Hello everyone. I had hoped I would never have had to post this type of thing. My mountain bike was stolen at MAM late in the afternoon on Saturday. It was a KLIEN Attitude Race. It was a very nice bike and I understand why someone would want it, but this sucks. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ANY OF US!!! We all leave our things unattended from time to time and we all go to sleep at night and leave somethings outside because we are not theives. I think it was one of the trackday folks or an outsider that security at MAM just let come in and look around at all of our stuff.
I know i will never get my bike back but maybe from this can come something good. Maybe together we can reduce the chance of this happening by forcing the tracks to tighten up security. Just letting anybody roll through that gates into the paddock will continue to allow this to happen. They we having a flea market over in the drag race parking lot this weekend, maybe some folks thought it would be great to head over and look at some race bikes... Hmm, nice generator, bike, helmet, etc.... Or hell, kidnapping maybe the next thing that happens... All weekend long we had kids coming over to our paddock on their scooters and petting our dog, what stops them from getting snatched. NOTHING.
I think some changes are nessesary.
This picture is not actual, but the same bike and colors.
Man, sucks to hear. I heard about your bike being stolen over the intercom and man I was mad. Sorry to here man! You never know you might get it back! Hopfully you do!
Sorry to hear that Dustin, that is NOT a cheapo piece of crap Walmart bike. When Megan stopped by to see if we were playing a joke on you, I thought for sure someone probably just had hidden it in the bathroom or something. Sorry to hear someone actually stole the thing. That sucks man.
Quote from: red900 on May 26, 2008, 10:15:40 AM
All weekend long we had kids coming over to our paddock on their scooters and petting our dog, what stops them from getting snatched. NOTHING.
NOTHING.... except ALMOST getting run over by a racer heading out after 3rd call (twice!)
Was I the only one?
sorry about the bike that really sucks
Damn...that sux hard. But thanks for posting up. It gives me a little different perspective on how I regard my property in the paddock. You start to build and "extended family" almost from the friends and regulars you see at the track which can often build a false sense of security. Not that I think it was any of us as you said, but that false sense of security leads to vulnerability from the outsiders and such.
That sucks! This is the very reason I bought a cheapy mountain bike just for using at the track.
I trust the other racers, I don't know how many times I've loaned out tools (and my bicycle) to racers I didn't even know and always had them returned to me. Unfortunately I don't trust some of the spectators - even while I'm there with my stuff! :wtf:
That sucks man. Total BS that some loser would do that.
Rob, did I read that correctly? You ran over a kid twice?!
I agree Tornado Bait , we have to have trust in each other , th commraderie that makes this sport what it is. Only to have someone do something like this. I hope it is returned and we can still have our trust intact. Someone said they looked at the junk swap meet and thought it all just looked like scrap for the recycler, bound to bring a different folk to the area.
Quote from: r1owner on May 26, 2008, 11:21:22 AM
That sucks man. Total BS that some loser would do that.
Rob, did I read that correctly? You ran over a kid twice?!
oops... fixed it
Whew! I was like WTF! LOL!
How's the leg feeling?
Quote from: r1owner on May 26, 2008, 11:21:22 AM
That sucks man. Total BS that some loser would do that.
Rob, did I read that correctly? You ran over a kid twice?!
yeah Robs a dick like that... :)
sorry to hear it did not turn up. I actually saw a bike laying on its side on the ground in the DucOmaha pit area earlier on Sat, but I can't recall what time. It had "Klein" on the tubing, must have been yours. Hope my "city bike" with the cool basket doesn't make it a target :)
shouldnt have been laying on the ground???? when I went over to get it to bring it back to the trailer it was right where I left it.... standing up next to the ducati trailer.
:wtf: I hate to hear this as I am probably the laziest when it comes to putting stuff away at night or while out. I have had many things stolen but never at the track, even when I was little going with family we never encountered that. Dustin, I think that flea market might've had something to do with it. It couldn't have happened to nicer guy.
This is for the useless shit-head that stole it.............. :finger:
Come back when Dustin is there, as he is a little larger than you might think
Yes, I recall wondering why this bicycle was lying on its side. Think I got distracted with something and didn't go pick it up.
That sucks! and I'm sorry to hear that. I know it doesn't work well on a bicycle, but I think putting your race number on pit bikes, etc. helps deter this kind of stuff(well, at least a little I hope).
BTW Shun, your bike was cracking me up, then I saw Clayton riding it, and I about pissed myself-funny stuff!
Thank everyone for the responses. It was taken saturday afternoon from 4:00 - 6:00 pm.
I always see these threads about trying to get more spectators out to the tracks but this is the negative part. I see an organization so worried about getting gate fees from people in the paddock but what security does that leave us. For 15 bucks a head anyone can come in and go shopping. So now, not only do I get to pay vendor fees, race fees, and gate fees, now I get to go up to walmart and buy a bunch of cable and locks to go into lockdown mode to protect myself from thieves. This sucks.
