need to rant and rave... scream and more........

[hotmanali]

So i live in a very VERY nice high rise in Los Angeles. Unfortunately our building is full of many celebs and all the damn kids from Nickelodeon that think they are the :cus:. That being said this weekend was like living in a zoo. I know I'm only 30 and many of you will still call me a kid but i act like an adult. That being said, these damn kids were up partying till 2 am Sunday with screaming, slamming doors and hollering in the hallways. One group of them mouthing off when i told them to politely to shut up and stop the party. Ended up calling security but till went on till 3am.

Last night we got home around 11pm from a small party and fireworks show and saw the havoc. Beer bottles on the elevator, beer bottles on every floor in the hallways, literally a sea of trash on the patio, then at midnight someone thought it would be funny to launch fireworks off the roof top. That just about jumped me out of bed since we are on the 12th and the roof is the 14th floor.

So this morning i went down and had a nice chat with the manager. Apparently she had to call the cops aver a dozen times last night to clear the building out and was cleaning up herself.

So after that lovely conversation i headed down to get Roxy and drop her off at the dealer for her new brake pads that BRP is taking care of for me and i smell the nasty stench of beer and see foot prints on my seat. I figured as usual someone just wanted to sit on it. Don't know why but i took a picture of the foot print. I go and drop off my bike and when i get off you can still smell the beer. Some bastard spilled beer all over my bike. And i just had it detailed on sat. I went back and told the manager and she is going to see what she can do for me.

I am sick and tired of the lack of respect from people. I'm just hoping that someone posts a pic sitting on my bike so i can track them down. I seriously want to electrify my bike when i leave it. Not just an alarm but one that will leave a mark of make them deaf!!! CAUSE SERIOUS PAIN!!!!

Any suggestions????

[Spyder Cat]

I manage a senior housing community, and I so understand what you're talking about.
Granted I don't have to deal with that kind of antics from the 'seniors' BUT they have kids and grandkids, who have friends....
seems like anytime you open your mouth, somebody gets pi$$ed off and then YOU become the target. . .
along with everything you own. :gaah:
Guess you can be thankful they didn't pee on it or tag it with dark colored body excrement. . . .
and I'm not making light of your situation. It really sucks.

If you come up with a high-voltage remedy, please let me know!

[hotmanali]

If you come up with a high-voltage remedy, please let me know!


I told the property manager i was going to do it and she said "please do and let me know so i can watch"

Lamonster..... We need your help on this one!!!!!

[hotmanali]

MOVE! That really doesn't sound like a very nice place to live to me. Time to move from the Left Coast to the Midwest. :2thumbs: :D

We are actually looking to buy a house and be on our own but it can't come fast enough. I would love to move to TN, That's actually where my GF is from but she won't go back there but to visit. All her work is here since she is in the entertainment industry and does a lot of producing work.

[boborgera]

Any suggestions????

Nothing legal, Sorry to say.:(
RESPECT for other's property, Doesn't exist any more, If they get caught Daddy or Mommy will buy them out of trouble. I live in a very affluent Town. Kiddie wrecks a new car,
Next day Daddy leases them a new one.

[Smokinspyder]

you can start with an alarm and use a pieze pain generator siren ... or DEI makes a ABSOULTELY OBNOXIOUS Mini piezo that in the cabin of a car is enough to piss off any installer not that I ever had to test that .. then there are other things you could do like small bullet hole cameras like in the vents connected to a pressure switch or a motion sensor to turn on when its triggered . hell use the alarm and piezo and camera all in one so you see them jumpin on your bike , watch them get annoyed and possibly fall and run like little B****ES


PS not that i have had ideas or tried any of these ideas by using an alarm to trigger some kind of taser, or airbag deployment ( kind of illegal ) maybe trigger some kind of pepper spray . LOL not that 14 years of installing mobile electronics hasnt given me some CRAZY ideas.

