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April 25th, 2013

4/25/2013

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Well that was possibly the most stressful afternoon I've had in a long time. The working day went well enough, but when I got to my bike It wouldn't start. I turned the key a few times, checked the kill switch and then saw this
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Some utter scumbag or scumbags decided to try and nick my bike while I was at work. To do this they cut through most of the wires sticking out of the ignition barrel and yanked the final one straight out. Yeah, thanks for that. Anyway I called to police and the AA. The AA turned up first about two hours after I called and the mechanic gave it a good go, but couldn't get enough of the final wire to splice together. I found out to get the bike recovered I would have to upgrade my AA membership to the tune of another hundred quid. Awesome
The Police turned up next and PC Taylor was one of the nicest blokes Ive met. He took my details and as he was a fellow biker we chatted about bikes for a bit, right up until John the Suzuki mad second recovery driver arrived to collect my bike and take it to Metropolis in Barnet for me.  We also had a really good chat which made the journey go faster. I finally got home just before 19:00, nearly eight hours after I found the bike wouldn't start. What a shitty afternoon.
On a more positive note, I got the new tyre for the Ducati and now I have a nice new MOT. Hopefully that is the end of the drama for this week. Its enough to make your hair fall out


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    My name is Matt Brown and I'm a UK journalist formerly based in London, but now calling the South of England home. I've been riding bikes since 2007, but got hooked straight away. Nothing gives me the feeling of freedom, even when stuck in a city. In 2010 I became a RoSPA gold rider, but when it comes down to it, I'm Just a normal man, riding his bikes as often as he can.

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