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Re: STOLEN - Enfield Bullet 500
"^..^ Lone Wolf" <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote in message news:4610329c.1@entanet... Wotcha. > Keep your eyes open for a 500 Bullet - looks just like this -> > http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/ssrmyndtop.htm > http://home.freeuk.net/thewolf/bullet.htm Good news - it still does look like that. << I can't just sit here >> Call it radar, call it 'local knowledge' - call it what you like, but I decided to go out and find my bike. . . and lo and behold, there it was, not even a quarter of a mile from where it had been taken. It's now sitting happily back in the garage. The lesson learnt from this : Lock the bloody thing - even if it's not a top of the range machine, it's still apt to get stolen. Y'know - sometimes a full moon is a grand thing  << Heads for bed, knowing the bike is back where it should be >> Thanks for keeping an eye out. Cheers. -- ^..^ Lone Wolf www.moonshiners.org.uk |
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Re: STOLEN - Enfield Bullet 500
In article <46105465.0@entanet>, ^..^ Lone Wolf says...
> > "^..^ Lone Wolf" <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote in message > news:4610329c.1@entanet... > Wotcha. > > > Keep your eyes open for a 500 Bullet - looks just like this -> > > http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/ssrmyndtop.htm > > http://home.freeuk.net/thewolf/bullet.htm > > Good news - it still does look like that. > > << I can't just sit here >> > > Call it radar, call it 'local knowledge' - call it what you like, but I > decided to go out and find my bike. . . and lo and behold, there it was, not > even a quarter of a mile from where it had been taken. It's now sitting > happily back in the garage. > The lesson learnt from this : .... not even thieves like Enfield Bullets. -- Bear |
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Re: STOLEN - Enfield Bullet 500
^..^ Lone Wolf <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote:
> and lo and behold, there it was, not > even a quarter of a mile from where it had been taken. I Thief ran out of breath trying to pump start it? -- BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 Z650 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... |
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The Older Gentleman wrote:
> ^..^ Lone Wolf <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote: > >> and lo and behold, there it was, not >> even a quarter of a mile from where it had been taken. I > > Thief ran out of breath trying to pump start it? Burned his lips on the exhaust pipe. -- platypus "Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.” |
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On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:09:28 GMT, "platypus"
<monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >The Older Gentleman wrote: >> ^..^ Lone Wolf <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote: >> >>> and lo and behold, there it was, not >>> even a quarter of a mile from where it had been taken. I >> >> Thief ran out of breath trying to pump start it? > >Burned his lips on the exhaust pipe. How would it have got hot? -- Champ ZX10R GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |
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Champ wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:09:28 GMT, "platypus" > <monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >>The Older Gentleman wrote: >> >>>^..^ Lone Wolf <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> and lo and behold, there it was, not >>>>even a quarter of a mile from where it had been taken. I >>> >>>Thief ran out of breath trying to pump start it? >> >>Burned his lips on the exhaust pipe. > > How would it have got hot? The different metals in the bike frame and the zimmer made a battery. -- Mike H R1100RS |
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
<news@champ.org.uk> typed >On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:09:28 GMT, "platypus" ><monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >>The Older Gentleman wrote: >>> ^..^ Lone Wolf <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> and lo and behold, there it was, not >>>> even a quarter of a mile from where it had been taken. I >>> >>> Thief ran out of breath trying to pump start it? >> >>Burned his lips on the exhaust pipe. > >How would it have got hot? Haven't you read the thread? The whole bike was hot! -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer |
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Champ wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:09:28 GMT, "platypus" > <monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> The Older Gentleman wrote: >>> ^..^ Lone Wolf <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> and lo and behold, there it was, not >>>> even a quarter of a mile from where it had been taken. I >>> >>> Thief ran out of breath trying to pump start it? >> >> Burned his lips on the exhaust pipe. > > How would it have got hot? Them Indian Enfields are chromed with curry. Anyway, I got the impression he'd just parked it. -- platypus "Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative." |
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"Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote in message news:MPG.207aac57a1037811989c03@news.individual.ne t... Wotcha. >> The lesson learnt from this : > > ... not even thieves like Enfield Bullets. We have 'special needs' thieves around here. -- -- ^..^ Lone Wolf www.moonshiners.org.uk |
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In message <46105465.0@entanet>, ^..^ Lone Wolf
<lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> writes > >Call it radar, call it 'local knowledge' - call it what you like, but I >decided to go out and find my bike. . . and lo and behold, there it was, not >even a quarter of a mile from where it had been taken. I You remembered where you left it ? > -- geoff |
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On 2007-04-02 02:54:34 +0100, "^..^ Lone Wolf"
<lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> said: > > "^..^ Lone Wolf" <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote in message > news:4610329c.1@entanet... > Wotcha. > >> Keep your eyes open for a 500 Bullet - looks just like this -> >> http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/ssrmyndtop.htm >> http://home.freeuk.net/thewolf/bullet.htm > > Good news - it still does look like that. > > << I can't just sit here >> > > Call it radar, call it 'local knowledge' - call it what you like, but I > decided to go out and find my bike. . . and lo and behold, there it was, not > even a quarter of a mile from where it had been taken. It's now sitting > happily back in the garage. > The lesson learnt from this : > Lock the bloody thing - even if it's not a top of the range machine, it's > still apt to get stolen. > > Y'know - sometimes a full moon is a grand thing > > << Heads for bed, knowing the bike is back where it should be >> > > > Thanks for keeping an eye out. > > Cheers. Wow, dunno how you knew where to look but I bet you could hire out your 6th sense for a fortune! Damn well done that Wolf! frag |
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^..^ Lone Wolf <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote:
> "Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.207aac57a1037811989c03@news.individual.ne t... > > Wotcha. > > >> The lesson learnt from this : > > > > ... not even thieves like Enfield Bullets. > > We have 'special needs' thieves around here. Any thief who has a special need for a bloody Curry Enfield ought to be in Broadmoor. -- BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 Z650 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... |
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Re: STOLEN - Enfield Bullet 500
"The Older Gentleman" <chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message news:1hvyslc.1wnya7u5h40hcN%chateau.murray.takethi sout@dsl.pipex.com... Wotcha. >> We have 'special needs' thieves around here. > > Any thief who has a special need for a bloody Curry Enfield ought to be > in Broadmoor. Just think how bad the thieves are in neighbouring Walsall . . . they stole my Cossack outfit, which I also got back.[1] [1] will my bad luck never end ? ;-) -- -- ^..^ Lone Wolf www.moonshiners.org.uk |
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^..^ Lone Wolf <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote:
> Just think how bad the thieves are in neighbouring Walsall . . . they stole > my Cossack outfit, *Impressed* -- BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 Z650 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... |
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^..^ Lone Wolf wrote:
> "The Older Gentleman" <chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in > message > news:1hvyslc.1wnya7u5h40hcN%chateau.murray.takethi sout@dsl.pipex.com... > > Wotcha. > >>>We have 'special needs' thieves around here. >> >>Any thief who has a special need for a bloody Curry Enfield ought to be >>in Broadmoor. > > Just think how bad the thieves are in neighbouring Walsall . . . they stole > my Cossack outfit, which I also got back.[1] Nobody *made* you wear it. -- Mike H R1100RS |
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^..^ Lone Wolf wrote
> >"^..^ Lone Wolf" <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote in message >news:4610329c.1@entanet... > Wotcha. > >> Keep your eyes open for a 500 Bullet - looks just like this -> >> http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/ssrmyndtop.htm >> http://home.freeuk.net/thewolf/bullet.htm > >Good news - it still does look like that. > ><< I can't just sit here >> > >Call it radar, call it 'local knowledge' - call it what you like, but I >decided to go out and find my bike. . . and lo and behold, there it was, not >even a quarter of a mile from where it had been taken. Brilliant result!!! Was it that easy to follow the trail of oil in the dark? -- Roger Hunt |
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"MikeH" <Mike.ukts@invalid.btinternet.com> wrote in message news:57edq6F2cftc1U1@mid.individual.net... Wotcha. >> Just think how bad the thieves are in neighbouring Walsall . . . they >> stole my Cossack outfit, which I also got back.[1] > > Nobody *made* you wear it. But that furry hat, it's so *me* -- -- ^..^ Lone Wolf www.moonshiners.org.uk |
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Re: STOLEN - Enfield Bullet 500
"^..^ Lone Wolf" <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote in message news:46105465.0@entanet... > > "^..^ Lone Wolf" <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote in message > news:4610329c.1@entanet... > Wotcha. > >> Keep your eyes open for a 500 Bullet - looks just like this -> >> http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/ssrmyndtop.htm >> http://home.freeuk.net/thewolf/bullet.htm > > Good news - it still does look like that. > > << I can't just sit here >> > > Call it radar, call it 'local knowledge' - call it what you like, but I > decided to go out and find my bike. . . and lo and behold, there it was, > not > even a quarter of a mile from where it had been taken. It's now sitting > happily back in the garage. > The lesson learnt from this : > Lock the bloody thing - even if it's not a top of the range machine, it's > still apt to get stolen. > > Y'know - sometimes a full moon is a grand thing And sometimes even thieves feel the need to throw one back. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 |
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Re: STOLEN - Enfield Bullet 500
On Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:50:05 +0100, Roger Hunt
<nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote: >^..^ Lone Wolf wrote >> >>Call it radar, call it 'local knowledge' - call it what you like, but I >>decided to go out and find my bike. . . and lo and behold, there it was, not >>even a quarter of a mile from where it had been taken. > >Brilliant result!!! >Was it that easy to follow the trail of oil in the dark? Probably jsut slipped down the road and there it was. -- -Pip |