[SpyderRyder2B]

breathe...don't "booby-trap" your Sypder with dangerous stuff, because you could end up in hot water and then you wouldn't be able to ryde.

It is horrible they way some people act. They have no right to mess with your Spyder.

Hopefully someone else on SpyderLovers can offer suggestions as to how to get the smell off your Spyder.

[hotmanali]

......watch them get annoyed and possibly fall and run like little B****ES


PS not that i have had ideas or tried any of these ideas by using an alarm to trigger some kind of taser, or airbag deployment ( kind of illegal ) maybe trigger some kind of pepper spray . LOL not that 14 years of installing mobile electronics hasnt given me some CRAZY ideas.

I think you and i need to talk some more... haha :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

Imagine watching this from a bullet cam.... Chick hops on... gets sprayed with pepper spray... falls off..... runs around screaming and runs into a wall and blacks out!!!! Cops show up and don't know what happened to her and she can't remember... Youtube video uploaded and hit's #1 video on the net!!! :firstplace:

[MouthPiece]

If you know any of "the group", you might try facebook. Cops are using facebook these days to acquire "admissions" on crimes that occur in our area. Kids are always bragging on facebook what they did. Just a thought.

Chris

[hotmanali]

breathe...don't "booby-trap" your Sypder with dangerous stuff, because you could end up in hot water and then you wouldn't be able to ryde.

It is horrible they way some people act. They have no right to mess with your Spyder.

Hopefully someone else on SpyderLovers can offer suggestions as to how to get the smell off your Spyder.


I am but in all honesty it is really upsetting that i work my @ss off to get my toys and people don't have any respect. I really do wish i just knew who it was so i could smack them around a little bit and teach them a lesson.

The dealer is going to give my bike a wash when they are done so hopefully that takes care of it.

I still want an alarm and i'm thinking about adding about 3 sirens to really make a point.

[Bob Denman]

You have my sympathies... I know that it doens't help though! :gaah:
Don't do anything that'll get your butt in trouble... they just ain't worth it!

(Personally I like the idea of a hot lead hooked up to some good 'ole 220... ) :joke:

[Smokinspyder]

ya Beleive me some of the discussions about things we could hook up to alarms to deter would be theives or vandals . the sirens and mini cams would probably be funny the taser and pepper spray would be funny to but may get us into trouble . haha, its really all about trial and error what would work for your vandals if i had a tazer hookd up to a alarm with a cam set to record when the alarm is triggered i would be sitting there with pop corn watching :popcorn::coffee: and some coffee LOL jk ( or am i ha ha ha )

[Brunswick]

I suggest the MagnaVolt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gUATkM3WSQ
:thumbup:

[Smokinspyder]

LOVE IT !!! :bowdown::bowdown:

[hotmanali]

I WANT ONE!!!!!!! :shemademe_smilie:

[ARtraveler]

Unfortunately, a sign of the times. I don't recommend a booby trap that can inflict any type of bodily harm--you are the one that would get hauled off to jail and get sued for large $'s.

Moving is probably your best option.

[hotmanali]

Unfortunately, a sign of the times. I don't recommend a booby trap that can inflict any type of bodily harm--you are the one that would get hauled off to jail and get sued for large $'s.

Moving is probably your best option.

True but you do know that as you were writing this you were thinking of the things you could do to your :spyder2: when people mess with it!!!

[qasamm]

Most of the Nick kids are underage, no? I'd make a point of outing them to the press (forget the law) so their careers can "Lohan" away... I'm sure some paparazzi scum would love the tip.

[hotmanali]

Most of the Nick kids are underage, no? I'd make a point of outing them to the press (forget the law) so their careers can "Lohan" away... I'm sure some paparazzi scum would love the tip.

Nope... many of them are 18 and 19. I would call the paparazzi but in all honesty i don't want them in our building... that would only make more of a mess!!!!

[Yazz]

You need a Frunk Monkey!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx6WB5YJia8&feature=related

[hotmanali]

I'll take 3 please!!!

