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This bastard broke into my building, took my scooter out of my garage and walked right out the door with it. What a dick.
Here’s a photo of his pal. Let’s call him baldy Mcthief. He stole another scooter. Both these guys can get bent.
What’s this? My scooter is sitting in broad daylight in the middle of someone’s lawn? Hell no, I’m taking this thing back.
He’s a shot of my friend eyeballing the scooter, I’m at the gas station down the street there. Waiting for the cops. They came and I took my scooter back. The woman that owned the house did not know who dropped the scooter off in her lawn.
Here’s the damage. They hot wired it and did a shit job of it. They crossed the wrong wires and completely fused them together. Dumb bastards. I’ll have the last laugh though.
Look here, these clowns put their own lock on my scooter...I have plans for this.
I cut their devil lock off in under 60 seconds.
Not only did they hot wire it wrong, they busted up the gas tank hole. He’s my main man mike repairing the damage.
New gas cap and ignition off Amazon for 16.99. Not bad. It doesn’t fit perfect because that dumb bastard thieves busted it up, but it will do.
Now the hard part, main man mike had to Re-Hotwire the scooter the correct way because the dumb ass thieves messed it up on their dumb ass attempt to hot wire my scooter.
Here’s main man mike restarting it for the first time. Haha, it’s running good.
They also disconnected the battery, probably to shut it off after they hot wired it wrong. They left me none of the bolts, so main man mike had to angle grind some spare bolts to make them fit the battery.
Main man mike has to drill a new ignition hole because the one I bought on Amazon didn’t fit the first hole. Careful with the sound, it’s really High pitched when he drills this hole. Sweet!
New ignition hole looking sharp.
Here’s the new ignition all lined up real nice like.
Yep, that’s looking sharp. Good thing I got a buddy like main man mike that knows how to do this stuff. Dudes a champion.
The dumb bastards that stole the scooter completely trashed the back tire. Why? Probably because they are dumb bastards that’s why.
New tire hot off the press.
Here’s main man mike taking it for the first test drive. Super excited about this. Pretty strong.
The blue devil is back in action. Thanks to main man mike and the Denver police for helping bring my scooter back home.
Babes raves tax!
Husky tax. Poppers and lily for the win.
And we will finalize this with Noodle tax. Hissss. Thanks for reading my story of sweet sweet scooter redemption.
EuropeanDude
People are the worst! Not Mike though ?
Isi151e
That sucks, glad you got it back. I think that having a main man mike is priceless though so that's pretty awesome too
57rescraft9
Always wondered why in olden times, stealing horses was dealt with harshly. Now I know why. Glad you got it back OP!!
doodlemyster
I'm glad you got it back and working. My bike got stolen a while back and they really messed up the wiring etc. Wish I had a main man Mike:(
G0MeatCube
I could be
Hubb
Nice you got a good mate to fix it but insurance cover damaged stolen goods even if found I hope
stabthecrab
Yes it does
mustardcutter
This is really about main man Mike and less about the scooter. Nice story in any case
stabthecrab
Indeed
RolandSin
I would have waited till someone came out and got on it and beat them half to death.
stabthecrab
Oh I thought about that. I thought real hard about calling every tough guy I knew to wait for him
AspAspAsp
Wait op's name is @aguynamedmikeb does that mean Main Man Mike is actually OP? What a plot twist.
stabthecrab
Ha. We’re both two dudes named mike
NoQuestionMarksInDeclarativeSentences
Props to MMM, but where is this, "last laugh"?
stabthecrab
I kinda thought that getting the scooter back and running with main man mike was the last laugh
klaatubarada
Nah, running over the thieves with the restored scooter would be a last laugh.
Kittynomnoms
So weird that they always break more shit than they have to. When my truck got stolen they broke the gas cap and drilled a hole in the tank.
stabthecrab
Seriously? Yeah they broke everything. Why? Why break something you stole for no reason? The slashing of the back tire? Wtf?
57rescraft9
ANYONE who steals someone's ability to work/feed family by stealing tools/vehicles/scooters, whatever, should be shot on site!!
MissSiesta
Like how you repaired it instead of deeming it too broke to fix!
stabthecrab
Lol, I didn’t repair much buddy. I took photos of MMM repairing it.
SelfLoathingNarcissist
Main man Mike is the real mvp
stabthecrab
That’s a big 10-4
livingdedkitten
I enjoyed this. The noodle tax was a nice surprise.
stabthecrab
No love for babes raves? That’s okay, she’s trouble anyway
mike13815
Why did you cut the lock off instead of picking it? Lockpicking is a fun skill to learn, cheap, and easier than you'd think.
stabthecrab
Really? Well I didn’t think that was an option. I just got the ol angle grinder out and slashy slashy
Namorath9
Lobo approves of the Main Man Mike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpFplmMcjOE
Grizzlious
kvtpwr
Did Dirty Mike and the boys leave a note?
Monkitoucher
Ha! I know that corner. I lived at 13th and Elm for 20 years. Moved last year. don't miss it because of crap like this.
PaulHurley
People are assholes, mike is rad! Glad you got your scooter back.
bud215
Fuck those fucking fucks
JesusShaves
Any way to secure it to avoid this happening again? I guess chances are slim they’d hit the same place twice
stabthecrab
I got a lock on it now, not sure it will deter but...why not
NKato
Sorry to be an arse, but what exactly is the redemption here?
stabthecrab
Come on man. I found the scooter, repaired it, and ride it. I mean...redemption. Maybe I don’t know what that means
NKato
Redemption usually suggests you did something bad in the past.
Flortzweich
Not much helps to deter thieves when the vehicle is so light, but disc brake locks ensure the scoots cannae scoot :) just an idea.
LucidAftermath
Did they get any prints off of it? Any chance of catching those asshats?
stabthecrab
That’s a negative.The cops weren’t even planning on knocking on the front door of the home with the scooter. Scooter thieves, low priority
AirplaneNerd
My experience with police is that they don't do anything for property crime except give you a report number to give to your insurance co.
NKato
Yeah nah, prints don't work very well off plastics
MadameRainbowPants
Did insurance cover the repairs! Respect for mike for having mad skills i don’t have!
stabthecrab
Yes actually, it was my condo insurance that paid up. If you don’t have a cheap condo insurance plan, get one today
MadameRainbowPants
I have apartment insurance!
XplodingUnicornGlitter
Oh hello fellow denverite
stabthecrab
Whale hello there. Digging this snow?
XplodingUnicornGlitter
Eh. I was hoping for more inches (ba dum tss) but I guess we’ll see, since it’s supposed to not stop until tomorrow morning
Kottok
Your main man Mike is a hell of guy. Glad your scooter story ended well!
stabthecrab
DeadnCold
Everyone needs a Main Man Mike in their lives. Hope you bought that legend a beverage of his choice. And fuck scooter thieves!
stabthecrab
sure did. A big bottle of markers mark whisky ?
BondHaimBond
If I had a main man Mike in my life, who also was a BMW tech, I would be driving a much better car than a Hyundai, no offence to Hyundai.
jellyfishsoufflee
Hats off to main man Mike. Glad you got your scooter back and fuck those loser thieves
RandomlyAppointedNSAAgent
Everyone needs a main man mike in their lives
insongwhang
Tell Mike that he is the MVP
photobomber
The Main Valuable Player
missastromccluskey
Did the cops get McThief?
DurendaI
What was his name again? Main Man Mike?
Calculussucks
I think it was My Main Man Mike
db17k
MAIN MAN MIKE
stabthecrab
MacThunderfart
Now go and buy a GPS transmitter. Put it under the plastic and connect with battery. Those asshats are gonna come back if they did twice.