THEY STOLE OUR BIKE, WE STOLE IT BACK!

[@laz1go286]

This bike is soo cool! It's stunning with all the details , fit and finish. Great that it got recovered..

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

thanks mate

[@sttsoukalas]

Personally I am a BMW guy but you and your videos have made me wow the bikes you make, keep them coming one of my fav builders out there...

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

Triumphs all the way 💪🏽

[@sttsoukalas]

@@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles yes! but you have done at least 1 bmw, so maybe its 99% Triumphs hahaha

[@supertedogpriken]

That bike looks amazing. It is nice to hear a bike theft story with a happy ending. Not to often that hapens.

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

Thanks man

[@f3aok]

Hardly surprising if the old bill aren't even interested when the bike has a tracker fitted.

[@f3aok]

So the police weren't interested even though it had a tracker.😱 Disgraceful. Well done the lads who recovered it.👍

[@MrAlgar2000]

And yet, offend somebody on Facebook or twitter and they're all over you!! 🙄

[@leemacdonald6533]

Thats your shit London mayor

[@joshgreaves9934]

They’re too busy out murdering girls on the street.

[@markellott5620]

I had the same when mine was stolen a few years back. They just told me to claim on my insurance.

[@SKYLIMI]

Busy clearing the streets of protesters

[@Dave-bu6bc]

Thieves look for the tracker, this has been seen many times. I fitted a decoy tracker on my bike, a cheap chinese GSM thing, hopefully they'll rip that one out and miss the real one.

[@BoSSLeVeLs]

I see a vid on KZbin they just use some electronic thing to find it If the decoy isn’t hooked up the thing won’t find it

[@Dave-bu6bc]

@@BoSSLeVeLs the decoy is fully hooked up and fairly obvious in its position behind a side panel. The real one is much better hidden. Additionally if they cut the decoy out they'll disable the engine in the process because I re-routed the crank position sensor wiring thru it.

[@scottyyyboyyy85]

@@Dave-bu6bc genius 👏

[@Gsxsmeneer]

Thnx for the info

[@Flip01]

Good work Jody and team.👍🇦🇺🍺

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

Thanks man 🤙🏽

[@ErrorFlynn]

So glad this came to a happy end. May i ask as a Rocket owner, what’s the story with that Rocket in the back ? Are you preparing something involving one ?

[@ilandoekidianto7789]

not just a custome garage, investigator service maybe you can be dude, perfect!

[@richardpearson4248]

Great video fantastic job stay safe looking forward to next video's 🇬🇧👍

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

thanks dude, means a lot

[@memsybabe]

This is great news all around. Well done to the recovery guys, and to you for getting the bike back to perfect condition for its owner. I would have paid you guys extra to camp out near the bike for a few nights, with a sniper rifle and laser scope. Give them bastards a surprise when they turned up for it.... SUB'D 👍🏼

[@tombryan1]

Murder? For grand theft? Not a death sentence crime.

[@memsybabe]

@@tombryan1 ...I worked hard for my stuff. If someone tries stealing it, you can bet I'm going to do everything to prevent it. You don't have to do the same. Leave your G35 unlocked with a 'Help Yourself' sign on the dash...

[@andrewbull3537]

Glad you got the triumph back for the owner 👏👏👏 Any chance of customising a 650 ROYAL enfield interceptor????? (I ask cos i own one ) Take care on the road fellas ,peace✌

[@andyleather3014]

stunning looking bike

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

Thank you🙏🏼

[@listergraham]

I hope one day I could even consider buying one of your bike there beautiful and amazing engineering. I'd love to just come and see the one day

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

Thanks mate, really appreciate it!

[@johnsamson-snell9558]

The police here in Kent no longer treat car/bike theft as a crime. Along with house burglary they no longer treat these as crimes. I wonder what the police actually do today?

[@robg521]

If the police don’t actually do anything to address these types of crimes the population can genuinely ask why the F#*% are they there at all. Lawfully the police get their power from the consent of the people, if the people have no value for their actions then their authority is undermined.

[@garyrobinson7128]

Just found your channel! Great content from a future triumph owner

[@terryboyle]

love this build, great work!

