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STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« on: November 20, 2007, 07:39:36 AM »
My 77 CB550F was Stolen last night by some douchebag. It's flat black with Bindlestiff stickers on the gas tank. It has NO gauges,turnsignals or a muffler. It has 4 into 1 exhaust with a rust pitted chrome tip on the end. It has brand new Spitfire tires on it and the rear tire is a raised white letter tire. If anyone see's this bike please contact me at (503)740-9457 thanks Eric




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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2007, 07:50:38 AM »
damn that SUCKS , i've been there my friend.  good luck to you

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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2007, 07:56:23 AM »
That really sucks, I'll keep an eye out whole or parts.

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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2007, 09:44:02 AM »
I'm in portland. I'll keep an eye out man. It wasn't the same one you ran when we all went on a ride, was it?
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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2007, 09:58:58 AM »
Oh yeah, and take your stolen add off of craigslist. Harder to trap people into selling stuff if they know you have pasted pictures and such on a selling site.
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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2007, 10:09:32 AM »
damn eric, that sucks. i'll keep an eye out for sure. what part of town do you live in? gotta make sure i put a lock on mine when it's left out overnight...
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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2007, 01:19:05 PM »
Sorry to hear about your loss :'(
i always worry about leaving mine unattended.my steering does not lock.
i wish you luck in getting back.
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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2007, 01:49:34 PM »
I'm gonna sink some redheads in the concrete outside my house tomorrow, for chains. Nothing to tie my bikes to out there but a small tree.
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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2007, 02:55:25 PM »
Sorry to hear that!  That is my worst nightmare, with all the work I have put into mine. I lock it every time with a crazy heavy lock and chain setup even though I have had a couple people laugh and say stupid #$%* like "oh, its just an old Honda - no one is going to steal that" and stuff.  >:(

Forget that! - problem is, its Portland where there are roaming tweaker homeless (meth addicts) all over the place that will steal anything that isn't nailed down - even if just for scrap metal. They never lock the f**kers up either or if the do, they are out within days and back to their same old game. I see the same losers, over and over, roaming around for stuff to steal (I live in one of the worst areas for this too - NE Portland)

grrrrr. .  . .nothing I hate more than thieves!!!

Good luck on recovery, I know I will keep my eyes out for it.
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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2007, 03:18:27 PM »
Yep that's the bike that had the whitewall on it. I usually lock it up but didn't have it locked for a few days. It's a good idea to take the add down, I was trying to get the word out there. i live in NE off of 45th and broadway, I've had two batteries stolen from my Nova before too. Damn tweakers... My parking is On street so it's hard to keep an eye on it all the time. I should have put a cover on it too, out of site out of mind goes along way... I have more reason to get my 750 up and running now. Thanks fellas
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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2007, 03:27:54 PM »
Yep that's the bike that had the whitewall on it. I usually lock it up but didn't have it locked for a few days. It's a good idea to take the add down, I was trying to get the word out there. i live in NE off of 45th and broadway, I've had two batteries stolen from my Nova before too. Damn tweakers... My parking is On street so it's hard to keep an eye on it all the time. I should have put a cover on it too, out of site out of mind goes along way... I have more reason to get my 750 up and running now. Thanks fellas

I drive by that area of town a lot, so again I will keep an eye out for it.. . .

I wish they would open up that new (empty) jail to lock some of these thieving scum up. I have NEVER seen so many car break ins, metal theft, and bike/cycle theft as in this town. 3AM around here looks like Night of the Living Dead with all the roaming skeletal tweakers on their bikes with f**ked up trailers looking for dope and/or stuff to steal.  >:(
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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2007, 03:44:40 PM »
Sorry to hear that.  >:(


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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2007, 04:37:05 PM »
Hey, Hope you find and get it back. Thank heavens I've got a garage. Oh, and I have a 110 pound security system


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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2007, 06:09:00 PM »
hey eric-- i'd try western cycle salvage and road hawk in the next few weeks. go in saying you're looking for a bunch of parts for a '77 cb550F or whatever, rather than barging in saying you're looking for a stolen bike, as they may not be too eager to admit they ended up with something stolen (i don't think those places knowingly deal in stolen parts, but you never know). there aren't too many avenues for someone use to get rid of it whole or parted without you having a chance of finding out. it's not like it's valuable enough for them to ship it out of state, and not common enough to part out and blend in in the market. the worst would be an SOHC4 owner who needed his or her own parts.  >:(
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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2007, 06:23:13 PM »
Since it's not far from me, I can usually be found down at Roadhawk every two or three weeks scrounging for 550 parts and adaptable parts for my build.  If he received anything new it would be quite obvious in his inventory, and he don't e-bay that I know of.

