Scooter thief and recovery. A redemption story

Nov 19, 2020 3:24 AM

stabthecrab

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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.

People are the worst! Not Mike though ?

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That sucks, glad you got it back. I think that having a main man mike is priceless though so that's pretty awesome too

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Always wondered why in olden times, stealing horses was dealt with harshly. Now I know why. Glad you got it back OP!!

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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:(

5 years ago | Likes 65 Dislikes 1

I could be

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Nice you got a good mate to fix it but insurance cover damaged stolen goods even if found I hope

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yes it does

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

This is really about main man Mike and less about the scooter. Nice story in any case

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Indeed

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I would have waited till someone came out and got on it and beat them half to death.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh I thought about that. I thought real hard about calling every tough guy I knew to wait for him

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Wait op's name is @aguynamedmikeb does that mean Main Man Mike is actually OP? What a plot twist.

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Ha. We’re both two dudes named mike

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Props to MMM, but where is this, "last laugh"?

5 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

I kinda thought that getting the scooter back and running with main man mike was the last laugh

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Nah, running over the thieves with the restored scooter would be a last laugh.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Seriously? Yeah they broke everything. Why? Why break something you stole for no reason? The slashing of the back tire? Wtf?

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

ANYONE who steals someone's ability to work/feed family by stealing tools/vehicles/scooters, whatever, should be shot on site!!

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Like how you repaired it instead of deeming it too broke to fix!

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Lol, I didn’t repair much buddy. I took photos of MMM repairing it.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Main man Mike is the real mvp

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

That’s a big 10-4

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I enjoyed this. The noodle tax was a nice surprise.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

No love for babes raves? That’s okay, she’s trouble anyway

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Really? Well I didn’t think that was an option. I just got the ol angle grinder out and slashy slashy

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Lobo approves of the Main Man Mike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpFplmMcjOE

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

v

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Did Dirty Mike and the boys leave a note?

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

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.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

People are assholes, mike is rad! Glad you got your scooter back.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Fuck those fucking fucks

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Any way to secure it to avoid this happening again? I guess chances are slim they’d hit the same place twice

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I got a lock on it now, not sure it will deter but...why not

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Sorry to be an arse, but what exactly is the redemption here?

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Come on man. I found the scooter, repaired it, and ride it. I mean...redemption. Maybe I don’t know what that means

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Redemption usually suggests you did something bad in the past.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Not much helps to deter thieves when the vehicle is so light, but disc brake locks ensure the scoots cannae scoot :) just an idea.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Did they get any prints off of it? Any chance of catching those asshats?

5 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

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

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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.

5 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 0

Yeah nah, prints don't work very well off plastics

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 2

Did insurance cover the repairs! Respect for mike for having mad skills i don’t have!

5 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Yes actually, it was my condo insurance that paid up. If you don’t have a cheap condo insurance plan, get one today

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

I have apartment insurance!

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Oh hello fellow denverite

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Whale hello there. Digging this snow?

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

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

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Your main man Mike is a hell of guy. Glad your scooter story ended well!

5 years ago | Likes 151 Dislikes 0

v sure is

5 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Everyone needs a Main Man Mike in their lives. Hope you bought that legend a beverage of his choice. And fuck scooter thieves!

5 years ago | Likes 300 Dislikes 0

sure did. A big bottle of markers mark whisky ?

5 years ago | Likes 50 Dislikes 1

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.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Hats off to main man Mike. Glad you got your scooter back and fuck those loser thieves

5 years ago | Likes 575 Dislikes 0

Everyone needs a main man mike in their lives

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Tell Mike that he is the MVP

5 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

The Main Valuable Player

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Did the cops get McThief?

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What was his name again? Main Man Mike?

5 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 0

I think it was My Main Man Mike

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

MAIN MAN MIKE

5 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

5 years ago | Likes 44 Dislikes 0

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.

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0