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

Thanks man

[@robertomarrerog703]

@@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles what size are those wheels?? how does it handle??

[@hugohananto]

Great work bro ... love from Bali

[@8-lincoln-304]

nice work as usual! curious, you think you'll ever branch out and customize other brands/bikes?

[@nicholasandrijauskas1799]

All sorts of YES lads!

[@JR-rj8nd]

Amazing work, keep it up

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

Thank you

[@paultaylor701]

Great story.

[@Craig-le6os]

awesome ending id be heartbroken can this be fittted to the Bobber ? as hearing someone say they cant ? please advice :)

[@martynlaverick3405]

The more I watch this channel the more my scrambler is looking plain! I get a feeling this could cost me.

[@1xplorer]

I love the lever on the bike, what’s the brand?

[@C1ssE1]

What is the model of the bike? Looks so dope. Nice videos btw! And you are doing very nice job with the detailing. 👍🏽

[@imalive9235]

what bike is it? looks amazing tho

[@wesver]

It's absolutely stunning :) Will be picking up my pimped out Scrambler 1200 XE this feb. Question, why did you go for another seat design. Different material on top, seems rougher.. was it an aesthetically driven choice or was it functional? I can imagine a rider sliding away on the leather used previously, and this rougher material holding you into place more..

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

that particular customer requested a thicker leather this time, he found with the amount of time spent on the bike he needed something a little more durable. Ended up creating the a really nice aesthetic with the grip ridges at the back, another good job from the boys at Viking Motorcycle Seats

[@marcosarg1]

Love the bike! is that an xe?

[@22jeepmojave75]

Bike and car theft should be capital punishment in all countries.

[@ashwfuller]

Great video...just a heads up... spelling mistake when plugging BikeTrac.

[@saitheja8886]

Love from india❤️

[@xerifenomade]

Hello, how are you doing great work that I follow a lot? I have a question, is it possible to replace the traction chain with a belt?

[@raidoorumets9853]

That scrambler looks so nice. I like everything about it ;) By the way, what size and which tyres are these?

[@emperorkhan9941]

Continental TKC80

[@kezzert21]

SMRL 👍🏼🙏🏼👍🏼

[@johnmorrow7080]

Not bike related but my ex brother in law bought and sold gold and silver scrap one of his contacts in London told him of a guy who had loads for sale so bring as much money as you can , got the train down his mate took him to the address as the drove past 3 guys with crash helmets on he got alarmed that there was no bikes but the mate said he was paranoid they had to walk past the lads as they got up to them on turned around and stuck a gun in his face took his bag and jacket the jacket contained hidden pockets full of cash , he lost £100,000+ went to the cops they said your mate did it and it happens every day down here basically nothing we can do about it , this was in the 80's .

[@iamthetinkerman]

I understand the guy wanted his bike back, but it would of been a perfect opportunity to leave the bike there and wait for these thieves to return, so you can then bung them in the back of the van and have fun with them for a few weeks, if you catch my drift!

[@brucebillb]

So many questions. Police not interested? That bike tracker guy simply walking into the thieves' den alone, unarmed, unarmored and is not even paid for it? O_O kudos to them though!

[@drmengawyong]

The tea leaves should be named pictures so we know who they are

[@oddis188]

Would've appreciated if the music was turned down when you did the call. Had to take my headphones to hear what you're talking

[@samdub]

Some bike.

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

For sure!

[@zacscrambler4643]

How much for TH hub Front&Rear ?

[@franklincedeno1076]

saludos desde Ecuador..

[@giovannicolligc]

What wheels/tyres do you have on this XE? i would like to but he same :)

[@Trevor_Austin]

It’s a shame you weren’t able to recover the thieves’ spleens.

[@navdeepsingh5795]

love from india bro

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

appreciate the love dude

[@clique53]

Police are a waste of time.... we had 2 bikes stolen in broad daylight at a Sainsbury’s car park. We did tons of ground work looking for bikes, even got name and area/address. Handed to police and heard nothing for weeks. Eventually was contacted by storage compounds that our bikes have been recovered. (Separate compounds) Not been contacted from police at all!!

