Protest against bike thieves 

I always have a hidden cut off switch built in.

Mybe cause bikes r so rarely stolen up north that the PSNI dont believe it

@@geordiegeorge9041Old Triumphs had that built in by Lucas 😂

You couldn't make that up.

I am in court at the end of the year because we were burgled last August l. I dared to defend myself against a gang of travellers who stole 5k worth of property from my home, later on I found my stuff being advertised on FB, I gave them the details of the people and they fudged that investigation too, not enough evidence apparently.

Yep, this is the kind of thing we're asking to be brought in here, as it's been so effective in places like London

Wasn’t always like that

@@TrooperTedsoon be the gov,mate they want them gone

In London the Police make more effort as the mopeds that were getting nicked were used direvtly in crimes - purse/phone snatching, jewellery store robberies etc. If it were just related to being driven off road for kicks they'd prioritise it lower. More to the point in London now, under the tories, these peaceful protesters would be nicked. It's scary how much freedom the tories are eroding.

Nah, it was a publicity stunt... They've stopped chasing again a while back. At best they only cared about the crimes that were being committed on stolen bikes anyway, they still couldn't care less about the bike thefts themselves.

The main problem is police not empowered to tackle them (here at least). Have spoken to a few serving members about it (some of them bikers themselves) & they've no support from on high plus if they hurt the little scrotes, they could be held liable. They want to go after them, it boils their blood, but they need the training, policies & protection from prosecution to do so, hence us riding out trying to get the ball rolling

And th3n you complain if you get detained as a suspect because you're in the wrong place at the wrong time.

They’re too busy checking insurance and tax discs 😀🤣 fucking lunatics

Name and shame the police force

I had very similar with Notts police. I work in retail and it's the same with shoplifters, we get made to feel like we're causing a nuisance in reporting it. They're absolutely useless.

@@dstev55 Yeah I was disappointed with notts police when my bike was stolen. Fortunately I had a tracker so they actually went and retrieved it within an hour - that I can't fault them on but I suspect had I not had a tracker they wouldn't have attended. The bike was ruined - the thieves wouldnt have been able to start it without the key or replacing the ignition and computer but they wrote it off ripping it to pieces trying. I could tell it hadnt been started because the tracker was still working and hadnt shown the ignition on until I gave the keys to my insurance who turned it on when assessing the damage. The police straight up told me they knew who had stolen it but didn't have proof....even though it was found in their yard, along with two other bikes stolen that day and even though there are a million cameras where it was stolen. There was even an article in the notts post praising them for finding 3 bikes stolen that week....no, my tracker lead you to an easy win, but you closed the case after a few weeks and I got nothing but an insurance pay out and increased premiums. I loved that bike. Trackers are great and I highly advise bikers to get them (proper trackers with real people monitoring and liaising with the police) but they wont return your bike to you as you left it, and apparently wont get the thieves arrested when caught.

seek your own justice, that’s how we do it in the country. We call it cowboy justice.

So true

Then maybe we should be allowed to install boobytraps? Going too far? Potential pitfalls in the plan?

Stop talking rubbish lol

@@connorwilson8078 rubbish lol, all they’ll do is give a crn number… IF it’s asked for…

How is stealing £13k minor to the police, that is the price of some bikes out there.

I see your TJ and raise you 'Kevin' who was in court recently with 44 previous convictions for robbing cars/bikes, was let go & caught in the middle of robbing a bike THAT EVENING, wearing the same distinctive tracksuit he wore to court that day! 45 convictions now, still roaming free

Courts always let the police down

They are given almost impunity in these situations. They are allowed to knock a suspect of a motorcycle ever since it became commonplace to, when being chased by police, jump on a motorcycle with no helmet in the hopes the police will not chase you. Now, the moment you fail to stop, you are accepting all risks you have brought on yourself.

