Hmmmmmm,

**Jackrat** · 11th July 2005, 21:13

From a resent combined insurance co' survey.

Bikes most likely to be stolen
#1 Suzuki GSXR
#2 Yamaha YZF
#3 Honda CBR
#4 Suzuki Hyabuasa
#5 Kawasaki Ninja

lest likely to be stolen
#1 Suzuki Savage
#2 BMW R1200C
#3 Honda Rebel
#4 Honda Shadow
#5 Yamaha V Star

Most likely to be crashed.
#1 Suzuki GSXR
#2 Kawasaki Ninja
#3 Suzuki TLR
#4 Yamaha YZF
#5 Honda CBR

Lest Likely to be crashed.
#1 Yamaha Virago
#2 Honda Rebel
#3 Suzuki Savage
#4 Harley Davidson FXR
#4 BMW R1200C

Not that it means anything,,,,,of course,

But there is an interesting comparison between sports bikes and cruisers showing up here.

**Big Dave** · 11th July 2005, 21:16

Bike least likely to be desired:
#1 - Yamaha XS650......

**Hitcher** · 11th July 2005, 21:18

So the moral of the story is to chuck a nice set of Savage badges on your GSXR.

**N4CR** · 11th July 2005, 21:19

Kawasaki Ninja

thats rather 'broad' as with CBR and other types.

Pity there aint no CC ratings on the stats! Would be interesting to see which one gets nicked (eg zx2r or zx7r etc) the most.

Harley Davidson FXR (what the f...) FXR?! *puzzled look*

**oldfart** · 11th July 2005, 21:21

GSXR etc is not exactly specific since there are 250/600/750/1000's. Maybe more get stolen to repair all the one's that crash.

**Waylander** · 11th July 2005, 21:22

Apparently they didn't take me into account for that survey...

**Hitcher** · 11th July 2005, 21:24

Originally Posted by Waylander

Apparently they didn't take me into account for that survey...

I guess you've got one end of the bell curve covered...

**Big Dave** · 11th July 2005, 21:34

Originally Posted by Hitcher

I guess you've got one end of the bell curve covered...

The blunt end.

**enigma51** · 11th July 2005, 21:47

Originally Posted by oldfart

repair all the one's that crash.

Now is that pointing a finger at me again?

**Jackrat** · 11th July 2005, 21:48

Originally Posted by tristank

Kawasaki Ninja

thats rather 'broad' as with CBR and other types.

Pity there aint no CC ratings on the stats! Would be interesting to see which one gets nicked (eg zx2r or zx7r etc) the most.

Harley Davidson FXR (what the f...) FXR?! *puzzled look*

The article simply said GSXR Series,Ninja Series.
It doesn't go into that much more detail.
Harley FXR =Their most popular an cheapest big block model in NZ.
Their are of course a heap of bikes not represented but these are their top 4/5 in these catagorys.

**Jackrat** · 11th July 2005, 21:50

Originally Posted by oldfart

GSXR etc is not exactly specific since there are 250/600/750/1000's. Maybe more get stolen to repair all the one's that crash.

A police article on stolen bikes I've read pretty much agrees with that.

**What?** · 12th July 2005, 06:16

Things were so much simpler in the 70's - Pom bikes got flogged, Jappas didn't. (and what few Hogleys there were in NZ wouldn't start, so neither crashing nor getting flogged was an issue)