Almost Bike-Jacked!

[Revlis]

Time to get them Ti-Max Gloves Bro! Then youd be able to really deliver the smack-down....

I applaude your handling of it... But geared up? I woulda just went to town... I'm slathered in Body armor, Armored gloves and a helmet... Hell, I'm tipping the visor down and going to work... Wouldn't even have to worry about busting a nail...

But My Dad allways taught me to just GO... No delays, no hesitation Go and keep going till they quit moving... Hell Just reading your post man... Got my adrenals into gear...

Damn good Work... And this would be why you are the Genii

I would have been filling out a police report... would have ruined my whole night, prolly my whole week... Real good work...

 

[thesnake]

I never though of that-- IKON ti wear would be great for a smackdown. Metal everywhere-- yeehaw!

 

[MET]

Glad it worked out well fr yoyu. That is enough to really make you tink....

 

[Juggler]

You exercised a great amount of restraint. I would have doused his ass with gasoline.

 

[LoBusa]

Damn Owen!! That's really scary!! Glad you were able to use your Genii mind trick and not have to get into a physical altercation. I don't know what I would have done..... Hmmmmmm, probably would have removed the helmet and gave a good Barry Bonds swing with it to the jaw then got gas somewhere else... Non-violent is a much better solution all the way around... Proud of you!!

Not to jack your thread or anything, but are you really thinking about going up North to Hawaii's place and riding sometime this month??? Let me know what date, that road looks awesome!!

Glad the situation turned out for the best!! Your brilliant genii mind working at it's best!!!

Holla!!

Lo

 

[zukracer]

nice work!.....as many have said, I think my first inclination woulda been to knock the dude on his ass

Actually I've recently had a lotta guys asking me "let me take it for a ride" or "I'll take that and show you how to ride it".....I just ignore them usually....one kid actually tried to get on the bike.... and he met with a little resistance. Not enough to get the cops there, but enough that I felt the need to get the heck outta there quickly.

Since then I always kinda case the area before stopping in places I'm not 100% familiar with, if any folks are just mulling around, I hit the next station.

 

[busarider54]

Good job. You handled that extremely well.

 

[oldhat]

damn owen!!! You da man! I woulda head butted the guy!

 

[Sane_man]

You should have squirted him with gas and in your best Arnold Swartzengger voice say "I think you need a light".

There is usually a button marked "Help" or "Assistance" on the keypad of most gas pumps that activates an intercom inside the station. I would have calmly pressed the button since most people don't realize it's there.

The best way out those type of situations is to do something totally unexpected to throw a person off. Spraying him in the face with gas what have totally freaked him out.

I read that when you are confronted with car jackers is to take the keys out of the ignition as if you were going to give it to them, then throw the keys far in one direction while you retreat in another. It confuses the perp who then has to decide if he should run after the keys and chance trying to make it back to the vehicle before someone is alerted. Usually they will take off running in a third direction.

 

[Henryace1]

Glad too hear you ok and that nothing bad happened...

 

[Hastalabusa]

Ok...OK...no one said it yet, and Im glad. Shows the caliber of people on this site (look at the newbie kissing ass) . But I know for a brief second a part in all of us said..."P_SSY!!" right

I'm not the only one who had a flash of that adolecent programing that some haven't seem to grown out of....like____(insert username of most hated member here )

You had the right to beat the poop out of him. You had the right to start as much trouble as you wanted at that point - he was trying to steal your bike.

My dad taught me that its not always about being 'right' in any situation or altercation, because the issue itself may not be worth being 'dead right' about.

You're sitting on the bike dressed out when he approaches and comments...you take a swing, knock him to the ground, and climb off your bike.....he rolls over, pulls out a gun, and kills you. Your dead right.


You exercized good judgement. He'll get his someday don't worry about that. Takers always end up paying more in the long run.

Dave Matthews has a song...You pay for what you get. Its an interesting twist on the topic.


FC

 

[03busaman]

You are a better man than I threr is no way it would have ended as well for me.
P.S. get the scorpio sri500 incase he has a gun next time you can let him have the bike and shut it down from a safe distance with the remote.

 

[Charlesbusa]

Nice pics of the gloved fist Owen!

 

[busabrother]

That reminds me of my buddy a few years back in Chicago. He was riding his bike ( pedal buje) and a group of thugs are walking on the same side of the street. Tey surround him and start talking about taking his bike. He quickly starts talking like he was mentally ill. ( incoherent words and mutters) He then starts making fake hand signals like he is deaf. So one of the guys says This MFER is deaf leave him alone. So they keep on walking!!! The funniest thing was........ he was riding the nike with headphones on.

 

[jwcfbd]

Good job Owen.

 

[diesel]

Where's the cops now?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

Too bad insurance doesn't cover everything...you could have turned the keys over and watch him get seriously F-ed up!!!!!!!!!!!!



<!--EDIT|diesel
Reason for Edit: None given...|1091497026 -->

 

[briXXer]

can u say arai or shoei implanted in his forehead from a head butt.. but it was still pretty cool the way u handled it.. kind of funny that way that the guy could so easily be confused.. kind of somethin u would see on dumbest criminals..

i heard somewhere, where somebody got car jacked and asked the guy for his license b4 he could  drive it.. then let him have the car and gave the cops the info.



<!--EDIT|briXXer
Reason for Edit: None given...|1091497015 -->

 

[Big O]

The only problem with head butting him or taking a swing while still sitting on the bike was, he was just out of reach. I would have had to get off the bike. This means leaning forward and leaving your head exposed to him, or at the very least, being off balance.

Hastalabusa, yes that did go through my mind

I thought, I couldn't come here and explain how a guy with no weapon came and took my bike without a serious fight. Unless he was the size of BACharles, then I guess I could live with being called Beeyatch.

Good idea about the Help button Sane man.

 

[busabad]

Great job getting out of that...if an altercation had occurred it could have been ugly from a number of perspectives, say you beat the sh-- of him, police officers arrive, he's incoherent , you're calm, cool and collected guess who they are thinking took advantage of who...the guy sobers up, talks to a lawyer...you know where this is headed...
Ride safe...