Crackheads stealing spark plugs

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20 Dec 2015 12:54 #703771 by SWest

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20 Dec 2015 15:38 #703788 by GregZ
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If you are interested I will send you a certificate for four free sparky plugs. Just pm me your addy and be sure at the bottom to fill out you got it at the HP shoot out Daytona bike week 2015

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20 Dec 2015 15:39 #703789 by redhawk4
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I have the solution, get a bike with a diesel engine, I've seen a few of them around :)

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20 Dec 2015 16:22 #703793 by SWest
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Then it will wind up burned like one of our members here not long ago. Got home a few hours ago. All as I had left it. My neighbors and I communicate. The Meth heads know they are being watched. That's the one thing that's worked out here but people have to want to get involved. They don't have to like each other and after a while, they learn to get along.
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25 Dec 2015 00:17 - 25 Dec 2015 00:29 #704278 by DoctoRot
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I feel your pain, I had my KZ650 set on fire a couple months ago in San Fransisco. Its just part of living in a metropolitan area, there are more assholes in a smaller area. Buy a beater or a bike you are not really attached to, and cross your fingers. I actually like the idea of leaving a spark plug lying on the motor, that way you give them a choice at least.
Cities/states with some of the harshest crime polices also have the highest crime rates, it really has very little to do with criminal punishment. Poverty is the main indicator of crime. Cities/states that have high poverty levels usually have the highest crime rates, plain and simple. San Fransisco is actually low for crime on a national scale because the poverty level is relatively low, Oakland on the other hand.......
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25 Dec 2015 03:23 #704281 by SWest
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It's only going to get worse. A new law comes into effect 01/01/2016 allowing illegal aliens to stay in California even after being convicted of a crime. Also Meth possession has been reduced to a misdemeanor. Meth is at the heart of almost every crime in our area.
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25 Dec 2015 04:13 - 25 Dec 2015 06:40 #704285 by bluej58
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My son is home for the holiday and we've been talking about his bike, he doesn't even ride it now because of where he lives in Oakland.
He has it stashed in Berkeley and is considering selling it and getting something they are less app t to mess with.
the last time he had it out someone tried to steal the tail and broke it :whistle: luckily they were to stupid to take the side covers.

We are now trying to figure out a way to get it back to Illinois, maybe a road trip is in order B)

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25 Dec 2015 05:36 #704287 by SWest
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SF is a sanctuary city. That only compounds the crime problem. As long as the people don't vote, special interests will have their way and crime will get worse. It's like they're pulling in opposite directions and nothing can get done.
I'd been coming out to Sky Valley since I was a child. Mainly week end cabins and retired people. In 75 you were lucky to have one car an hour drive past you on Dillon Rd. When I moved out here in 76, I had no idea what really was going on out here. It was like the old west. If you were new, you were fair game for the criminals. My house was broken into and I was robbed twice at gun point. I realized then if I were to stay here, I'd have to fight back. I bought a Inter Arms Virginian Dragoon 44 Mag. It was the single action bicentennial addition. I had a low slung holster and I'd go into the canyon behind me and practice with it.
One day these smiling POS came to my place and there I was with a smile on my face. I flicked off the loop on the hammer and was ready for war. They couldn't leave fast enough. Word spread quick. People that use to glare at me as I rode by now were waiving and smiling at me. I didn't know this area was notorious for cooking Meth. There were a few more incidents but I now had the tools to stand up for myself. I never had to shoot anyone, just them knowing I will was good enough. :whistle:
BTW, it doesn't come out of the holster unless it gets used. :evil:
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25 Dec 2015 06:52 #704292 by Street Fighter LTD
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25 Dec 2015 08:22 #704298 by SWest
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That was a good movie. Talk about cold blooded, Dirty Harry had nothing on him. :woohoo:
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25 Dec 2015 11:54 #704327 by Zephyrrider
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That was that twisted little germ cruise wasnt it - yer all Dirty Harry had over him was acting ability and style ;)

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25 Dec 2015 12:09 #704330 by SWest
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As I was watching it I was wondering when the black guy would finally put him down like a rabid dog. It does make a point though. Most will just stand there and let it happen.
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