@MetalFan10101 in an ideal world yes. We don't live in an ideal world. I live in the UK where the actions of the officers in London although initially sanctioned as "Op Scorpion" and led to the viral videos of which there are only a few and are no longer condoned by Senior Management. You ram a bike thief off a bike and you are prosecutable. The officer will not be supported, they will face prosecution and will be publicly named in the press. The offenders right to life is deemed more I,portent than the officers right to do their job, prevent crime and detain criminals.

Gone quiet that one eh. Stolen 4k emtb in possession of children chased by police and police under scrutiny and thousands £ of damage by rioters. They also attacked people in their home on that street

Same, I don't take the bike into the city any more for social things unless I can keep it in sight at all times

Sorry to hear that Kevin, an incredibly frustrating experience

Thank you fellow trooper 😆 Yes, hopefully things change both here & in Scotland

Every bit of support counts Nugzter!

In the North and south of Ireland you can't protect your property by arming yourself with anything. But often, these criminals get badly injured when they have fallen outside your house on the pavement. Sometimes they get multiple wounds as they keep falling when they try to get up.. awful thing when you can't even stand up 🤐

@@evelghostrider 😆 🤣 love it 👍

You've just given me flashbacks to when I was renting a house with friends & I kept my ZX10R in the hallway/sitting room 😂

@@TrooperTed😂

Sorry to hear, on both accounts. Fingers crossed you're not waiting too long for a retest

Very sorry to hear that mate, agreed its gotten out of control lately, hopefully this is the start of things changing

but how is this going to stop the bike theft

@@8alakai8 If the Gardai get the training & support they need to tackle bike thieves, thefts will decline dramatically. Its currently rampant as they're getting away with it cause once on the move, they know they can't be touched

Bloody hell, did they cut the security or just lift it into a van? Sounds like a good location for a bait bike.

@@TrooperTed there was cctv of them lifting the bike into a van. It took literally seconds from the van pulling up, loading the bike and leaving. Obviously had seen the bike there earlier and were well organised. Absolutely a great place for a bait bike but the police seemed to be very lackadaisical about it saying it happens all the time. Crazy! Very frustrating. He will never stop off there ever again, he avoids Edinburgh now at all costs.

Multiple groups operating in Edinburgh and surrounding areas all competing against each other. I found that out the hardway as well unfortunately

@@cryptohappy66 sorry to hear that mate, scum

Similar Kaya, I used to go into the city centre on the bike to meet friends for coffee or dinner etc. but stopped that when things got as bad as they have. I'm sure I'm not alone in this

Best part is they don't bother hiding their faces on TikTok when showing off

Clever! There's a similar system nowadays called Datatag, but the problem in Dublin is the bikes aren't being stolen for parts, but so scrote bags can ride the crap out of them and post them on TikTok before setting them on fire or tossing them into a hedge/river :(

Sorry to hear that, is it for the same reasons we have here? Police not allowed chase/knock them off the bikes?

Really? I commute in and out of Edinburgh on a bike and have never had a problem.

​@TrooperTed we are lucky that the law has changed and police here are allowed to bash motorcyclists off bikes regardless of if they're wearing a helmet or not now.

You'd want balls the size of church bells to try! 200 pissed off bikers in a Garda corden waiting for you 😆

Wait till the foreigners get there. God save the UK

@@Brad96Bike theft has been a huge problem in Ireland since well before the first darkey landed old bean .

@@Brad96The only god in the Uk now is an allah.

That's exactly my fear, I don't want someone getting seriously hurt (or worse) to be the catalyst for change

Thank you Ronald!

People say illegal immigration is the cause of thefts and criminality. But as you can see on these videos all the criminals are blue-eyed snow white redheads, so... 🤷‍♂🤷‍♂

Agreed, shouldn't need to be that way but its the reality of the situation at the moment. Go to Spain etc. and you'll see dozens of bikes/scooters parked outside apartments/offices (in bike dedicated parking!) and not a disc lock to be seen as they're not needed

Crazy the lengths we have to go to so we can keep what's ours!

