January 11, 201511 yr I had 3 bikes stolen February 13 and after almost 2 years have managed to recover 1 out of the 3. I won't go into to much detail, but I saw the bike advertised on scumtree, viewed the bike as soon as possible to confirm and then headed to the local nick to report it. The local plod was very disinterested, but I have to credit my local police who have been great, and got the bike back. The chap who had the bike is not believed to be responsible for the theft, but instead had paid hard earned cash to the scumbags which took it. I regularly check auction and sale sites and have key words saved to narrow the results, I identified the bike on the advert from some small features which were not fitted as standard, and to me stood out from the rest before heading over to confirm the vin. I personally would never buy a bike which doesn't have any paperwork, v5 or proof of ownership and would be wary of anybody selling without, if more people had the same view I'm sure there would be less of a market for stolen bikes. And if you keep looking you may just be lucky enough to find your bike.
January 11, 201511 yr Nice to get one back but I still can't believe how many guys & girls don't bother to chain up there bike / bikes and have them insured!
January 11, 201511 yr Yes it's nice to see at least you got 1 back.my local police were not interested when 1 of 3 of my stolen bikes.was advertised locally on Facebook 3 times from different people.It took the Police at least 3 days to respond each time.each time it had been sold on.
January 13, 201511 yr Glad you got it back If I was sure it was my bike I would have gone with a few people and held on to it until the Police had been. If you ring them saying you have had your bike stolen and you have the person and the bike in front of you am sure they would respond. Just don't tell them when it was stolen until they respond and am sure the other guy would want the police if he didn't steal it with a few angry looking blokes at his door. Any way you can check just a Vin number? register or something? Edited January 13, 201511 yr by richfr
January 13, 201511 yr Author Glad you got it back If I was sure it was my bike I would have gone with a few people and held on to it until the Police had been. If you ring them saying you have had your bike stolen and you have the person and the bike in front of you am sure they would respond. Just don't tell them when it was stolen until they respond and am sure the other guy would want the police if he didn't steal it with a few angry looking blokes at his door. Any way you can check just a Vin number? register or something? When mine were taken I advertised them on various sites over the Internet including the vin. If I search the vin on Google it will pop showing all the advert posts and images uploaded.
January 13, 201511 yr When mine were taken I advertised them on various sites over the Internet including the vin. If I search the vin on Google it will pop showing all the advert posts and images uploaded. That's a good idea. You would think the insurance companies would set up a online database so you could just enter the Vin and it would tell you if it had been reported stolen. Edited January 13, 201511 yr by richfr
January 13, 201511 yr Ever wondered how we amateurs can get our bikes back, when the "professionals " fail miserably ?
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