Slap just received this messege from a fellow duner/racer. What a bummer.
Slappy,
I live in Yucca Valley, but am currently based out of Camp Pendleton, because I'm training with a new team for my third Iraq deployment. I raced D37 Shamrock MC race and headed straight here to Camp Del Mar, with the intent of going straight to the D37 Daisies MC race the following weekend. On Friday, 18 Sep 09, when I left in the A.M. to go to Arabic language class, the trailer was in the parking lot of the lodging facility that I'm staying in, but was gone when I came back at lunch... about a 4 hour window. I never opened the trailer during the week I was here, so no one could have really "known" what was in the trailer, but probably would have guessed it to be a race bike (vice a quad), because of the stickers/logos. Whom ever stole it may have expected a bike and is now unsure how to move this quad. My hope is that the police pick it up before it's raped, whether they figure out who took it or not. It is most likely that someone did take the time to scope out the trailer though, because they were not able to just drive up and drop the hitch on a truck. They either had to hang it from the chains with the hitch below the bumper or use a wrecker/flat bed, since the tongue was double locked. I've checked with several of the local recovery services, but none of them claim to have seen anything.
If you could please pass the word to be on the lookout for my quad and/or trailer, I would really appreciate it. After winning my first two desert races that I competed in, this uninsured loss of about $28,000, all combined, has pretty much ended my race career, as I just no longer have the funds to start over. I've attached a flyer with the details and pics of the quad and trailer. You can get additional pics and info, including a list of the quad upgrades (Look under the "About" tab), at: www.loopd.com/members/regulator .
Thank you and keep the wheels down.
Dave
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