According to the recently-released National Insurance Crime Bureau's 2011 Motorcycle Theft and Recovery report, 46,667 bikes were reported stolen in 2011, down 6 percent from 49,791 reported stolen in 2010.
Although overall thefts waned in 2011, motorcycle sales slightly increased. Citing the Motorcycle Industry Council, NICB reports that sales increased in 2011 to 440,899 units compared to the 439,678 units sold the year prior.
The five motorcycle makes in the following slideshow were targeted the most by thieves, with their thefts accounting for 35,304, or 76 percent, of the total thefts.
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