Stolen May 18, 2011: Blue 2006 Yamaha R6

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Unless you want to keep reading these threads someone or some group has to get proactive about this. If you want the police to muster resources to go after these organised criminals then it may have to come from a source other than an individual bike owner. Write letters to local media, write letters to local politicians and find the address of the right police department/individual/organisation too. If you can tie in to some politicians "get tough on crime" pitch, or a bike sympathising local journalist and then use that to go from there. Offer to help even, if police even sniff the scent of vigilantiism then perhaps they might do something. Anything you write has to contain statistics, cold hard facts and not hyperbole. Use the angle that "increasing fuel prices will mean more people moving to two wheel transport in the future, shouldn't we nip this problem in the bud now".

If you do nothing, eventually the insurance people are going to charge you double the rate if you live in a condo.
 
Sorry to hear your bikes stolen. Cops should use a bait bike and nab these guys near the same area. Also the residents of condos should sue the property management for negligence as it happened on the property. I always read about bikes being stolen in condos.. what bull !!
 
polo said:
The Motorcycle Thief Punisher - Wears a motorcycle helmet with a black visor, beats down perps with carbon fiber knuckles and a Showa fork (upside down), and drags them through a parking lot and stuffs them in a van.
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In under 4 minutes and always leaves nothing more than a blur on CCTV
 
fireworkz said:
Also the residents of condos should sue the property management for negligence as it happened on the property. I always read about bikes being stolen in condos.. what bull !!
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In all seriousness, what can the property management do to prevent this? Hire somebody to sit by your bike just in case? I'm sure the rest of the non-bike owners in the building would be happy to pay for such an expense :rolleyes:

Also, I'm sure something in the condo agreement relieves them of any liability. I live in a condo, too--but no bike yet--so this would be one of my biggest concerns as well
 
Sorry to hear about your bike.

You can never prevent bike thefts, they're going to happen no matter what. The best way is to make it harder for them to steal. Disc lock along with a good, sturdy chain or two. Maybe even buying a GoPro and hooking it up discreetly on the wall next to your bike so you have some evidence if and when it happens again. Put up flyers telling other residents to be on the lookout for suspicious people and vans. Be proactive.
 
daveyflakes said:
In all seriousness, what can the property management do to prevent this? Hire somebody to sit by your bike just in case? I'm sure the rest of the non-bike owners in the building would be happy to pay for such an expense :rolleyes:
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Well, if the condo says they have video surveillance as part of the agreement, you could surely get them to cover something - consider that their lousy camera set up that completely missed license plates on entry/exit is completely useless.... It captured a white van... Big whoop-de-doo. How many white vans are their in the city?
 
Bigevildoer said:
Well, if the condo says they have video surveillance as part of the agreement, you could surely get them to cover something - consider that their lousy camera set up that completely missed license plates on entry/exit is completely useless.... It captured a white van... Big whoop-de-doo. How many white vans are their in the city?
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Even if the camera caught the plate, you really think these guys are driving in their with their own actual vans or trucks? They either steal someone elses plates, or the car all together to drive around stealing bikes.

The reality is, you own a bike and live in a condo, thats as good as good as leaving your bike out on a street at night. Living in a house with a garage is your only security.

Consider your bike gone, file your report, call your insurance company and hope they pay out your claim before the summers out so you can get something else.
 
like some have said- file your claim, get your payout, get a new bike and move on. Being a member on here you should know sports bike in a condo- just a matter of time before it's gone. Protect the next one a bit better or get a cruiser.

-coming from someone who had his zx6r stolen last summer off the street in the afternoon.
 
