a stranger, I hope you catch that POS and use his face as a ramp for some cool Evil Kenevil stunt

Messing with someone's bike can cause serious injury. As a mechanic, we know what will/will not harm a vehicle or create an unsafe condition.

Those are harmless jokes, what was done to his bike wasn't.

no shit
flipping because the kickstand caught the ground and bursting into flames as the gas line comes off is not harmless

No doubt.

Posted: 10/16/2010 11:38:09 AM EDT

[#25]

That sucks

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Posted: 10/16/2010 11:40:03 AM EDT

[#26]

As a fellow dual sport rider I hope you catch the guy and beat him senseless

Posted: 10/16/2010 1:18:35 PM EDT

[#27]

Years ago when I got off work I walked outside to get on my motorcycle to go home. As I walked up to it from behind I noticed a thin black line across the tire near the ground, the rest of the tire was dusty but this line was clean and black, so I got down and looked at it up close. Someone had taken a very sharp razor blade and cut clear across the tire just enough to expose the cords and a bit of the inner tube. So I got on the bike and rode a couple of blocks down the street carefully and had a new tire put on, it was old anyway. I knew it was done by one of two jokers that I worked with but I never said a word about it, that way they never got any satisfaction from it. I remember one of them saying that he was going to kick my ass and I told him he couldn't get his hopes that high and they left me alone after that.
Later on the two of them somehow got in a wreck with each other and totaled both of their trucks. Sounded like poetic justic to me.

10mm, when you care enough to send the very best.

Posted: 10/16/2010 1:26:14 PM EDT

[#28]

Tag

Posted: 10/16/2010 1:30:02 PM EDT

[#29]

That sucks man! People used to be pissed that I was taking up a parking space at the barracks and fuck with my bike, even moving it out of the spot. I got my little revenge.... As for the base cameras, I know the ones they installed at Lemoore are pretty fucking good. If it was looking at your bike when it was being tampered with, they'll probably catch them.

Posted: 10/16/2010 1:33:18 PM EDT

[#30]

It wasn't by chance done by a couple of F-22 pilots who were hurt by snide comments about the bombs their planes were carrying, was it?

Posted: 10/16/2010 1:33:54 PM EDT

[#31]

ASSWHIPPIN' someone needs it.
1. Never screw with a mans bike.
2.Please refer to #1

Posted: 10/16/2010 1:35:25 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:

I realize that this refers to a car, but the same principles apply to a man's motorcycle.

Lance: Still got your Malibu?

Vincent: Aw, man. You know what some fucker did the other day?

Lance: What?

Vincent: Fucking keyed it.

Lance: Oh, man, that's fucked up.

Vincent: Tell me about it. I had it in storage for three years, it was out for five days and some dickless piece of shit fucked with it.

Lance: They should be fucking killed. No trial, no jury, straight to execution.

Vincent: Boy, I wish I could've caught him doing it. I'd have given anything to catch that asshole doing it. It'd been worth him doing it just so I could've caught him doing it.

Lance: What a fucker!

Vincent: What's more chickenshit than fucking with a man's automobile? I mean, don't fuck with another man's vehicle.

Lance: You don't do it.

Vincent: It's just against the rules.

Meh... if Vincent hadn't been such a douche, Butch wouldn't have fucked up his car.

(Keyed his car... and then lit him up with a Mac. Ha-ha!)

Posted: 10/16/2010 1:43:10 PM EDT

[#33]

I would suggest an unobtrusive marking of your axle and fork nuts with something like a lacquer paint touchup pen or nail polish. A reference line on the nut and waasher or whatever surface it contacts, so you can tell at a glance if the nut has been loosened.

And if motocycle parking in that spot is highly limited / competitive, I would suspect another rider doing it.

Posted: 10/16/2010 1:43:11 PM EDT

[#34]

I hope the cameras got a good look at the perp.
Nail 'em.

Posted: 10/16/2010 1:43:22 PM EDT

[#35]

tag

Posted: 10/16/2010 1:44:55 PM EDT

[#36]

I see two possibilities - someone doesn't like the wacka wacka engine noise at all hours, or someone is an environmental terrorist who sees ready access to the inner workings of an Infernal Machine That's Destroying Mother Earth.

Posted: 10/16/2010 1:54:11 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I keep getting mental images of Mad Max when that guy screwed with the front hub of Goose's motorcycle....it won't buff out...

First thing I thought of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwacyd9cqhQ

That sucks man......

OH, and why does this guy insist on driving on the wrong side of the road?????

Posted: 10/16/2010 1:56:42 PM EDT

[#38]

Bikes and GF/wives you been here long enough to know the rules

pics or BS

I like KTMs

Posted: 10/16/2010 1:57:51 PM EDT

[#39]

I rode to work one day on my previous bike, a cruiser, and upon leaving in the morning, she wouldn't idle without the choke on. Thought it was maybe because it was a little cooler that morning, but still, she wouldn't idle at lights when I stopped.

Turns out some fuckhead dicked with the idle adjust.

My bike now has full fairings, so you'd have to disassemble some shit to get at anything. Oh, and the company next door (Blizzard WoW support) just moved out of that building, so it's just my coworkers in the AO now.

I fucking HATE scumbags that fuck with other people's shit. That's on a military installation, too?? That's gonna end up being some disciplinary action!

Posted: 10/16/2010 2:02:14 PM EDT

[#40]

Hope you catch them

Posted: 10/16/2010 2:03:17 PM EDT

[#41]

Man .. think about going into a lean and the kickstand dropped right befor you did .. your going to be in a world a hurt.

Posted: 10/16/2010 2:05:20 PM EDT

[#42]

they want you to leave it there so they can steal it

Posted: 10/16/2010 2:38:13 PM EDT

[#43]

motherfuckers

Posted: 10/16/2010 2:40:31 PM EDT

[#44]

That's just wrong. Hope they catch the perp.

Posted: 10/16/2010 2:53:04 PM EDT

[#45]

Tag for justice

Posted: 10/16/2010 2:58:36 PM EDT

[#46]

Someone needs a severe ass kicking.

Posted: 10/16/2010 3:00:09 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
Tag for justice

Posted: 10/16/2010 3:02:56 PM EDT

[#48]

Tag for outcome

Posted: 10/17/2010 1:18:28 PM EDT

[#49]

Updates?

Posted: 10/17/2010 2:09:34 PM EDT

[#50]

That sucks, had some one loosen the lug nuts on all 4 wheels, and crimp the brake lines, at work years ago.

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