re stolen aarghhhh in article jpolito apr sysgem encore com jpolito sysgem encore com jonathan polito writes in article apr microunity com ericm microunity com eric murray writes watch out often when some scumbag steals the cover that means that they were or are looking to steal the bike in my case i had a faded cover stolen off a bmw r rs that was stashed in an apartment carport and not visible from the street they evidently decided the beemer wasn t worth stealing but did try the next night to steal a honda hurricane parked in the next apartment building a neighbor heard them wheeling it out and called the cops i know this is just setting myself up but this is actually one of the things that is really good about bmw bikes from all accounts i ve heard practically no one steals bmws probably it is similar for moto guzzis and other relative exotics since there isn t a large demand for parts and the bike would be much easier to track down it seems that the most stolen bikes are harleys and cc jap sport bikes well i d say you re mostly right but for different reasons btw as of a couple years ago the most stolen bikes in orange county and sf were gsx s and ninjas probably the biggest reason bmws aren t ripped off is that most people who buy bmws will only deal with the actual bmw dealer or mail order types most of these can have their inventory checked fairly easily by law enforcement types and their mark up is usually sufficient to keep them honest about acquiring parts for harleys and rice rockets you ve got different situations there is a huge aftermarket in harley parts so a bike can be parted out fairly easily ditto the non sport japanese bikes but the prices on the parts for these are not as high comparatively for the rockets anytime a bike goes down the plastic is usually cracked and is expensive to replace it s fairly easy then for a disreputable shop to take a fairing from a stolen bike slap it on a bike in for repair repaint it and make a tidy profit the other parts more traceable can be used or discarded if they are too traceable mike disclaimer these opiini h h damn h h q w q wq wq d x exit x q c quitbye ctrlaltdel q q logout save quit quit zz zzzzzz vi man vi l c e x i t help helpquit d d man help c c e help exit quit q ctrlshftdel hey what does stop l a d
