So, someone attempted to steal my bike. They managed to get the lock assembly out of the ignition assembly while endowing my tank with a few scratches, but not down to metal.
I'm thinking I can just replace the face nut and washer, because the lock and ignition seem to work fine, aside from the lock assembly coming out.
Any thoughts are appreciated.

 

Glad to hear it was only an attempt. Do you mind posting some pictures of the damages?

 

get a locking bike cover if you bike is sitting outside. caliper lock too. none of this will total prevent a theft but, it will make your bike less attractive to losers. layer of security. what year is the bike? if 2004 or newer, adding oem security and siren is relatively easy.

 

Since your scooter apparently wasn't parked in an area where they could just put it into the bed of a pickup truck and drive away, it might have been helpful to have a chain, cable, or other device through the wheel(s) so they would realize they couldn't have just ridden away even if they got it started. In 1971 I was parked at school, UNLV, and someone stole my 4 month old Kawasaki H1.

On most days I placed a choke chain dog collar through the rear wheel. But that day I was late for class and didn't use my 'security' chain. Back in those days, metrics had their key numbers stamped near the ignition and I've always assumed someone had spotted my scooter being parked there everyday, got the key number and purchased a key, and checked everyday for me not to use the 'chain'. Where I parked it would have been almost impossible to bring in a truck to haul my scooter away, especially without attracting a lot of attention from passing students.

No security is perfect, we had an armored car on it's route stolen here in Vegas a few years ago. The thing about thieves is that, for the most part, they are lazy and opportunistic. If there is any impediment to committing a quick, and easy, theft most thieves will look elsewhere. This won't help erase the damage your scooter already received, but my 'thought' is that it may be a good idea to possibly prevent future attempts?

 

Pal of mine chained his bike to two others, at a major bike race meeting, parked amongst many thousands of other bikes. All three bikes were stolen and never recovered! By all means add a security alarm, if only to warn thieves off when they mess with it. As for your lock, does the key still work OK? If not replace the lock.

 

If you ever to find that thief, do society a favor just kill him. If they should want it that bad, a rifle in the upstairs bedroom will cure the craving for your machine

 

I'll try to get pictures up in the next few days, I'm kinda slow.

 

Definitely need to use lock on my wheel or disc now I've seen this video on how to start the bike without a key. Basically the electrical connector for the ignition switch is unplugged then a jumper wire is inserted and starts right up.

 

Get one of these covers.

 

+1 for disc lock and locking cover if parked outside.

As others have stated, if they REALLY want it, they'll take it anyway. Adding steps of difficulty could deter them to someone else's less secure bike though.

ps. Praise BOB!