Stolen bikes by brand

[cs363]

What you wrote here

All good points, let's agree to disagree on the minor stuff - but at least everyone agrees that they'd buy a Toyota bike...if they made one, lol

Now, back to those thieving bike scum.....

[Mikkel]

Now, back to those thieving bike scum.....

I agree, death is too good for them!

[sondela]

They stopped making decent cars because nobody was buying them.
Mmm supra yes please.

Supra.. oh yes, I have one of those!

[cs363]

All good points, let's agree to disagree on the minor stuff - but at least everyone agrees that they'd buy a Toyota bike...if they made one, lol

Now, back to those thieving bike scum.....

Oh, and before someone points it out....yes, I do know there is a relationship between Toyota and bikes - They have designed and manufactured quite a few of the cylinder heads amongst other parts on some popular Yamaha models.

[Gubb]

And what do the police do about it? They park a van by the motorway and ticket you when you drive your 'fun' vehicle above 110kph

At least you don't have to worry about it on your Scooter.

[vgcspares]

Go fuck yourself.

presuming you have a harley it sounds like you already have

[Grahameeboy]

Harley. Number 1 motorcycle full stop.

Number 1 stolen motorcycle full stop

[MarkH]

At least you don't have to worry about it on your Scooter.

Yeah, as long as the camera is facing the front of my scooter, I won't get a ticket. I've also seen a cop car on the side of the NW motorway start to move when he picked up my speed, then he changed his mind when he saw it was a scooter - had me a little worried, lucky I wasn't going too much over 110 at the time.

[MarkH]

I agree, death is too good for them!

The real problem is that so often they don't get caught. When the scum keep getting away with it they keep doing it. That's why I wish the police would dedicate more resource to vehicle theft & burglaries. A while ago they set up a car with cameras, homing beacon and remote activated immobiliser - thieves stole it and the police arrested the thieves. They need to do that more and with bikes as well.

In the mean time we all have to be careful, especially with the bikes highly sought after by the thieves. If you have a Harley then you may want to start chaining it to a pole when parking anywhere vulnerable.

[peasea]

presuming you have a harley it sounds like you already have

and would you believe I stole it?

tee hee.

[vgcspares]

we just picked one back up that had been lost in space for a year ...

I'd suggest you at least bother to put some sort of plate on it and while there try and hide the fact that it's been hot-wired and if you bother to repaint it then try sticking some harley badges back on so it looks at least passingly legit

[Road Warrior]

Found some semi recent news about thefts in the US..

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) says 60,763 motorcycles were reported stolen in the U.S., down 2.3 percent from 62,206 in 2007 and down 4.8 percent from 63,828 in 2006.

A new NICB report shows that motorcycle theft is more seasonal than other vehicle theft activity. July and August logged the most thefts while December, January and February had the fewest.

Five brands account for 80.4 percent of the total thefts. The top five most-stolen brands are Honda (15,034), Yamaha (11,797), Suzuki (10,427), Kawasaki (6,295) and Harley-Davidson (3,745). Thefts fell for all brands from 2006 to 2008 except for KTM, Baja, and Vespa, which experienced increases.

While overall thefts decreased during the past three years, seven states had an increase in motorcycle thefts for each year from 2006 through 2008: Hawaii, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, New Mexico, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

The five states with the most motorcycle theft activity in 2008 were California (7,125), Florida (5,992), Texas (5,573), North Carolina (3,174) and Indiana (2,223). North Dakota had the least thefts, with 72.

Only 18,422 of the 60,763 cycles stolen in 2008 were recovered, a 30.3 percent recovery rate.

The top five states for recoveries of stolen motorcycles are: California, Florida, Texas, North Carolina and Maryland.
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For 2007, the most stolen vehicles* in the nation were:

2006 Ranking
1. 1995 Honda Civic ...1. 1995 Honda Civic
2. 1991 Honda Accord ...2. 1991 Honda Accord
3. 1989 Toyota Camry ...3. 1989 Toyota Camry
4. 1997 Ford F-150 Series Pickup ...4. 1997 Ford F-150 Series Pickup
5. 1994 Chevrolet C/K 1500 Pickup ...5. 2005 Dodge Ram Pickup
6. 1994 Acura Integra ...6. 1994 Chevrolet C/K 1500 Pickup
7. 2004 Dodge Ram Pickup ...7. 1994 Nissan Sentra
8. 1994 Nissan Sentra ...8. 1994 Dodge Caravan
9. 1988 Toyota Pickup ...9. 1994 Saturn SL
10. 2007 Toyota Corolla ...10. 1990 Acura Integra

The NICB study confirms that theft of older model vehicles has remained constant for the past several years. Thieves continue to target these vehicles because they provide the best market for stolen vehicle parts.

Thats a lot of figgen thieves!!
Gary