This worries me now I just moved to a condo and have my bike parked there all day... I have a Xena disc lock but all that will do is annoy them to death.. hopefully the high pitch screaming will deter them from sitting with it in a van. I wish I could drill into my parking spot to put an anchor or something :S
 
Twoth said:
This worries me now I just moved to a condo and have my bike parked there all day... I have a Xena disc lock but all that will do is annoy them to death.. hopefully the high pitch screaming will deter them from sitting with it in a van. I wish I could drill into my parking spot to put an anchor or something :S
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a piece of gum placed over the speaker hole makes the alarm useless though.
 
alaywa said:
Faaaaaak. Bold too considering the bust last month. How lucrative can parting out be? Sheesh?!?!
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Bust?


plastics alone are worth a few hundred.

lose the VIN and sell it as a track bike and it could be worth a few grand cash!
 
jc100 said:
Unless you want to keep reading these threads someone or some group has to get proactive about this. If you want the police to muster resources to go after these organised criminals then it may have to come from a source other than an individual bike owner. Write letters to local media, write letters to local politicians and find the address of the right police department/individual/organisation too. If you can tie in to some politicians "get tough on crime" pitch, or a bike sympathising local journalist and then use that to go from there. Offer to help even, if police even sniff the scent of vigilantiism then perhaps they might do something. Anything you write has to contain statistics, cold hard facts and not hyperbole. Use the angle that "increasing fuel prices will mean more people moving to two wheel transport in the future, shouldn't we nip this problem in the bud now".

If you do nothing, eventually the insurance people are going to charge you double the rate if you live in a condo.
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It's all been said before. Insurance companies love it, gives them a reason to increase rates, pay deductibles. Motorcycle companies love it, you end up buying new bikes. You end up becoming a vigilante and assault these guys, you get a big assault charge and end up in the jail cell right beside them, better yet, because you stopped them, and they didn't actually get away with anything, YOUR the criminal as they have done nothing wrong but look at your bike.

Politicians don't care about the 2% community that is on the road riding a motorcycle. The majority of them don't have a damn clue, they think underground parking, and an alarm is as safe as a bank vault. Sometimes the police get lucky, like the last big find ( more then likely an inside person getting paid by Crime Stoppers hooked up the police ) but besides all that, not a whole lot you can do.
 
What I mean to say is...

Let's say you flip a bike for $5k (hot and cash).
Let's assume a crew of 4 guys is stealing around 40 bikes a year.
So each guy is pulling in $50k a year.
But is there an black market supporting that?
Now for an extra $50k a year, to be stealing 1 bike per crew member bi-weekly....

Is it really worth it for them? Their normal jobs are probably crap anyays, and stealing bikes will cut into their crappy normal job hours, so how much could these thieves be pulling in a good year?

$70k each?

I'm just wondering about these figures.....or is this much more lucrative than I think?

If they are shipping them abroad to Eastern Europe they will be takin huge hits on freight costs too, so the market must be local, which leaves more and more room to get caught, and for what? They're not living in Scarface mansions now are they?!?!
 
Stealing from inside condo parking is easier than on the street. Less of a chance of being spotted, no cops, plus having security paid off and being a part of the heist makes it easy, EASY pickings. What's the point of condo security when the cameras are low quality and guards who aren't looking out for your best interests? Condo security is like the government, they say they are protecting you, but somehow you wind up getting screwed over in the end.
 
Sucks because the bike was located at this location in the garage for less than a month. If I do get another bike, it will definitely have some sort of chain and anchoring, no matter what the condo says about it.
 
alaywa said:
What I mean to say is...

Let's say you flip a bike for $5k (hot and cash).
Let's assume a crew of 4 guys is stealing around 40 bikes a year.
So each guy is pulling in $50k a year.
But is there an black market supporting that?
Now for an extra $50k a year, to be stealing 1 bike per crew member bi-weekly....

Is it really worth it for them? Their normal jobs are probably crap anyays, and stealing bikes will cut into their crappy normal job hours, so how much could these thieves be pulling in a good year?

$70k each?

I'm just wondering about these figures.....or is this much more lucrative than I think?

If they are shipping them abroad to Eastern Europe they will be takin huge hits on freight costs too, so the market must be local, which leaves more and more room to get caught, and for what? They're not living in Scarface mansions now are they?!?!
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But the lowlifes running this...do you think they could make that kind of money somewhere else? 70k cash a year is like $100k in hard working money. Not bad money at all by most people's standard.
 
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