[gjco]

get a deer camera that is motion activated. Park you car next to your spyder with the camera lock inside aimed at the spyder and every time someone goes near it you get a pic. Then the next time someone messes with it you can go to the manager with the pic.

[stevedfive]

I have a Scopio SR-i900 alarm and that has done a good job of keeping people off and away from the bike.

[Dochands]

Get the Nelson half cover. You can with a bit of ingenuity lock it over the bike. And an alarm and lastly a deer camera though a high end building must have security footage of their garage area. If your building security won't give it up that's when you get your attorney to involved.

And moving away from entitled morons might also help. :clap:

Oh, wait. Forget the deer camera. Set up your own video cam and sell it to TMZ to pay for your next bike. :roflblack:

[Brunswick]

This thread is about ranting and venting. Logically, yes, any sort of booby-trap is almost always a bad idea (e.g.: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2010/10/23/Man-killed-by-own-booby-trap/UPI-69591287840035/ (http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2010/10/23/Man-killed-by-own-booby-trap/UPI-69591287840035/)). I grew up in an area of Canada that had a low murder rate, but property crime was endemic. Dirt bags wouldn’t think twice about breaking into a car or home to steal whatever they could, probably because the law sympathized with the perps. If you hit a home-invader with a baseball bat, you would be the one to go to jail and the perp would sue you and take your house.

Anyway, I knew someone that had 3 car stereos stolen. On his 4th one, he rigged up a bunch of razor blades on it so if someone reached up under his dash to fiddle with it, they would slice up their hands. I predicted one of 3 three outcomes:

1. He’d forget about it someday and slice up his own hand.
2. A mechanic working on his car would end up slicing up his hand.
3. A would-be thief would slice up his hand then completely trash his car.

Well, number 3 happened…

[bone crusher]

It's inevitable that someone is going to mess with your bike, no matter what you do. In fact, the more obnoxious you make an alarm, the more likely an offender might do something worse to your bike as you might be :cus:ing him off.

I'd proceed with caution with what you do...sometimes just getting a cover for your bike will do the trick.

I was at a picnic this weekend and some guy took his kids and put them on my bike..my cramp busters were twisted all around and the little kids got muddy shoes on my seat. Was I angry??...you bet...don't touch what doesn't belong to you...the bike is not a jungle gym and it's not public property. Simply put, people need to be more responsible. How about asking before you plant your two kids on someone else's property?

Get a cover for your bike...best way to go...

[hotmanali]

I have come to the decision of getting an alarm with a proximity sensor then installing 4 120db mini sirens. On top of that I think the camera may also be a possibility and selling it to TMZ to pay for a new :spyder2:
:2thumbs:

[Bob Denman]

I like the Monkey too! :thumbup: He's a bit more versatile. The multitool with a shotgun! :2thumbs:

[SpyderRyder2B]

Maybe a combination of the Frunk Monkey and the Magna Volt:roflblack:.
Loved them both. If only we could .....:D

[lightman02]

I have a Scopio SR-i900 alarm and that has done a good job of keeping people off and away from the bike.

I agree Scorpio SR-i900, it has a keyfob that will work up to two miles so you will be alerted in your room. You can also arm it in silent mode which is cool becasue the bike won't make a sound when the alarm goes off but you will be alerted remotely and can suprise the unsuspecting. I have this system and will never deal with anything that does not have two way communications.

[qasamm]

Another thumb up for the Scorpio alarm. Have the 600i with proximity and it is a great deterrent for this kind of problem.

[bruiser]

RE: Magna Volt, I wouldn't want to clean up the stinky mess that was left behind (or should that be from the behind) :yikes: :roflblack: :roflblack:

When I was stationed in Delaware the neighborhood kids in base housing would mess with my cb antenna. I rigged a large capacitor to it. Worked good until the sky cops were called. I had to go before the base CO. I got a verbal reprimand and the parents of the little #$&^## got nothing. However, I did get even later.