First time I've ever heard of a puncture being used as a security measure but every little bit helps! 😂

@@TrooperTed well it woukd help right? Indoubt they would push it too far on flat tyred. Cheapest theft protextion. Andnif you take valve cores with you thats even better. Doubt they walk around with angle grinder, hammer, valve tool, valve cores and pump. And if they do it will really take them much longer to remove all the locks and inflate both tyres. For sure not gone in 30 seconds. 🤣

I've said simialr to another comment below but worth repeating, don't let these scumbags ruin your holiday plans. The main issue is in Dublin but regardless of where you go, my advice would be the same: Try to book accommodation with off-street parking Bring a really good quality chain and whenever possible, secure your bike to something immovable like a lamppost Ireland is an incredible country to tour by motorbike, especially up on the coast roads in NI and on the Wild Atlantic Way. West Cork on a sunny day is paradise on two wheels

You will never prevent a theft if they want it. Yes you can make it difficult so they move on to one less locked up. As for adding air tags, that does not make police goto the location and knock the door sadly. They will normally just leave it, or suggest you contact your insurance as that's what it's for. Because they know its alot of work with zero outcome even if it goes to court. As almost no punishment comes to the person who stole it.

Steering lock and chains don't do anything, they're have all the off in seconds, and steering locks can just be kicked broken

*some parts of Australia

Good man, thanks for coming out!

Bikes now have steering locks but they're very easy to break. If you look at the TikTok video I overlaid @9:00 you'll see how quickly they can snap a steering lock

Sorry to hear that, underground car parks are like magnets to the scrotes, have the management company agreed to put in any additional security measures?

@@TrooperTed we've been at it with them, yes. they will have to do something. whats more, yesterday morning i saw a bike parked close to where i live. when i got back in the evening a friend told me it was stolen. he has seen it and reported it to the guards but its an open area between a skate park and a big hotel and it was literally in broad daylight!

Very sorry to hear that, it has been steadily getting worse the last 18 months

No literally. It cannot be that difficult to design some sort of integrated rear wheel disc lock. If they build it into the bike from factory, could probably make it much harder to defeat that an off the shelf disc lock

Then everyone has to sell their bike and buy a new one

I traded my cbr600f for honda deuville nt650 because deuville is not that much attractive to them. Basically I'm carrying 10 lock's with me wherever l go in the compartment...l calculate that per day l spend on average 30 minutes locking and unlocking my motorcycle and its still not enough because they make damage on your bike just because they can't have it 🤷🤬

​​​@@dantekania7212Well I'm guessing there is no point to start mass production of that kind of security system on the motorcycles as motorcycle thefts are not as common and violent in rest of the Europe like in UK and Ireland...Just picture in Spain you have 20 motorcycles parked in front of almost every apartment building and not even one have security lock 🙄

​@dantekania7212 problem is bikes aren't that heavy 3 men turn up in a van lift it in the back drive off 😢

The problem with trackers, is they can be flawed..

A tracker will find the vehicle, but how do you get it back ? As you will most likely be the person arrested for trying to get your own property back.

@@evelghostrider Here my issue with trackers.. 1, They're not always reliable . 2, They can weaken the battery.. I dismantled mine...I didn't think the yearly charge was worth it..

@@snakeman9902 but they are cheap enough now to be a good tool in these situations. flawed yes but knowing where something is... important.

@@evelghostrider by going there and finding it then call the police, safety in numbers if you have 10 biker friends with you. The whole point of having groups and a community is to win by the numbers.

You can legally ride a motorbike without a helmet though. Well if you know how to get around the legislation of it.

I believe as I was told when I did my CBT only Seeks don't have to have a helmet due to there Turbans

100% correct In our society you can identify as any religion you like. As no one can question you about your faith. Providing your wearing the turban, there is zero an officer can do. Now as its Northern Ireland, they will not understand this an still stop you. But your 100% legal if your wearing the turban. How can an officer prove your religion when they can't ask you any questions about it.

