Arson

Vic's got other priorities right now...

I imagine he does.
Steve

sorry to hear that Vic.....As far as punks go.....nail his nuts to a tree, hand him a dull knife and set the tree on fire.

Sadly I think the cops out there have much bigger problems to deal with.
2 years ago my son's 650 got stolen and the Berkeley police did nothing, they didn't even add it to the "hot" sheet so 2 months later when a towing company called him and asked what he wanted to do about the $1500.00 ( I think) towing and storage fees for his bike that they had. it was a big surprise.
He was able to talk them down to around $400.00 and the members of B.A.R.F. ( Bay Area Riders Forum) took up a collection to help him out and a member even trailered his bike back to his place, great people.
He even had the perp on a camera but it was no help.
There are a lot of really messed up people out there, be careful with your new bike.

bluej58 wrote: Sadly I think the cops out there have much bigger problems to deal with.
2 years ago my son's 650 got stolen and the Berkeley police did nothing, ......

Stealing a motorcycle is one thing, but arson is a whole different kind of crime --- maybe someone should point this out to the police???

As much as it kills me to part out this bike, I think its the best choice. the fenders are pretty nice,

That is the best choice, my ELR was/is being rebuilt from a burnt out bike, everything apart from the frame, wheels, swing arm and motor was trashed - a lot worse than yours. Being so hard to find parts for it and the write off state of it made the restoration much much harder.

The red 81 GPz550 was rebuilt from my stolen and recovered bike, I ended scrapping the frame and front end, smashed plastics, clocks and lots of other bits. That was easier as parts are easier and cheaper to find for those.

Restoring complete running bikes is time consuming enough, incomplete, smashed, crashed or burned bikes are projects for fools.

It goes further than that. It costs a lot of money to charge, jail, the trial then only to have the guy let go because there's no room for him. The Perps know that. In this state they would rather have a train that will make no money than build more jails. When my shop was torched, because it was only a shed, nothing was done. The only thing that stopped him from coming back to finish the job was me, my flame thrower light and 44 Mag. Two days later he was out there at 1 AM, I turned it on and I could hear him running. I was thinking of taking care of him myself. He died in his trailer after smoking Meth. His heart blew up. Somehow I felt cheated but I was glad I didn't have to deal with him. It would have made me as bad if not worse than him. It would have ruined my life. Best to let it go.
Steve

I really hate that some dirtbag is likely to get away with this. Maybe he will smoke some meth and explode. It wouldn't bring the KZ back, but at least nobody else would have to have to suffer from his uncivilized behavior.

I love the Falco. Do you have a large, well-armed friend to keep an eye on it for you?

You can't do that in this state. Too bad. More than once I'd like to have left a dirt bag laying face down in the street.
Steve

Fortunately we have a make my day law in Colorado so if I feel threatened I get to kill him .

I still stand by my (since vanished post)

Tyrell Corp wrote: Restoring complete running bikes is time consuming enough, incomplete, smashed, crashed or burned bikes are projects for fools.

and yet you have/are restoring 2 that fall into that category? :laugh: I completely agree with you. it just bums me out to see the bike go out like this. had some great trips with him.