A total of 46,061 motorcycles were reported stolen in 2012 compared with 46,667 in 2011—a decrease of 1%, according to a National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) report.
The recovery rate for motorcycles in 2012 was only 39%, says the report, which was based on National Crime Information Center (NCIC) 2012 motorcycle-theft data.
If not quickly recovered, stolen motorcycles are often “chopped,” with their parts finding their way into the black market supply chain. Others are kept intact and resold to unsuspecting buyers after crude attempts to alter their identification. Still others are hidden away for years and, on occasion, recovered as they are in the process of being exported in shipping containers.
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