Someone took my Loop PK out of my car yesterday. Whoever took it, didn't leave a scratch or a tear on my car. I am devastated! They could have taken ANY of my other bikes! Please keep your eyes peeled on ebay, and any NJ guys please look too! This is something I never experienced in my life before. Someone is going to get a nice bike for Christmas!


Jon
SPINNIN69@aol.com




Black/Gold Loop PK F&F (all original paint and stickers)
401's with gold DX pedals
Gold Izumi Chain
Chrome SE seatpost
Black Kashi seat
MX-1000 front and rear with Terry cable
Mongoose Proclass rims with Bullseye Hubs
SE wing bars (knurled where the levers go)
Ame Cam grips in black
SE padset (was NOS but had a nice fade to them, so they look at home on the bike)
Gold round corner tuf neck
ACS seatpost clamp in gold

oh my God....this is is INSANE....


WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

bummer....

did you have the serial # recorded?

Sorry to hear...that sucks man....nevermind christmas they got a nice turkey day present.....did they take it out of the monte? nice car BTW! As is the ripper...who ever did it knew what it was....

Yup i have the serial number somewhere around here...and the bike was taken out of the Monte...First bike got yanked from my first car.....how convenient?!?!?!


Jon

All you BMX brothers out there keep an eye out for Jon and help him find his pride and joy.

Please post that serial # if you have it. I watch ebay alot more than their own moderators do- I am sure (unfortunately). I hate thieves and will keep my eyes open on evilbay.

I got my car broken into three weeks ago. $3000 in DJ gear and irreplaceable music gone.
Then Billy Griggs got his house broken into. Two ultra rare one of a kind bikes (custom RRS and cutom GT) gone.
Now you.....

Tis the season?

Bummer.....

I'm sure we'll all be on the lookout.

Man that sucks. Car was'nt locked. Of course that only keeps the honest people out. I hope you find it.

jon, that sucks..where in jersey where ya?

I hate when that happens. I'll keep my eyes open on the bay !

Hope you get it back Jon. Will keep an eye out for it on websites.

This just in...

After some quick work by members from the BMX community Jon has recovered his bike back from the f***er that stole it and then tried to sell it on craigslist.

Awesome work!
Was he arrested....Or had his *** kicked ?

just got a personal call from jon with the whole story. it was listed on craigslist, spotted and reported by some other vintage or os members in the loop. listed also as a retro se pk loop, they apparantly had mistaken it for a new retro pk ! jon called, offered a nice cash sum, and got the address, literally blocks from his home. got there , obtained the bike, questioned the kid as to where he got it, and he replied "his dad had gotten it for him" jon tried to grab him up, and he fled, and escaped. his buddy however was not so lucky, but jon was unable to do any "roughing up" as the cops were just minutes behind. bike all intact minus the padset, working on getting that back now. i had called jon personally tonight after reading this, as i was as sick as he was. i know just be reading his old posts years back how he loves that bike, and i had my baby, my first red anno race inc stolen when i was 13 , so i know how it feels. i am so happy for jon, and what a terriffic community we have !!! great job to everyone involved. happy thanksgiving everyone ! congrats jon.

That's so great you got it back!!!!!

That is totally awesome..glad hear it. I read the post early before it was found and just couldn't think of what to say because it sucked so much. That is so great you got it back!!! Congrats!

Ok.....go get some popcorn and your favorite beverage!!!!! Are you ready???

First thing I want to send a MAJOR thanks to x50Crackerjack for his email....he was the first of MANY emails telling me to look on Craigslist.
I also want to thank EVERYONE else for their SUPPORT, EMAILS, PHONE CALLS. We ARE a Family, a tight nit one.....I am lost for words on how much I want to thank all of you guys. You guys rock!!!!! BMX Brotherhood!!!!

Ok, heres the story.......

