you gotta feel for this poor guy

[paul]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1981-Suzuki-RM250-and-1982-RM465-AHRMA-Perfect_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34284QQihZ013QQitemZ230174325853QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[Maicojames]

Paul, I saw his ad earlier in AHRMA online. I really wonder where these stolen bikes go...several VMX bikes have been stolen in US in past 3 years. Some in Az (people I know) had bikes, truck and trailer stolen-never found. It's a real small world, hell if these bikes howed up in Oz, someone would get a down under ass kicking-and bikes would get returned-but I bet they are getting cow trailed by some hillbilly nascar dickhead now-I really hope whoever got em figures out how to start the 465-and dumps the clutch.

BTW last Maico I knew of being stolen was recovered-after the crackhead pos pull started it behind a car-and was promptly given an asphalt exfoliation treatment , there is the sewing, and the reaping-that would be the reaping.

James

[Freakshow]

still think this forum needs a missing in action page. that the mod can add to so no spam fill sit up,  seeings as we buy a lot out the states, id hate to own somting hot.

[VMX Andrew]

paul ....my uncle had the same sort of experience a while back.his sons rm80 79model got stolen.a week later one of his mates sees it at somebodys property about 15miles away at another town.the boys went to ask for it back but the owner of the property denied ever seeing another bike there.two hours later my uncle gets all the front windows smashed in the house by some strangers and death threats were made towards my uncle and grandfather. i know this sounds outrageous but this really happened and the police did sweet jack shit about it.........so paul just be very careful about goin to this persons place you never know what they might pull out...maybe a gun....

[paul]

yeah thank andrew  i understand what you mean,trouble is in this scummy world  you just never know but the element off suprise usaully help greatly  and ive got a great many friends that i can really rely   on without question 

[Phil]

Back in 1975 I arrievd home from an Amaroo Park meeting too tired to unload the bikes off the trailer in Mum and Dads locked backyard. I unhooked the trailer, chained it to the lemon tree, threw a tarp over the bikes and trailer and went to bed. I woke up in the morning and found the trailer, my 125 Elsinore and 400 Maico and my brothers 440 Maico gone. I still get the cold shudders when I think of it. Fifteen years later a mate bought a basket case Maico from an ad in the Trading Post. It turned out to have my motor and wheels, my brothers rare Vic Eastwood Lyta tank and Poppy Koni shocks and someone elses frame and forks. We tried to trace the missing stuff through the bloke who sold the Maico ,who was a good bloke and innocent of any wrongdoing by the way, but lost the trail with some dodgy characters who were in our motorbike club at the time. We managed to work out who'd done the theft but as it was 15 years later it was too late to do anything about it. It made it even worse to realise that fellow racers and club members were responsible. A really low act.

[Nathan S]

It seems that in this country, vintage bikes get ripped off to get used as paddock bikes - well, I guess the same happens with most dirt bikes that get stolen.... But if you were a thief, and were presented with two potential targets, both with equal security measures, you'd almost certainly go for the new bike over the vintage one too...

I like to think that the VMX community is too small to steal a race bike.

Which is not to say that (despite living in a very low-risk area), I don't have all my bikes' numbers recorded, and am not careful about keeping them mine....

[Maicojames]

It seems that in this country, vintage bikes get ripped off to get used as paddock bikes - well, I guess the same happens with most dirt bikes that get stolen.... But if you were a thief, and were presented with two potential targets, both with equal security measures, you'd almost certainly go for the new bike over the vintage one too...

I like to think that the VMX community is too small to steal a race bike.Which is not to say that (despite living in a very low-risk area), I don't have all my bikes' numbers recorded, and am not careful about keeping them mine....

That's just it-how are these parts peddled? We are all now looking for these RMs for example. Keep all your #s recorded, ifpossible in Oz-list your bikes as a declared value property on you homeowners insurance.

A few years ago. a 73 250 Elsinore was attempted to be stolen at an AHRMA event in So Cal. USA. Well, let's say that the thief was really glad to see the cops.

[maicomc490t]

I'm with Freaky and the others on this - we need to get as much information together about bikes and parts that have been stolen. It is bad enough to hear about some poor bastard being done over but the prospect of buying the guys stuff unwittingly gives you the shudderrs!!!

BTW the scumbag thief in North Carolina - the g'good' Thurlow Paul Schmieding was into Nextel Cup (Nascar) racing. James are we in Australia to believe it is an enviroment for six fingered guitar players in the Nascar racing circuit???

See you at the back of the pack!