Mad Mike
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Don't tell him youre getting a KLR. He's in a KLR motorcycle gang, I suspect many are ex-military.
I saw one of his bikes, expertly camouflage painted - almost invisible- nobody dare ask him where he got it.
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STOLEN BIKE from Bloor and Lansdowne
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I saw one of his bikes, expertly camouflage painted - almost invisible- nobody dare ask him where he got it.
That's not the way it's supposed to work. Insurance company bought the bike and gave him a cheque. If the bike is found, it's theirs. Now if there was no insurance payout, if it was ever found, your buddy would still be the legal owner.
Yup. Makes you wonder if buddy just said he got the insurance payout to save face, but didn't actually pay for theft coverage and got nothing, and that's why he got to keep the bike. Just a guess... as someone who has his bike stolen as a teenager, and didn't spend the extra $100 on theft coverage, and didn't get ****...
There is a chance that insurance company never bothered to register the transfer. Insurance company got the signed ownership in exchange for the cheque but if they didn't process it at MTO (mostly a waste of time as they are registering something they never expect to see again), he would still be the owner in the system.
bobjohnson
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I actually got this back shockingly, the cop told me they busted some guys with like 10,000 bikes in shipping containers out by port credit? I havent seen anything on the news about it, happened back in july.
Unfortunately its pretty messed up, gauges destroyed, wiring completely cut apart, seat looks like someone took a knife to it, all locks are drilled out, all lights smashed up, headlight completely gone along with the entire wiring harness that was in it, and side panels gone.
Side panels are the saddest part, the right hand side one basically doesnt exist anymore so itll probably take me a few years of searching to get it back to mint condition. At least they didnt break the fenders I guess.
Cost me 1200 dollars in towing fees to recover it plus another 600 in storage fees, godbless toronto cops.
The other nice part is that since these guys got busted, nobodies come back to mess with my triumph again, theyd been at it every week for like 2 solid years now, but still hadnt been able to get it unchained. Ive thrown away at least 50 shattered grinding disks from my parking spot, they even managed to crack the teeth off a pair of bolt cutters. So the lesson is, if you want to make sure your bike isnt moved, buy a 2 inch hardened steel shipping chain to secure it lol. That bike is so destroyed I honestly wish theyd have just gotten it at this point, cus now im going to have to deal with insurance and itll likely end up scrapped anyway.
Doesnt exist, these same losers stole my wheel-less chinese bike that had the head off, worth less than nothing. Anything thats not bolted to the floor is fair game.
bobjohnson
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My biggest question is what the hell were they even doing? Storing so many stolen bikes doesnt even make sense. Maybe COVID made it too expensive to ship them out or something, but sitting on that much stolen property, especially when theyre stealing things that arent even worth anything, makes absolutely no sense to me. Where the hell are you going to ship a cb125t or a half-existing chinese bike?? Anyone that would want them in the third world already has thousands to choose from.
Remember the bicycle guy in toronto (igor?)? He had thousands of stolen bikes in his warehouse. Theft isn't always for profit.
EDIT:
Igor Kenk - Wikipedia
"A police sting uncovered 2,865 bikes in garages and warehouses throughout the city."
bobjohnson
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Huh, I dont remember that honestly, but I did used to go to bicycle clinic. Very weird, people are inexplicable i guess. It would never occur to me to steal something just to have it and not do anything with it. Must be some kind of mental illness. Shame he only served 16 months after ruining so many peoples days. I'm sure the guys who stole my bikes will be back out on the streets soon enough too, hopefully they also move to sweden.
They'll leave your bike alone but steal your farm equipment.Point is , I can leave stuff out...in the morning...well it's still there...go figure
A friend had his boat stolen from his small farm.
I had my first bike stolen around 1968. A joy ride and found a few blocks away with the wiring harness hacked.
justride
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On a tickets there are a victim surcharge in addition to the fine. Now it seems the victim of a crime in this case was are also charged with a fee. It's a win win for the city. Policing for profit.
Mikedezo44
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Do tow yards still do auctions on their abandoned vehicles every few months? Might have been cheaper to show up at auction day and get it for $500 or less if no one else bids on it?
If it sells for less than the storage fee does the registered owner have to cough up the difference?
Seen a documentary on this guy a couple months ago.Remember the bicycle guy in toronto (igor?)? He had thousands of stolen bikes in his warehouse. Theft isn't always for profit.
EDIT:
Igor Kenk - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
"A police sting uncovered 2,865 bikes in garages and warehouses throughout the city."
I had a customer crash her Ninjette on the DVP. Police tow truck picked up her bike, she went to the hospital. Eventually she gets herself mobile again just in time to go jump on a plane for a vacation she had already planned from months before...
While she's gone for two weeks the cops kept trying to call her, but her phone's off because she's out of the country... So they just sold her bike.
The cut her a check for the almost new Ninjette for $500. The difference between what the bike sold for and what she owed them for towing and storage fees.
On one hand, her own damn fault for not being proactive about contacting them (I told her too). On the other hand, still greasy AF.
While she's gone for two weeks the cops kept trying to call her, but her phone's off because she's out of the country... So they just sold her bike.
The cut her a check for the almost new Ninjette for $500. The difference between what the bike sold for and what she owed them for towing and storage fees.
On one hand, her own damn fault for not being proactive about contacting them (I told her too). On the other hand, still greasy AF.
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