I parked my F650 on the edge of a square in Milan with a load of scooters. Walking back towards it I noticed a guy in a suit looking at the bike very closely and thought enough of it walk a bit quicker. By the time I actually got back to the bike he'd run for it but left me a little present; a brand new Snap On scewdriver in the ignition
So, while Milanese bike thieves are obviously well dressed and don't buy their gear at ALDI, this one was a complete and utter muppet, the disk lock was untouched :confused1:
The ignition continued to work no matter if you used any key roughly the right size or a screwdriver, so no worries trip wise, I'm just glad I spent the extra fifty quid on the best disc lock I could get rather than rely on what BMW fitted.
In London I once found someone's sandwich box and three rounds of Ham and Cheese in the ex-Army rucksacks I used as panniers. Red MZ's with MOD panniers weren't that common and they'd done up the buckles, so I guess some sort of joke I wasn't a party to. I didn't risk the butties but the box served well for years as a storage container for assorted electrical bits.
Andy
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