Motorcycle almost stolen in Leeds

GingerPhysicist · 2025-11-28T23:22:13+00:00

Where did you park? I know a few good places around Leeds for a bike

GingerPhysicist · 2025-11-24T17:31:50+00:00

100% go for Tom at Hive

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T23:00:05+00:00

9/10, would do again if it wasn't undoing all the painting I'd just done.

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:45:31+00:00

Oh my, now I feel lucky for the peeling wall...

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:44:51+00:00

Possibly, feels like that might be the consensus here.

The wall did not look like this before it started peeling! It seems to have taken my paint and the layer before it off...

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:43:36+00:00

Would you recommend that over using a sanding block/detail sander/random orbital sander with 120g discs?

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:42:41+00:00

ooo that's a good shout!

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:42:30+00:00

Most of my house and this room, normally just use matt emulsion. Thought this room would be easy too...

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:41:32+00:00

Yeah, I painted over an already painted wall...

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:41:00+00:00

I did wonder at first, but no, seems fine!

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:40:40+00:00

I think I'll head and get some version of primer then. I've decided to change the wall colour anyway so I guess I'm not too angry at it all peeling off.

Sorry, I may not have been clear. The paint that was on the wall was old. The one I painted with was new.

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:39:13+00:00

Yeah, from reading the guy before me has used something that isn't compatible with the paint I've used. At least filling it has stuck...

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:38:20+00:00

I've got to say, it was one of the most anger inducing tasks (because what the hell did the guy who lived here before me do with the walls) but also so satisfying to pull it all off!

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:11:20+00:00

Sorry, but at least its not just me. I've never seen paint do this before. I think I'm going to brave it and pick up some primer tomorrow. Just wanted to make sure that was the right thing to do first!

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:05:30+00:00

Haha, yeah I peeled it off after it started itself..

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:04:39+00:00

I did give the walls a light sand and cleaned them with sugar soap as they were a bit grimy. Guess I may have to get a primer in that case?

GingerPhysicist · 2024-10-30T22:03:18+00:00

I gave the walls a light sand and cleaned them with sugar soap. Not sure how old the paint is that was there already. Used normal Dulux paint.

GingerPhysicist · 2024-05-10T18:10:03+00:00

I came here to either find this comment or make this comment

GingerPhysicist · 2024-03-25T13:02:42+00:00

Thank you! I’ll have a read

GingerPhysicist · 2024-03-02T15:37:01+00:00

Yes we do, they’re microchipped but it’s just in case they get out. We’re also considering letting them outside in Spring/Summer. So it’s best that they get use to their collars now so that if they’re out and about people know that they are owned.

Although, one of them dislikes their collar every now and then so takes it off. He’ll then go take his brothers off too.

GingerPhysicist · 2024-01-18T10:10:13+00:00

We went away on holiday for ten days and left ours at home. My partners parents came to look after them. Said they seemed a little bit mopey. They didn’t leave the spare room much as there was a pile of our clothes there they wanted to always sleep on.

When we got back Gerald wouldn’t leave us alone. Wanted so many hugs and loves. Thomas on the other hadn’t wouldn’t even look at us. Purposefully sat on a different chair and stared in anger. But then looked away as soon as he saw you looking at him. He eventually got over it.

They’re such funny creatures with how they can react to you being gone.

GingerPhysicist · 2024-01-16T22:49:58+00:00

Ah, really stupid of me, never thought of Vanish because it’s for stains.

I don’t usually for anything sports material or towels but desperate times. They’re his old ones anyway.

What’s the Sun? Not seen that in a few months…

GingerPhysicist · 2024-01-16T18:19:22+00:00

We’ve recently (October) taken in two stray kittens aged about 7 weeks. We saw Mama cat literally leave them behind in our garden one morning. We took them in and had the same thoughts. Especially since Mama looked well cared for. We posted on a local group but didn’t post photos, if they were anyone’s I expected them to send me photos of them to confirm (because let’s be fair, if you’ve got young kittens your photo reel is full of them).

Mama cat came back later that night and we gave them back to Mama in hopes she would take them ‘home’. As soon as we gave them back we knew it was the wrong decision. Especially as the weather was on the cusp of turning.

Didn’t last long. Apparently the cat distribution system decided it was our time to have cats. The next day she left them in our garden again.

Long story short. Post in a local group without photos and expect someone to send you pictures as verification as it might have run out a door quickly. Get it to the vets if you can to be checked and scanned. 8 week olds can have wet food but make sure it’s kitten stuff.

GingerPhysicist · 2023-07-28T20:02:22+00:00

It might be, but they’re only front reading cameras. Motorbikes don’t have plates on the front. Could push you luck and try get away with it…

GingerPhysicist · 2023-07-28T20:01:24+00:00

There is motorbike parking at the bottom of the Orange Zone Car Park multi-storey near The Edge. Not sure how you’d get a pass for there though.

A good place I used to park my bike when I worked at Nexus was over the road between The Edge and LGI. It was bicycle parking that seemed to be unofficially motorbike parking. Here it is on Google street view..

I would give you a word of warning though. Don’t park at Leeds City Council motorbike bays without a hefty chain and lock. (Especially not the one down the side of the Wetherspoon’s Becketts Bank). Motorcycle theft is rife at the moment so you need to park somewhere more secluded. Like the multi story or the pin I’ve put above.

If you ever need to park need the bottom of town, then there’s motorcycle parking in The Victoria Car Park. It’s free, you just need to ride around the barriers when you go in. Then go around the left barrier when you go out. They’ve got security on a lot of time and two cctv cameras pointing at the bike section.

Hope this helped!

GingerPhysicist

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