If you see the bike still around, go to a fence and offer to buy it back. Course, helps if you know your community.
If it's completely gone, report to police and claim on insurance (if covered)
I've known many deranged numpties who will do stupid stuff if you face them down, or call the police on them and you have to live in the community. Not even going to describe the crap I've seen.
Not even going to describe the crap I’ve seen.
Gowan GowAaN GOWAAN
You did read his forum name?
Of course if someone pulls a knife/taser/gun you'd have to run and see if the police will get it back. But I'm 15 stone, boxed and played rugby for my university, so used to a bit of combat. And carried the hod for my cousins in the holidays to keep fit.
I'm sure most bike thieves lead more desperate lives.
Ok everyone calm down, espressoal is here.
It's not about going in all guns blazing and there seems to be a strange expectation that they will immediately stab you, it's just a matter of going to the door and giving the options, give them time to think about it, be diplomatic and not threatening but do express that you are serious, you can walk away anytime, they can't, they are more likely to feel threatened, you know where they live and don't know what comes next.
If no satisfaction with that then you can do all the hard stuff, but personally I don't think that ever achieves much.
Ring the police and tell them it's Tom Cruise's bike that has been stolen:
Instant response
CCTV trawls
Full investigation
👍
Nothing like brown nosing a 'star' who doesn't even pay UK tax!
The police probably recovered it quickly to avoid Tom going full into full on Mission Impossible mode - who knows how much trouble that might have caused?