Another bike bites the dust

[MiataMike]

Well for the second time on less than one year my motorcycle has been stolen. Yeah!!

[black roadster]

Time to move out of the hood.

[tailchaser]

Can I park mine at your house?

[Sharpie]

That sucks. Isn't there better theft protection for those things? Chain the wheels or something? Are they just easy to hot wire or what? Push into a truck?

Sorry to hear this.

[Nexus Flux]

Man that sucks. I say park it in your living room next time.

[Nails]

Sport bikes are pretty easy to hoist up into a pick up or van. Sorry to hear about that. Hope your insurance covers it.

[Miatamaniac92]

That sucks.

Chris

[Ataim]

Maybe your insurance company would go in halfs for one of these.

http://estore.websitepros.com/996655/Detail.bok?no=10

[MiataMike]

Maybe your insurance company would go in halfs for one of these.

http://estore.websitepros.com/996655/Detail.bok?no=10

It does have a gps. However the battery is to low to get a signal. But they say at&t can still get a location on it.

[VFR750]

Buy a Rebel 250............or better yet one of those Pep Boys scooters.....nobody would steal those!
For real though, that sucks, hope you have a low deductible.

[MiataMike]

Well, Guess what I found when I rode my bike to work this morning.....You guessed it, my stolen motorcycle was parked about 5 feet away....Or so I suspected.

I ride in I look at a bike that looks silver just like mine and so I say to myself, Hmmm I wonder if it was mine before...So I look a little closer after I get off my bike and low and behold the holes that I had cut for the frame slider were the exact same holes even with the one that I cut to mucy of into the bolt area. So I look at the front and find the same color bulb that I changed it to. It had the same drill holes from where I had previously mounted my license plate bracket. This had to be my bike Only problem was I couldn't find the VIN# it was covered up or so I thought by a sticker.

So I call the police and they send someone by to check it out. We further investage the bike and find that the spot where the VIN sticker is is just a sticker and can be removed; and it was. Well, I'm having problems trying to find anywhere else on the bike a VIN could be I call Al Lambs and they give me some places to look. Well I found the one on the frame where it is supposed to be etched in. Well, they JB welded over the old VIN with a new VIN from a '91 something or other bike to match the license plate number.

Well at this point we know for sure that the bike is stolen we just can't prove that its mine. So since I live a mile away from my house and still had my motorcycle keys I say "Hey I can run home real quick to get my keys" and the police are like "Hell yeah".

After I return with my keys I put it in the ignition and it fires right up. The only down side is I could have used a toothpick to start the bike as well anyway the guy that was riding the bike works here at city hall he says that his Nephew bought it from a friend that knew someone in a bike club that was selling the bike and bought it for $3,500.00 and it was registered back in March. yada yada. There is no way that he didn't know this bike had been stolen, it was so blatently stolen its unreal.

I don't really care what happens to the bike now, just as long as the criminals and their enablers don't have the bike. They did say that if the VIN still matches mine they would release the bike to me but I think the insurance company has a right to the bike. I wouldn't mind getting it back if at all possible. And I feel like since I paid for half of it before the insurance company I should have some rights to the bike as well. I guess I'll find out sooner or later.

[Sharpie]

Go play the lotto, you found a needle in a haystack today! Good luck. Looks like the thieves got away with at least $3500. Low life thugs.

[sxk122]

Woot.... get the bike and sell it to me.... without my g/f knowing...... lol

[gabkwong]

Did you not take the insurance money? If so, technically, it is not yours anymore.

[jeff_man]

wait you where riding your new bike and you found your old bike? KICK ASS!!!

[cArAzzIE]

That's awesome! I have a friend who had her Harley stolen out of an enclosed garage at her apartment complex...I believe it even had a chain on it...beautiful heritage springer...I guess if a thief wants something bad enough, they'll get it.

[POS Racing]

Wow I'm with Sharpie go buy a bunch of lottery tickets!

What are the chances of ever seeing it again let alone finding it at work!

Let us know how this plays out.

[MiataMike]

Well, I did talk to the insurance company and let them know what was going on. There is no reward/finders fee for the bike I will not have an option to buy it back since the claim has been settled. If I want to buy the bike back I was told that it goes to a dealer only auction and I can requrest from the auctioneers what dealer bought the bike then I can purchase it from the dealer at that point.

I probably shouldn't be thinking about how I can't get any of my money back for the bike concidering I paid 1/3 the insurance paid 2/3 but they have all the rights to the bike.

Oh, well I'm just happy that the criminals don't have it anymore; and I can't start thinking about how I'm grabbing my ankles...

[Titus]

What insurance company? IIRC, VFR750 works for State Farm and can buy recovered vehicle from them.

[MiataMike]

As a matter of fact it is State Farm