Bike brands top theft league

Motorcycling Stolen!
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Motorcycle and scooter brands are top in a league of vehicle makes most likely to be stolen.

Researchers compared the number of vehicles on the road from car and motorcycle manufacturers to the number recorded as stolen on the Police National Computer.

They found the 12 brands with the highest theft rates were all makes of motorcycle. The first non-bike maker, Mercedes, was at 13.

The top five places went to makes of budget commuters or scooters, with Chinese-made Lexmotos at number one. KTM was the first big-bike make, at six.

Justin Powell, consumer business manager at MyMotorCycleCheck.com, which did the research, said: “Taking into account the vehicle populations, the vast majority of motorbikes and scooters are far more likely to be stolen than any car.”

Buyers should check a bike’s history with a vehicle provenance firm, he added.

THE VEHICLE MAKE THEFT LEAGUE1 Lexmoto2 Gilera3 Piaggio4 Kymco5 Sym6 KTM7 Aprilia8 Yamaha9 Kawasaki10 Suzuki11 Honda12 BMW13 Mercedes :frowning:

Source:MCN

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WTF is “Lexmoto”?

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Seems the joy riders prefer the budget low security options of the Chinese imports

joy riders best friend apparently

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Not sure, but Mercedes gets me !

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actually the cheap chinese brand bikes topping the list are nothing to do with rubbiwh security. it is down to the fact that when something goes wrong with them, no one will touch/work on them. partw are impossible to come by or cost mosre than the bike is worth. then when the time comes to try and sell these bikes, you cant give them away. hence they suddenpy get ‘stolen’