This Famous Vlogger Almost Got Bike Jacked

Well known bike vlogger Royal Jordanian filmed the unnerving moment a pair on a scooter looked to be eying up his bike for a possible theft

Matt Robinson

12 Sep 2016

Given the fact there were two people on the scooter, it lacked a rear number plate and that the rider went straight through a red light when the possible theft was apparently aborted, it seems very likely that the intention here was a bike jacking.

Although no official figures have been published, it has been alleged that motorbike thefts like the one Royal Jordanian appears to have just avoided are on the rise in London. Motorcycle Action Group Director of Communications and Public Affairs and former MP Lembit Opik is quoted by the Evening Standard as saying: “This is not a new phenomenon but it’s massively more serious than it was before.”

He went on to urge bikers to be alert, and to “avoid ending up in vulnerable positions,” something Royal Jordanian did very effectively by backing away from the scooter duo.

Be careful out there, folks…

EDIT: We’ve since been sent the video below (hat tip to Andy!), which looks to show the very same scooter plus rider/pillion attempting to steal another bike in London, this time one parked up. The description for the video - uploaded in May 2016 - claims the bike was actually stolen by the same people four weeks before, but recovered by police.

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

Where are the biker gangs when you need them…

Anyone else notice the rider on a scooter reading a book at 3:15?

Lmao I had to replay it maybe its directions??? lololol

Taxi trainee. They have to memorise all of londons streets before becoming a cabbie

That’s what I tried to point out but for some reason I could post a screenshot lol

What second bike?

Few months ago his husquarna nuda 900 r get Stolen, it was a very sad moment, but his friends bought him the same bike,
for his birthday i think ^^

I want this on my bike so bad.

Damn my picture uploading isn’t working lol

I think there is a lot of speculation going on. So a scooter pulls beside this guy and drives away and he feels like he needs to drive like an ass in order to catch the police? Really? If so drove like an idiot every time two guys pulled up next to me then ran a red light I would forever be in pursuit of the police. Perhaps a bit of an imagination to drive views to his site.