Just wanted to let everyone know what happened to me and my buddy on the way to Daytona this year. We are from Louisville, Ky. and normally ride everywhere, but because of new jobs neither of us had enough time to take off so we trailer our bikes to Macon, GA. and then were going to ride from Macon to Daytona. We arrived at the Best Western Riverside in Macon at about 12:30 AM and parked our 1991 Chevy pickup with my bike a 2005 Black Road Glide VIN 1HD1FSW175Y639790 on the truck, and my buddy's 2004 Gold Fat Boy VIN # 1HD1BXBI84Y031578 on a trailer behind the truck. The bikes were locked, the trailer was locked to the truck and the Fat boy was cable locked to the trailer. We parked it under the brightest part of the parking lot. We thought the bikes would be safest left on the truck and trailer till morning, because we thought it would be harder for anyone to get the bikes off the truck and would take more time.
The next morning I got up to go unload the bikes, and you guessed it, the bikes are gone along with the truck and trailer. I called the police and went to the front desk to watch the surveillance tapes from night before. Sure enough at 6:27 AM I see a white pickup with side tool boxes pull onto the lot and go out of sight, a couple minutes later my truck, trailer, and bikes go pulling out with the white truck following. There were other bikes on this lot, but we were the only ones with bikes already loaded up on the truck and trailer ready to steal. The Macon Police were very helpful as were the hotel staff.
Although we thought we were making it harder for someone to steal our bikes it was the opposite, we gave the thieves the truck and trailer to haul our bikes away. I hope our bad luck will be able to help someone else from getting their bikes stolen. If I ever trailer again, you can bet I'll have a hidden cut off switch on my truck and GPS tracking on my bike.
Dale Liechty email
daleliechty@aol.com
Louisville, Ky.
Posted by: daleliechty on Mar 15, 06 1:04:34 pm
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