One recommendation. If you bring a bicycle, especially expensive ones (ie non-$75 walmart specials) write the serial numbers down and keep them someplace in your vehicle. Comes in handy when you have to file a police report. Also a picture of the bike is good also.
Quote from: Jack_Brock on May 26, 2008, 03:53:20 PM
That sucks! and I'm sorry to hear that. I know it doesn't work well on a bicycle, but I think putting your race number on pit bikes, etc. helps deter this kind of stuff(well, at least a little I hope).
BTW Shun, your bike was cracking me up, then I saw Clayton riding it, and I about pissed myself-funny stuff!
was it shun's bike that made you laugh or clayton in tights that made you laugh
and sorry to hear about your bike dustin....i bet it was the michelin guy :)
Quote from: wolf44 on May 27, 2008, 07:47:47 AM
was it shun's bike that made you laugh or clayton in tights that made you laugh
It was Clayton in tights riding Shun's bike with the flowered basket-hit me all at once!
Quote from: Jack_Brock on May 27, 2008, 09:00:27 AM
It was Clayton in tights riding Shun's bike with the flowered basket-hit me all at once!
:lmao:
We should get him some pink streamers too!
I never know how secure to be with my stuff at the track. Most times I could never imagine anyone at the track walking away with even the cheapest of trinkets from my tent. Between tools and clothes and gear we all have 10's of thousands of dollars just laying around.
That said, this weekend at Summit I brought my boxer puppy to the track and I had to leave her a few times alone. I felt like I shouldn't have to, but I felt very strongly (unfortunately) that I needed to pad lock her cage and lock it to something immovable. I couldn't name a single person I distrust at the track, but I just had that bad gut feeling.
Russell, trust your gut.
That is a fact, thousands of dollars of equipment left to whomever. I cannot imagine if someone would have taken something irreplaceable like our pet or even worse. You guys may think this is funny but I may go buy a bunch of that crazy orange snowfence and put up an area around my paddock just to keep people from getting to close too easy. Go to an AMA round, they put up barriers to keep people back....
No i dont think it was the michelin guy, he would have taken my air compressor, much more effective...
Didn't know how to post a pic here so here is a link: http://riderforums.com/showthread.php?p=445699#post445699
Quote from: goldwing70 on May 27, 2008, 01:43:14 PM
Didn't know how to post a pic here so here is a link: http://riderforums.com/showthread.php?p=445699#post445699
To post a pic click "Additional Options" under the message box.
BTW you have to be a member there to view that pic in your link.
Might not hurt to put a saved search on ebay for that bike in case the dude that stole it is stupid enough to post it up.
Thanks for the tip, here is our shop test rider.... :lmao:
Quote from: r1owner on May 26, 2008, 12:13:48 PM
Whew! I was like WTF! LOL!
How's the leg feeling?
pretty good... its the motorcycle I'm having trouble with
Quote from: tstruyk on May 26, 2008, 12:21:33 PM
yeah Robs a dick like that... :)
:jerkoff: :finger: :biggrin:
been throwin up in the helmet this year? :ahhh: :kicknuts: :lmao:
hope to see you guys soon! I might be makin a run up to RA in July....
yeah and thieves suck... alot.
hope ya find your bike man, thats a shame!
Didnt super dave have a wallet stolen at an AMA round last year?
Quote from: tstruyk on May 28, 2008, 12:07:03 AM
Didnt super dave have a wallet stolen at an AMA round last year?
More of an inside job than that.
Three of us at the 2006 Road Atlanta event had some of our credit cards taken from our wallets. I say some because they left me others that made me think that I dropped them at the auto parts store the night before. They had obviously knew the session that I was going out in, they had watched me put my shorts in a very specific, unique place in my trailer. Didn't take my cash or anything else, just three credit cards.
Wow that's a bad deal. I spoke with your wife about it for a while when I gave her my extra tire warmers. It's an absolute shame that someone that I would assume has a nice sportbike would go to the extreme to of stealing a mountain bike. I will for sure look at the way I leave my belongings more closely now. When someone asked me a month ago at HPT why I didn't lock everything up when I went out on the track I told them it was the ability to trust everyone that was there. They worked their butts off to get their things and they know that I have too. I'm sure it wasn't a racer. I couldn't see that but it's always possible.
Quote from: AC1108 on May 29, 2008, 10:39:37 PM
It's an absolute shame that someone that I would assume has a nice sportbike would go to the extreme to of stealing a mountain bike.
More than likely it was someone who really has nothing to do with bikes and came out to scope for stuff to steal.
Don't recall specifics, but I think I read about a couple of CCS racers caught stealing. One was maybe in Texas, the other in FL? Whatever, just shows that usual common sense rules apply.