I went over to my cousins to "party it up" and sorta drink my PK sorrows away. I got a call from Brett bmx2112, and was told to jump online because Mike (crackerjack) posted something on Museum, and Trilogy posted it as a link in the shout box here.....i hit the link, and it was a retro pic of a black/gold PK, but said it had a redline sprocket, but didn't know the size (cuz its hidden under the crank arm...DUH!)

I exchanged emails with him and found out he lives in Audubon, literally a town over and no lie live no more than 5 minutes away from my house!!!!!! We planned to meet at the local shopping plaza (well lit, and just felt safe to go there incase this was a set up) I then lcalled home and told my parents to meet me up there and be ready to call the PO PO. I waited about 30minutes and I saw 2 punk kids walking up with a bike...the lights hit the bike...the gold parts hit my eye (padset was missing :teary: ) ....i got out of the car, looked the bike over like i just found my holy grail and asked where he got it, he INSISTED that his father got it for him, i then asked where the padset was..... he answered that question WRONG... he answered "i don't know what your talking about" I asked again and then put the bike down and gripped him up, i pushed and pulled him around a bit and then he wiggled loose, and began to run, so did his friend.....the kid who actually stole my bike got too big of jump for me to catch him, but his friend didn't..... I caught his friend and threw him against the wall a few times (damn that felt good) and asked where his friend lived and where my padset was. He didn't want to rat his friend out....a few more slams against the wall...he ratted him out...then the cops pulled up... all the PO PO stuff asked and answered.... the cop went to the kids house, they called me and told me that he confessed to stealing the bike and also trying to sell it on CL. I then INSISTED the cops to ask where the padset was....he told the cops that he threw them over a fence before meeting up with me....i found the padset after searching in ivy and tons of leaves....this kid didn't just throw them over...he put the stem,framepad together, then took the stem pad and wrapped them up as a bundle.....i guess he was going to go back and grab them to sell them at a later time.....So here I am with my bike complete, there is some road rash to the rear of the kashimax seat, but its my rider....whoopee!

Thats my story....and im stickin to it..... :nana: :Praise: :Booyah:


THANK YOU EVERYONE....THANK YOU MIKE (CRACKERJACK) I WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU, I OWE YOU THE WORLD!!!!!

Jon

What a bittersweet story. Fantasic and happy it all worked out for the best! Nice job and licky it was you to meet them first to get it back. Some other scum could have bought it and tunred into a whole other bad story.

No one ever said crroks were smart! AWESOME end is all I can say. Nice job all and hopefully this will be the last time it ever leaves your possession unwillingly.

I am very happy for you!!!!! How old are these little [I tried to curse] heads??? Awesome ending to a horrible story!!! happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

Wow, this thread needs to be mentioned as one of the BEST threads in VBMX history! I'm so happy that Jon got his bike back do to the honest and brotherly members of this board.

Just an awesome story. I guess we all know another thing that we're thankful for this Thanksgiving - each other!

Rock on!

This is really cool thread, glad you got your ride back!!!!

Dang! That is just so great! Glad to hear you got it back.

i LOVE it! i had my PK stolen a few years ago...no luck finding it, I'm glad someone got theirs back....especially one that nice! too bad you couldn't break the little F'ers arm...

Unbelievable! I started reading the thread with a sick feeling in my stomach. You never hear a good ending to a story like this but I am really happy it all worked out for you Jon. Keep those bikes locked up.

Awesome you got it back!


I had a 83 nora cup gt that I worked my butt off mowing yards and wheeling and deeling when i was 13 buying the flight cranks and rims and all the other top of the line stuff to get it stolen in front of my friends house. It still makes me sick to my stomach thinking about it, 25 years later.

So glad you got it back!

I feel for ya, it happened to me too. Got the bike back but it was in pretty bad shape.

holy crap Jon !!!

So glad you got it back right away.

