Senile delinquent
Interesting....Percentage of stolen bikes listed by manufacturer derived from the Lostride Database http://home.interhop.net/agray/lostride/
Harley Davidson 40.7
Honda 23.0
Suzuki 9.7
Other 7.9
Yamaha 6.2
Kawasaki 5.3
Triumph 2.6
BMW 1.7
Ducati 1.7
Buell 0.8
Hardcore Biker
That's very interesting.
Harley leading comes as no surprise,as there's plenty of them everywhere,and they seem to be a sort after image thing to SOME people, but Honda second???
I would have thought that the Italians,or Trumpies would have rated second and third.
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Harley. Number 1 motorcycle full stop.
deploy the yak!
Originally Posted by Finn
F M S
Forum whore
Bloody Hell!
I'm buying a Buell!
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Forum whore
They are heavy bikes...........have you seen the cost of a boat mooring these days??
Ive run out of fucks to give
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That would double the theft percentage.
Forum whore
Cheeky monkey!
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Hardcore Biker
Are these world-wide statistics?
Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul. One wheel moves the filth
Relax Officer Pig, It was just a wheelie
Hardcore Biker
Just as well I sold the Harley and bought the Buell then.....
Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead
Do not walk ahead as I may not follow.
Do not walk beside me as the path is narrow
In fact FU*K off and leave me alone
Deus ex ukulele
I think that New Zealand insurance companies may have a different take on these figures, particularly where Ducatis lie in that list.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Homo Sapiens Vulgaris
So does this take into account the distribution of brands amongst the entirety of the motorcycle population?
Where's the data from? Just America?
I really despise it when statistics are presented without any mention of source or method...
Like AA insurance won't insure Subarus (at least that was what we were told in 2006) because they are the most stolen car in NZ. No great wonder since they are the most common vehicle on NZ roads.
It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. - Joseph Rotblat
Deus ex ukulele
A quick look at the web site suggests it lacks science and credibility.
The site appears to exist for the benefit of motorcyclists globally to post when somebody has nicked off with their ride. On that basis it will be populated by anally-retentive, web-savvy, North American geeks who ride Harleys and Hondas, or at least did until those were thieved away from them.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
One hell of a ride.
well - Buell only accounts for 3% of Harley sales. They are the smallest 'mainstream' manufacturer employing under 200 people.
Hardcore Biker
The site does actually declare at the top of the page that the stats come from N.America and Europe - what you may be surprised to know is that there aren't any collective stats for NZ, at least none that I can find.
But on the basis of what I know from within the insurance industry the total figure isn't going to be more than 200 and probably a lot lower.
The biggest surprise could be that scooters and off-road bikes will probably top the list ... with Harleys third (where they belong) - real motorcyles will come in at 4th and below !
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