Someone keyed my bike
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Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Michigan
We caught someone doing that to a person Ultra a few years ago. Me & a friend made him stay by the bike & we had someone go into the store & we had the owner paged. Once the owner came out, we called the police but before they got there the owner of the bike took a key to the guys arms. I can still hear the guy screaming from the key sliding acrossed his arms.. The piece of **** deserved it & the cops told him he was lucky thats all that he did to him..
Sorry to hear that about your ride, some people just don't think before they do **** like that...
Sorry to hear that about your ride, some people just don't think before they do **** like that...
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Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Central Alberta, Canada
Yep, I sprayed all my tins with truck bedliner. The only precaution I'd take is to tape anywhere there is going to be a screw, gas gauge or a seat stud well, because it sprays on thick.
Aside from that it's super low maintenance, I just hose it off once in awhile. The black does show road dust a bit, but I find paint is the same way. Once it's on though it won't rust, fade, chip, ding, or scratch. And in the sunshine from a bit of a distance it almost looks like black metalflake due to the pebbled texture.
Edit: and it was way cheaper than painting, I think it cost me about $350 to get a full set of crossbones tins sprayed. Which is obviously way less than paint would cost.
Aside from that it's super low maintenance, I just hose it off once in awhile. The black does show road dust a bit, but I find paint is the same way. Once it's on though it won't rust, fade, chip, ding, or scratch. And in the sunshine from a bit of a distance it almost looks like black metalflake due to the pebbled texture.
Edit: and it was way cheaper than painting, I think it cost me about $350 to get a full set of crossbones tins sprayed. Which is obviously way less than paint would cost.
Last edited by Vic Bronco; Oct 24, 2012 at 02:05 PM. Reason: Added content.
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Kudos to tlar1540, and his bud. Probably one in a hundred,( at best ), have the sack to deal with *** hats like that. I doubt I would have even considered reaching for my keys if it were my ride. Hope the owner was appreciative of your efforts.
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Thanks but we just did what we would want others to do if it were our bike or vehicle.. A bit of advise if you don't want to confront someone doing something like this. Most of us have cell phones, pull it out & snap a couple of pictures of hte idiot doing it & then call the cops. At least then there is something to go on. We can't let a$$holes like this get away, we need to step up & help each other out!!