Quick story with a satisfying ending...

[evoboy]

6 or so months ago a friends motorbike was stolen.

While scanning ebay for project motorbikes, i came across a similar bike being sold as such for a silly cheap price. Upon scanning the small pictures (iphone) and reading through the description, i became suspicious.

Being the last person to work on the bike ( fork rebuild, chain and sprockets, new tyres and brake pads)and that all the little niggles and unique parts of the bike still present , i felt an urge to investigate further as the number plate seemed wrong for the model of bike.

Alarm bells started ringing when the reg plate came back as an earlier model.

So fast forward to today. The owner of the bike and I went down to take a look at it and sure enough, it was the correct bike, with doctored frame number and plate.

Police were called, bike was recovered and the current 'keeper' was detained.

We thought that the bike would never be seen again and be split up for parts.

Maybe not an interesting story, but after having a few bikes taken from myself and never seeing any justice being served, it is quite satisfying to see.
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[Tungtvann]

Justice would have been going down there with a few mates and filling in the bloke with a hammer and then setting his house on fire with his body in it. Failing that the police is a good second and good to hear of the outcome!

[G]

Nice, glad to see you got it sorted .

[andym]

[DottyDuck]

love these types of stories ... good on you for spotting it and informing police!... yes it would of made you and your friend feel better for hitting him.. but it wouldn't be worth you getting in trouble for lol

[Rogue_Shadow]

Love a happy ending

[MattJ]

[Polarbear]

Nice one

It doesn't happen often so when it does it's good. I hope the fucker gets more than a slap on the wrist and 20 hours community service but it wouldn't be holding my breath.
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[stinkwheel]

I wouldn't be opening the champagne just yet. You have yet to be fucked-over by the police and criminal justice system.

I can see one or more of the following happening:

1) The person who had the bike being released without charge due to insufficient evidence. Ddon't think for one second being in posession of the stolen motorbike is enough. They caught a guy filling up one of my bikes with petrol three days after it was stolen. It was hotwired and had about £1500 worth of damage doen to it. He ran as soon as he saw the police and had to be chased across the fields and rugby tackled.

He was released with nothing further said or done.

2) The police decide they need your bike for forensic purposes. They collect it and leave it sitting outside in an impound lot to rust for a few months. They then forget to tell you when they're finished with it, incurring a vast storage and recovery charge which you have to pay.

3) The police collect the bike for examination and you get it back in bits months later.

4) They do take it to court. The thief is ordered to pay you £80 in compensation and to complete a short community service order. He claims hardship and can only pay a pound a month. You get the first two pounds. He fails to complete the order. You see him going round town occasionally not giving a single fuck.

5) It turns out the bike was used to committ a crime during which a police vehicle was damaged. They claim for the damage off your insurance.

6) VOSA/DVLA decide that the tampering with the frame/VIN renders the bike unsuitable for road use unless you have it put through an MSVA and issued with a Q-plate.
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Where was this?
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[UnspeedySam]

Glad you got the bike back. These stories don't usually end like this unfortunately
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[CarlosCBR]

Awesome story. Always nice to have a happy ending.
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[Rogerborg]

[MattJ]

I understand what you mean, Roger. However, imagine somebody buying their first bike, never bought a vehicle before so didn't know what to look for to make sure it's legit, they could easily buy the bike without a clue that it was stolen. Granted you'd have to be a bit silly not to do a HPI check but I wouldn't say that you deserved to have your bike taken away/house burned down. Obviously the police would have to take the bike away but it doesn't make somebody guilty if they had no idea that it was stolen.

[Benno]

Bloody well done, hope the prick gets what he deserves and I hope the police aren't too difficult! There are too many stories of them just being jobsworth idiots. Did they breathalyse you when you called them about finding the stolen bile?
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[Alpha-9]

Hahah gotcha
I love things like this.

From the title I thought it was going to be a story about my sex life
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[evoboy]

I understand where Stinkwheel comes from. The bike is actually owned by the insurance company as they paid out for it.

I just wanted justice and to take the bike out of circulation incase someone completely innocent buys the bike and then gets shafted for it.

The person in posession of the bike was not the owner on the V5 either.

The insurance company are happy to let the bike be bought back, but it depends on how much effort it would take to get it registered again.

As to what happens to the person arrested... Well they seemed quite keen to get a charge on a few accounts. ( Bike was also on ebay with pictures of it parked on the road with no tax, mot or insurance.)

I dont hold my breath...
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[bridgedino]

What was his ebay name?

[Tungtvann]

What's his address?

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