Problem is besides a tank, frame and engine casing and maybe that rear wheel the rest of it would be hard to pick out.  Any particulars like chipped fins, scrapes etc?
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« Reply #15 on: November 20, 2007, 06:36:01 PM »
Since it's not far from me, I can usually be found down at Roadhawk every two or three weeks scrounging for 550 parts and adaptable parts for my build.  If he received anything new it would be quite obvious in his inventory, and he don't e-bay that I know of.

Problem is besides a tank, frame and engine casing and maybe that rear wheel the rest of it would be hard to pick out.  Any particulars like chipped fins, scrapes etc?

eric should PM you the VIN# to look out for.
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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #16 on: November 20, 2007, 06:37:47 PM »
Where is this Roadhawk salvage place?  I would like to know of a local parts source and hadn't heard of this one, yet. (I'm in P-town too)
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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #17 on: November 20, 2007, 08:59:18 PM »
The guy that owns the place is a pretty good guy to deal with, and his stock seems to rotate fairly frequent.


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« Reply #18 on: November 20, 2007, 09:06:15 PM »
The guy that owns the place is a pretty good guy to deal with, and his stock seems to rotate fairly frequent.


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Kewl!   thanks for the info.. . .always good to have local connections on parts as feeBay can be spendy on the heavier stuff (extra shipping costs)   ;D
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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #19 on: November 20, 2007, 10:24:00 PM »
Yeah that roadhawk guy hooked me up last weekend with a bank of "parts" carbs for my 79 CB750 for about $80 less the western cycle salvage. Identifying marks on the bike, well..
*it used to be a hard tail and the welds are the parts getting surfaced rusted near the bottom of the shocks.
* the tank has a golfball size dent on the lower left of the tank (as if you were sitting on the bike) and also two gouges in the tank were the handlebars slammed into it when it was dropped.. not by me...
* It does have Spitfires on it but the front is a 110/90 and I think most people run 100/90's also the raised white letter rear. Not many running around Portland that I've seen.
*Fancy finned tappet covers
*The front forks are super greasy
*Honda was pounded out of the points cover
*stator cover has scratches from being dropped (not by me)
*if you were sitting on the bike the left side of the bars is bent towards the rider so much that you can see the fork tube cap clearly.
*the headlight bucket has been drilled on top and the neutral and oil lights are mounted in it.
*rear fender is cut
that's about all I can think of at the moment
 thanks again everyone... if my bike comes bike I'll owe some people some frosty beverages...
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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #20 on: November 21, 2007, 12:30:21 AM »
just a thought, sometimes there will be a 7-11, bank, anything with a security camera running near your street...A long time ago a client of mine got a very modded RX7 back by going to a convienance store and asking if he could review the outside camera from the previous night.  Camera caught the guys in plain sight breaking into the car...he didn't get full plate numbers but the pictures where enough to track the guys down.  Car was found next day in their back yard, half painted over with rattle can black paint....stupid #$%*ers didn't even know the value of what they had taken.  It had a haltech computer in the glove box that was worth i think a little more than a grand...

One more thing, not to bring your spirits down, In my experience, motorcycles are rarely taken "on the fly" or for "kicks".  Somebody in your neighborhood, or who travels your street, zeroed it a while ago and probably took it to fix one he has.  On these older bikes half the time ANY key from the same model or even brand, will start the thing.

Funny story, back in the day when I did alot of RX7 work, and bought alot of the old 1st gen cars to part out, or make spec7 cars out of, we used to carry around a ring of old mazda keys.  Whenever we would buy a junker with out a key, we could almost always find one of our "extras" that would open and start it up.  Used to freak out the people selling them to us to no end.

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Re: STOLEN 77 CB550F in Portland %@!^ douchebags
« Reply #21 on: November 21, 2007, 07:17:11 AM »
Dude, Im sorry to hear about that. I am planing to install a cybertrak on my bike. It is extremely small and is cellular and gps based. It would fit under a seat super easy. I carry them here at my shop so I wont have to spend full list price of 600.00 on one. If you guys want to read some info on them, follow the link at the bottom of my web site. www.sandflyautosecurity.com 

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« Reply #22 on: November 26, 2007, 05:42:39 PM »
Anybody heard from Blountstation lately. Spotted his bike and sent him and e-mail about 4 hours ago and no response. Also turned it in to the cops since they were only 10 blocks away at the station house. Anybody know how to get hold of him?????

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« Reply #23 on: November 26, 2007, 05:53:55 PM »
That rocks!  Was someone riding it, or was it just sitting there?

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« Reply #24 on: November 26, 2007, 05:55:18 PM »
Well done 101. 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

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