@@evelghostrider Its actually simpler than that, all petrol stations are private businesses and they reserve the right to refuse service, so they could just choose not to sell to these lads.

I get asked at times to remove my head wear. I tell them it's not a helmet but a mask. And the mask is my protective barrier for health reasons. I simply say I'm putting £10 of fuel into my bike, here you go. You don't need to see my face.

The TikTok twats are Dublin based, but unfortunately bike theft is also a problem in other parts of the country. I believe it's gotten really bad in Cork as well

Did you get it back James?

So sorry to hear that, its an incredibly frustrating experience

No such fear here I'm afraid, which is why they're on such a spree lately

Thanks Povilas, good to get input from someone in London where I thought the tactical contact had drastically reduced the 2 wheel crime level. I don;t know any bikers in London so relying on news articales etc. To answer your question on tracking the bike and going to get them, in the interview Aoife gives to the news crew at the end of the video, she alludes to why they couldn't recover her bike, it was in an area so rough, unless you went in in big numbers, you'd get attacked and driven out of the area.

And this from France. . . I visited Ireland by car last year. Love at first sight. I had contemplated returning this year on the bike. If it can be stolen in broad daylight with total impunity, and there is no deterrent, it's simply not worth the stress or the risk.

@@m2menuiserie540 I agree, it's just not worth it.

Thought I'd replied to this earlier but basically, don't let these scumbags ruin your holiday plans. The main issue is in Dublin so you'd be fine in N. Ireland but regardless of where you go, my advice would be the same: Try to book accommodation with off-street parking Bring a really good quality chain and whenever possible, secure your bike to something immovable like a lamppost Ireland is an incredible country to tour by motorbike, especially up on the coast roads in NI and onto the Wild Atlantic Way

@@TrooperTed i get what your saying, it better to not risk it then to risk it.

@@spencerlucas5835 I hear you, hopefully things improve in the near future and you'll get to enjoy my country on two wheels

Both effective AND hilarious if caught on video 🤣

Going by the fact they don't seem to consider bikes in any kind of future planning, I think you're right

200 pissed off bikers under Garda escort, you'd want balls the size of church bells to try & rob a bike from there 😆

hah , i regret selling my RGV250 VJ23 a decade or so ago .

constantly having to look around my shoulder really isn't worth it for me

Me too!!

It was already out there, they're on TikTok every day showing off on the bikes they rob and how they did it, my video is a drop in the ocean compared to the views/reach the thieves are getting so I'm not worried

Have heard its gotten bad over there. Is it true the cops have advised people to just leave your keys near the door to stop thieves coming further into the house looking for them or is that just the internet rumour mill going into overdrive?

How are the police in Bristol dealing with them? Are they even able to tackle them?

@@TrooperTed They did try to help on the phone, I tried to get some cctv footage from a nabour but there was a bush that blocked the view, so the police said there is nothing they can do. About 5 weeks later I was riding my brand new e scooter that cost me £4000 , at 1.00am a car clocked me and started to chase me it was very scary as he was right up my ase trying to make me make a mistake so he could rob the scooter, I manage to get away from him by going up a lane, but when i got home and looked out my window 2 more guys on those e bike serons where going up and down the lane and the guy in the car was going up and down the road looking for me.I always fill nervous now when I go for a ride. It's getting crazy out there😒

@@escootersfpvrides2723 that sounds insane & scary af, stay safe out there mate

@@TrooperTed You too buddy.

Hi Sutty! 😆

@@TrooperTedgood turn out mate

Hi Darren, I found out about the protest on the r/motoireland group on Reddit and Motorcycles Ireland group on Facebook. If there's to be another protest I think I'll do a video in advance to try and drum up any many bikes as possible, so keep an eye on here as well!

@@TrooperTed thanks man. I gave up social media so maybe I’m missing out on this updates. Do you know any groups that just go for spins in general?

I think once they're moving (aka being pushed by their mate on a running bike/scooter) it becomes a grey area