Stolen bikes

slat
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Edited Date/Time 1/17/2012 11:41pm
It seems like every day there are bikes being stolen. Are we just reading about it more because the topic is receiving more publicity on sites like racerx? Does anyone know if there are numbers at the state or national level for motorcycle thefts?

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spdy566 11/18/2009 4:15pm
11/18/2009 4:15pm Edited Date/Time 11/18/2009 4:19pm
I dont have any stats for ya but I have been nialed bad myself and am an expert on the subject in my area . I live in southern Indiana accross the river from Louisville Ky. . about 4 years ago I had 4 bikes stolen out of my shop at my home , 2 crf 250 s , 1crf450 and my pit bike.the 250f s were my sons bikes for lorretas contention and his mod bike i had just sunk about 10k in the other i just got and we didnt even have numbers on yet. we were packed to go to branson the next weekend. I had pad locks on all 3 overhead doors so they drug em out the side door. dude I could go on and on, but I started paying attention after that and found it to be happening to somebody in my county a couple times a week.
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project racer 11/18/2009 11:58pm
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Don't come to Florida and stay at any hotels while your bikes/trailer/truck are parked overnite. Especially around the Croom OHV park. I know of a member on this board who had his truck and bike stolen in the St. Pete area while he was sitting in a restaurant. Bike/ATV theft is rampant here in central Florida.
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sc961 11/19/2009 5:24am
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There have been a few threads on this, but there is insurance available for theft. Covers them anywhere.

For my 3 bikes, I pay a total of 145.00 a year. Seems pretty cheap every time I read the horror stories of stolen bikes..
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Highsider 11/19/2009 6:27am
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sc961 wrote:
There have been a few threads on this, but there is insurance available for theft. Covers them anywhere. For my 3 bikes, I pay a total...
There have been a few threads on this, but there is insurance available for theft. Covers them anywhere.

For my 3 bikes, I pay a total of 145.00 a year. Seems pretty cheap every time I read the horror stories of stolen bikes..
The chances of my insured bike being stolen are slim.Wink

Now, if I let my coverage lapse, it would end up gone...just Murphy's Law.

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vetarider 11/20/2009 7:53am
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I sold the restored '78 YZ250 in my avatar to a guy here in NC about four months ago and it was stolen from him in Oct. Sucks to see something you revived from the dead and put so much personal work into get stolen by some lowlifes probably passing it around for drugs.

I personally had two bikes stolen several years ago and that burned too but I managed to get one back. The one in worse condition of the two of course but it was something I could still ride.

Today, I have insurance on all my bikes but they're usually in some state of repair so if they want to steal them it will take several trips getting all the parts together! That is once they get past the locks.
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lapper 11/20/2009 8:39am
11/20/2009 8:39am Edited Date/Time 11/20/2009 8:39am
I contacted the Baltimore/DC regional auto theft task force about getting a list of recently stolen dirt bikes for our club's newsletter... Kind of a neighborhood watch thing for fellow riders. The detective that called me back said the list of bikes stolen in the area each month would turn our newsletter into a newsbook!
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sc961 11/20/2009 9:15am
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Highsider wrote:
The chances of my insured bike being stolen are slim.Wink

Now, if I let my coverage lapse, it would end up gone...just Murphy's Law.
C'mon JJ, no one is foolish enough to steal from seasoned vetrans like us.....
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moto_123 11/20/2009 10:25am
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I sold a 2002 CRF450 on craigslist. Several years later I learned that it had been stolen from the guy only weeks after he bought it from me. Apparently right out of his garage. Sad because I know the bike was in excellent shape, but probably ended up getting parted out or sold for little or nothing.
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Tiki 11/20/2009 10:38am
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moto_123 wrote:
I sold a 2002 CRF450 on craigslist. Several years later I learned that it had been stolen from the guy only weeks after he bought it...
I sold a 2002 CRF450 on craigslist. Several years later I learned that it had been stolen from the guy only weeks after he bought it from me. Apparently right out of his garage. Sad because I know the bike was in excellent shape, but probably ended up getting parted out or sold for little or nothing.
If it was parted out, I am sure it brought a lot of dollars. The advent of eBay and Craigslist made it possible to fence anything you want no questions asked. eBay could care less as long as they are getting their cut. So what I am getting at is, parting out is big business. People buy brand new bikes, tear them down and sell them for a double. Easy money. 100% return in 30 days.
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SMITH201 11/20/2009 10:38am
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lapper wrote:
I contacted the Baltimore/DC regional auto theft task force about getting a list of recently stolen dirt bikes for our club's newsletter... Kind of a neighborhood...
I contacted the Baltimore/DC regional auto theft task force about getting a list of recently stolen dirt bikes for our club's newsletter... Kind of a neighborhood watch thing for fellow riders. The detective that called me back said the list of bikes stolen in the area each month would turn our newsletter into a newsbook!
Not suprised. I know of people robbed at gun point for thier bikes while riding them in the Laurel Pits. Oh, and going to Baltimore AX on amatuer day is a gable not work risking.

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