Back in 8th grade I left my prized Elf sitting outside a 7-11 without a babysitter and it got stolen. (stupidest thing I ever did). A few weeks later I walked into my local shop to look into ordering something new and the owner walks me into the basement, turns on the light and I see my Elf hanging from the ceiling with a repair ticket hanging on it. He says " I didn't know your last name so I couldn't call you, so I've been telling this kid I haven't had time to fix it yet. I was hoping you'd stop in to hang out. He said he bought it from you but he didn't know your name."

Turns out the idiot who stole my bike was trying to swap out my gt power series cranks for some flights.... and couldn't manage to get the bottom bracket for the flights pressed in. He also took off the decals and removed my elf pads to try to disguise it. Little did he know my name was inscribed on the stem shaft, seat post and bars ! Also, my wheels (black 1.5 7xs with blue bullseyes and blue nipples) were the deadest of dead giveaways.

[no, not this word either] actually gave the shop owner his real name, address and phone number. I sent the cops over there straight away and they got my missing parts back and his dad paid me the money to get everything back to original.

I just love it when the good guys win!

Jon,

When I heard that you got your ride snatched I had trouble breathin, glad to hear you were re-united.
(Peaches & Herb slowly creeps into earshot as visions of Jon strokng his beloved PK fade about)

What happened to the chit hed. Did they lock him up?

The kid was 16 years old...not the first time he was arrested either....I am going to court over this and will be pressing charges to the max! I want to make this kids life MISERABLE!!!!! Fine, community service? Whatever he gets i want it to be the MAX!!!! He almost ruined my BMX life , and made me MISERABLE...so i just want to pass it onto him!

Thanks Guys for your support and THANK YOU BMX COMMUNITY!!!!!!!


Jon

congrats on getting the bike back.

i had a mongoose stolen years ago..hutch mag. hubs..hutch pro pdels..401's..cw pro bars..dk stem..the whole 9.. never got it back

VBMX is like lojack

Oh My God. You are the luckiest guy on this site. This is an amazing story. That little brat kid is lucky the PO PO showed up in time before you opened a major can of whoop ***. Im thrilled you got your whole baby back. BASTARDS I hope you press charges on the little f*&#rs. I dont care how old they are I would press charges or make their life misrable for that. You lost some years to your life on this scare. BIG TIME. Thrilled to death you got it back. I love this happy ending.

BAD A$$!!!!

My best friend Dwight Jones' 1982 Patterson Long with Flights and Z Rims
got stolen out of my BIKE REPAIR CLASS at Dana Junior High School in San Diego back in 83'.

He lent it to me for the class. I was responsible for it.
Since it was on school grounds, the school paid about $500 to replace it.
They had a hard time believing a BMX bike was worth so much.


Never found the bike.....

Johnny Johnson

Holy crap! I literally teared up at seeing your bike had been stolen when I pulled up your profile. lol. (*cough* you didn't see that *cough*)

Awesome that you got it back. Absolutely awesome.

I'm very happy for you as I have been following this story.

2nd best "stolen & recovered" bike story next to Tony Ells. You OSer's know that one.

Congrats!

b.

I don't post much nowadays but I have to here. It is SOOO great that you got your PK back, Jon.

As many said, it ranks as one of the best ever feel-good stories posted here and shows that this community really cares.

I have never had a bike stolen from me but I still felt bad when I saw your original post, especially since it's a bike that has a real meaning to you.

I hope that punk will think long and hard before he tries to pull such a stunt again. What a douchebag.

Marc

Believe ME...that is the LAST time i will EVER leave a bike in my car. That kid could have cleaned me out, 250+ CD's along with a nice CD player. Honestly, the kid took the bike carefully out of my car.... with 28 inch wide SE bars, and the pedals were installed too!!!! He didn't leave a scratch or a tear in my car. I get to go to court soon..... little BASTID is going to wish he never even looked into my car!!!!!!!



Jon

Cool story

Jon:

Thats RAD that you got your bike back. Press charges to the MAX !!!! Those guys deserve it !