[@ballerblocks]

Thank god the insurance companies and fourth dimension did not find it first, they would have just made it a write off . And then milk the rest of us for a loss claim.

Unfortunately, London police not being interested in bike theft or any other serious/violent crime as become the norm. What's even more unfortunate is that this atitude doesn't boil down to the officers that are on the streets doing their best to keep London safe, but from political decision that have decided to defund them, close down precincts and lower the number of active officers in the streets in favour of street cameras and other "gadgets" that do nothing to prevent crime and are easily thwarted when it comes to negate the identification of criminals. Well... Unless you live in the rich part of town...

[@scottbrock884]

Perhaps a private company should be hired to "explain" why you don't steal other people's property to the thieves.

[@slimvillan]

Maybe Londoners should pay their taxes to people who are bothered to find your property

[@dietzness]

Sure.

[@Justwanthavefun_100]

UK police is not helpful or interested to any report on stolen motorcycle 😞

[@forestgimblett2364]

I see dislikes,must be the crooks !

[@manfredlindfield9592]

Not stole back...but Recovered is the description. Be interested to know the tracking device so we can all help are selves, god help anyone that takes my bike, It frightens me as to just how far I would go, I wouldn’t bother with the police, these people need to know, we are not all snow flakes, and am sure I speak for others on this subject.

[@chrisharris1641]

No get the insurance money and buy something interesting 😂

[@mannyatyourcorner4043]

Its not thiefs mistake if was him i would've stole it too but would've come back after my money hiest to pay u guys

[@MaxUtley]

No wonder bike theft is rampant with the blasé attitude by the cellphone generation and the totally useless Met Police. Well done to the private company, SMRL that recovers the bikes. Donation on the way.

[@Anonnymouse53]

Scumbags. This is what really puts me off buying new bikes now, besides the crazy good second hand market. I've got an itch for the 2021 GSXR but I'd be terrified to leave it parked anywhere in London.

[@nizzmo100]

Lol 12 thumbs down...They are probably the bastards that stole It .

[@VapeTRMC]

stop stealing bikes people. You end up hurting hardworking regular working class guys, a lot of the time riders don't have full coverage or theft coverage. Or even if they are covered insurance will not usually give you back the money you put into all the customization and aftermarket add on parts.

[@turbofan67]

So the bike's got a tracking device on it, but the cops say "nah, nothin' we can do". If we donate a bit extra, do you think SMRL will hire a sniper to hide near the stolen bike and kneecap the crakhead thieves ? Just a Beirut triple to the van, and when they try to run, a kneecap or two.

[@stewthorne]

if it had been a cops bike they wouldn't have dropped it

[@francoisn7930]

Great video! Just donated £100 to SMRL, what a bunch of legend!!!

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

Thank you so much

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

absolute mad lad!

[@big500]

Police not interested as usual... to busy fining old ladies for walking in a park..

[@Dave-bu6bc]

When my bike went, we searched everywhere and we found the bike and the thieves and told the police what we'd found. Police went and told the thieves we'd found them and were a threat to them, gave them a chance to get rid of it and flee. I wasn't being a threat. If the police had done their jobs and arrested the thieves then there was no need for anyone to be a threat. Now I wouldn't tell the police until I'd either completed the recovery or given up looking, their usefulness has been reduced to "issuer of crime numbers for insurance claims".

[@aderiley6592]

Nice work guys. Shameful that a private company is required in cases like this, especially when we pay our taxes for a national police force. That said, great job by BikeTrac and SMRL, and even though I've not needed it, it's a big thanks from me for the service they provide. Stunning bike btw, keep up the great work 🤍🤙

[@buggerlugz6753]

Your mistake Ade, its a National Police Service now, went down hill when it was decided to ditch the "force" name.

[@TheAdventuresofPhilJones]

Great story with a happy ending. It was nice to have a good look over the bike too. Well done SMRL, awesome work! 😁👊

[@connieelam6121]

That ending 😂

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

😂😂

[@Bigtinycrawler]

This is the reason I left London. Purely to keep my bikes safe. Its out of control. I hope that these thieves all get their due

[@robstunt7815]

Great camera work

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

thanks mate :)

[@twindsor1985]

I’d love to have seen the thieves faces when they’d realised the bike had been stolen back haha. Good work chaps!

