Stolen bikes sold on facebook...

[TheArchitect]

I keep hearing how the degenerates that steal bikes openly sell them on facebook and instagram. Does anyone know the site/profile names? I'm curious how no one has yet gone and cut these little shits up into pieces and why the police don't follow up on them.

I'm not on facebook myself but will setup an account if only to check out these profiles and see if my last two GSXRs show up anywhere. Not because I want the bikes back though.
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GSXR 600 K6 - Stolen
GSXR 600 K6 - Stolen
MT09 - Almost stolen

[Azoth]

One of the problems encountered from the very beginning with UKMTP is that they took it upon themselves to take vigilante action against potential vigilantes, and, when they discovered thief accounts and adverts, would blank out the names and locations. Then, when asked, accuse the questioner of being a thief or challenging their fictional authoritah on behalf of Her Majesty's Secret Service. Shaken, not stirred, please. Full of BS.

Yes, the names and addresses of bike thieves in Bristol are known. In London, their locations are known but there are strategic and tactical considerations around blocks of council flats where there are lots of entry and exit routes.

What you're implying in terms of action is fraught with these problems and with the fact that as a recent theft victim you may be angrier than anyone else knows, and may put others in a situation where they are potentially complicit in a homicide. Nobody wants that.

That's why I say organisation before anything. Organisation, organisation, organisation, and no shortcuts.
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[MarJay]

I've seen suspect pitbikes for sale on Facebook, but no big boy bikes. If you're stupid enough to list a stolen bike on Facebook, you're not clever enough to get around lack of V5 etc... so it only works for Crossers, pitbikes, quads and minimotos really.
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Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[DRZ4Hunned]

There's a user on Instagram called BristolBikeTaker who brags about stealing bikes and even mocks people who's bikes he's stolen. One of his bum chums got SMIDSY'd not so long ago...
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FZS600

[tom_e]

[Rogerborg]

[ThatDippyTwat]

There's a few pop up on a group I am in. Spotty little 15/16 in uniform year old does not own a Speed Triple, and is not "bored of it, selling on, no V5, keys lost," one week, and the next flogging a ZX6/9R (He wasn't sure what he had) for the same reason.

Trouble is, no-one else gives a fuck if they can get it cheap.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[TheArchitect]

Shocking how the whereabouts of these people is known but they're out of reach because logistics.

I'm not angry anymore about the theft of my bikes, in fact I'm over it. Got payout from insurance and i'm happy with it. Likely won't buy another bike though, purely because insurance hike.
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GSXR 600 K6 - Stolen
GSXR 600 K6 - Stolen
MT09 - Almost stolen

[owl]

wait did your replacement get stolen?
the black one you got a few months back?
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[TheArchitect]

[owl]

dafuq, that's shit sorry fella

what security was on the bike? no tracker?
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Observation is the greatest source of wisdom.

[TheArchitect]

[Azoth]

[owl]

[TheArchitect]

[owl]

fork sakes, not too far from me oh well if it happens it happens, or maybe it's when it happens it happens
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[killa]

The most convenient for bikers is a disc and a chain i guess.
Are alarms and or immobilizers that good against thieves anymore? I'm out of touch.
What do people use?
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Bike:- Yamaha TRX850 | Killas Biking History | Killas Gaming History | Killas autmotive history

[notabikeranym...]

Set up a fb account and join UKMTP on facebook, and a bunch of other buying/selling groups local to your area and your bike might pop up. UKMTP posts shit loads of stolen/dumped bikes daily.

I've got two FB profiles who are confirmed thieves if you want the links I'll PM them to you, if I recognise either of them in person on their ones it's a wrap.

[Mawsley]

[Rogerborg]

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[Motorhate]

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[tom_e]

[Motorhate]

[killa]