[@nizzmo100]

Yeah nice to get the bike back..But those bastards got away with It .

[@mukhumor]

Yeah, that is what I was expecting to see, some footage,some revenge, some pistol whipped thieves.

[@jameshawley1222]

What I've learned - a non-profit group of enthusiasts is more efficient and driven than the police.

[@RICHARD10195]

Yeah but the police have diminished resources and unfortunately stolen bikes don’t come top of the list with the amount of domestic violence happening on a daily basis plus every single snowflake getting upset over Facebook comments.

[@camberwellcarrot420]

But they're right on any snowflake's taking umbrage at a mean tweet.

[@RICHARD10195]

@@camberwellcarrot420 yeah because they can say who sent the mean tweet annoyingly means lines of enquiry to follow up on

[@dinkydotzero]

I caught someone here trying to steal my Harley out of my Garage. Three 357 rounds in the chest it took the wind out his sails pretty much forever. I hate a Fn Thieves. But lazy cops are worse

[@lukt7641]

Would be nice to organise big protest all around UK until they are changing the laws. In this country being a thiev is more safe than being a honest citizen. When one is caught all his family should pay compensation. It would be like stilling from his own family and after the bastard put to hard work for years

[@mbk649]

I'm sorry, but your statement is " we have the best trackers and great team of people around us that helped recover this bike". Seriously can you actually listen to what you are saying? listen back to your commentary, totally inept surely? " shoving the bike into a van essentially makes it disappear". FLMAO. good to know though how your best trackers can be disabled quote " from that point we had no idea" !!!!!! So the free donation company found the bike you built with the "best tracker". and I should donate to them ? You deserve the Darwin business award

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

Bet you're fun at parties

[@markf4018]

If SMRL can recover it in 12 hours - why the heck can’t the police do what they’re getting paid for?

I'm pretty sure that the UK not only has orders to not do much, but they also don't have the resources. London police has been continuously defunded for almost a decade now. The "people in charge" don't want London to be a safe city to live in.

[@peterhatfield5632]

@ Unless, of course, the police need to close a business that is contravening the ridiculous coronavirus diktats, in which case they have 17 officers at their disposal.

[@PaulSmith-xf8us]

You're asking them to put aside officers for that time to track down a single bike. Can't imagine how many vehicles are stolen in London every day, and how few officers there are on duty. Unsustainable. Get the government to pay for a properly funded police and they will have the ability to reclaim a service like this.

[@markf4018]

@@PaulSmith-xf8us actually yes I am. If the police are not enforcing the law then what are they for?

[@PaulSmith-xf8us]

@@markf4018 golden days of investigating and following up every crime are gone. Blame successive governments for cutting away what the public used to expect. Sad but a fact of life.

[@Addy29plus5]

Imagine if the police actually put the effort to solve these crimes without these legends doing all the work

[@RICHARD10195]

Imagine if the police didn’t have other things to deal with all the time, not enough cops and bike crime isn’t up the list unfortunately.

[@Addy29plus5]

@@RICHARD10195 all crime is important. One crime fuels another, bike crime is done to commit more serious offences. Croydon and brixton ride by shooting, Stabbings Etc. Acid attacks. The bigger picture.

[@RICHARD10195]

@@Addy29plus5 true all crime is important but the police have to prioritise and it’s all done based on risk to the victim the sad thing is vehicle crime is low risk unless it’s aggravated.

[@Ruroc]

Awesome video! Shoutout to the guys at SMRL they’re doing amazing work 👏👏

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

Thanks guys 🙌🏽

[@Scarletsb0y]

next time can you do the talking without the background music and this would have been alot better

[@Finterifyell]

Good job guys!! Love the videos!

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

legend, working on the next one as we speak

[@buggerlugz6753]

Isn't it unfortunate that the tracker don't break their legs as well.

[@ethancali9301]

This is a great service you guys provide. Its sad that the police are so disinterested in doing their jobs, but between you guys fixing the bike so thoroughly for the customer and this amazing volunteer service to recover the bikes, it restores some hope in humanity.

[@KJPG19]

Video Quality 💯 💯 💯

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

legend!

[@threepot5874]

Glad you got it back. But riding it around London seems a waste?

[@SurpriseMechanics]

Disappointing but not surprising police wrote it off. Seems to be the case for many things now a days.

[@ThorntonHundredMotorcycles]

It is a shame, so great to have Stolen Motorcycle Recovery London having our backs though

[@marwood1969]

For the first time in my nearly 50 years I am seriously considering whether it is worth owning anything nice because of these Godless creatures. They seem to be everywhere and are allowed to carry on with impunity.

[@michaelh2034]

This is the problem everywhere exacerbated by the idiots in office whose hearts bleed for scum while the average person suffers.

[@marwood1969]

@@michaelh2034 Left had become right, up has become down and good has become bad. The Bible was (of course) right, Orwell was right, Nietzsche was right and so was Huxley. Buckle up, my friend.

[@bishbashbosh-j6z]

nice vid as expected :) didn't know about SMRL will definitely look to support them. My Scrambler lives with me now so no chance it's going anywhere!

[@YoloVib3s]

Damn them boys was bout it if they recovered it in 12 hours!!! That bike looks flipping awesome btw Legit beast!!!

[@hgm8337]

I had a Honda CBR600F bike stolen in London and I then I found it 3-months later with a changed frame in Bikewise, Vauxhall in their showroom. I called the Police and they eventually found a Datatag in the seat. The bikeshop said you can only prove the seat is yours and nothing else. I went back to complain and they changed their story to say it was sold on commission and said the owner had come to take it back and gave me a bogus address. Police didn't care, DataTag didn't work and although I got paid out my insurance premiums rocketed and I took a haircut on the payout.... nice.

[@robg521]

Within 8 hrs the police had ‘closed the case’ and were no longer interested. 😳😳😳 And they wonder why and complain that they don’t have the support of the public.🤔🙄

[@peter-e2q]

The erm… background ‘music’ during the interview is so irritating and irrelevant I had to stop watching. It was like several wasps around my ears. What on Earth possessed you to spoil an interesting interview with noise?

[@TheFunkhouser]

THM we love you! .. If anyone steals my bike, the thieve/s better think more B/c I will swing outside your bs cover son. Dont touch our bikes!

[@cristobalmartinez1933]

Hola, estoy interesado en guardabarro trasero y delantero. ¿Qué precio tienen? Gracias.

[@ardennielsen3761]

Education and societal structure, out numbered 300 to 10'000... take one, everyone still knows those few names. The list of who done it is always very short. The tracker only helps determine there beating when they lie about doing it after being shown 20 HD videos along the way, still an imposter. unfortunately the doctor ends up diagnosing the criminal with a severe form of neurological brain cancer, can't help them self even if they were taught right. There always a crowd watching, In a city that's enough to fill a stadium in a few minuets. 😒 expect to get a phone call before they even show up.

[@ecalzo]

Glad your bike it's Back

[@criscross572]

Had my xtz850 stolen, police not interested untill i knocked the bast ards off on a roundabout then wanted to press changes against me but no one would give them a statement after i told them why they wanted one. Kids got away but not with my bike.

[@mpf_agundipsht3619]

it's funny how the world of bikes work, throw slick tires on a bmx it's still a bmx, throw slicks on a mountain bike it's still a mountain bike, Rig some dirt bike tires onto a road motorbike bike and it suddenly becomes a dirt bike lol . Congrats on getting it back

[@derzemel]

The music over the phone conversation was not helping.

[@forestgimblett2364]

I see Britan cops are as helpful as Canadian R.C.M.P. Those tracking companies with their GIZMOS are the way to go !

[@lucianholbrook3966]

this is why I don't own a bike currently. Last one stolen before I moved so I am waiting to buy a house with a garage.

[@michaelh2034]

Why not use a Tubeless rim such as an Alpina? Going from tubeless to tube type seems like a major step back to me.