DT125R ARCHIVE

sebamax2 · Guru

why is the police so useless expecting you to do it all for them

MDK · DTR Legend

they dont give a **** ..

was a local man near me hada top of the range vw golf stolen then weeks later spotted his entire cust front end wings bonnet grills ect along with wheels and also dash and intireor all on another car on ebay ... he had already got the address after placing bids along with the owners name and loads of other details handed them all to police and it was a week later they actualy got back to him by that time the car had sold to someone else ..not sure what happend after that ..

MDK · DTR Legend

its a shame you can not get old of the previous owners name from a hpi to try and contact him .?

2strokemx · Guru

Its because they dont care at the end of the day, they just want to get through their day at work, get paid and live on

A police officer may be different, but the people in the office cba

And if its policy then what a load of bollox

scrimsmustang · DTR Mechanic

That's total **** attitude from them, I would have demanded to see an inspector on the spot. That's someone's bike and the seller probably thinks its all legal if he's giving the details out for a vehicle check. It is od to see an EXC with no lights etc on that arouses suspicion in me at first glance

MDK · DTR Legend

cops look at things this way will it help me get a promotion - is it worth my time and effort -whats the chance of a conviction -can we fine or make the gov money from this- will this be cost effective -

like if you report you home has been burgled takes them 5 hours to come out thats if they call at all as the theifs have left so chances of catching them are slim .

as said maybe the seller also thinks this is legal and also has been duped or ripped off ? take screen shots of the entire ebay advert and keep any details you get then tell him of your findings ...see what he says after .

dan28 · DTR Senior Member

MDK wrote:
its a shame you can not get old of the previous owners name from a hpi to try and contact him .?

The check only shows number of keepers an the dates they change only Dvla / police can get the owners details

it looks like the last owner only had the bike a month before it was nicked an seems like the current owner is unAware or he wouldn't be giving out the vin number

would be nice if it could be returned to its owner but unless the cops act fast I can see the e bay ad being pulled an the numbers removed an it sold as a field bike

does anyone here know anyone that's on a ktm forum an had one nicked from glousterishire area July last year

MDK · DTR Legend

sign up and stick a post on here with the advert and info also take those screen shots as the advert and photos could vanish at any time

www.ktmforum.co.uk/stolen-scams/22000-stolen-bikes-thread-21.html

Calum122 · Guru

Tewksbury...why am I not surprised :/ Bikes are always getting robbed from their, Priors park is just terrible for it

Liam12 · DTR Legend

I've posted this onto a stolen mx page on Facebook! Hope the original owner is our there somewhere!

MDK · DTR Legend

I realy would contact the ebay seller if need be charge him for the info of the hpi .

given that he is selling it in public along with giving out the vin numbers asking buyers to do a hpi says to me he has no idea its a stolen bike and may do the right thing and contact the police as he may have bought it from the real theif .

scrimsmustang · DTR Mechanic

He must know where and who he got it from,

MDK · DTR Legend

scrimsmustang wrote:
He must know where and who he got it from,

maybe so ..

and maybe he trusted the person he got it off but we all knows thats not always the case and its easy to be sold a dodgy bike with out the reg or v5 ..

but he sounds a honest block in the advert and looks to have a good shistory or selling and buying .

sebamax2 · Guru

Yes I agree with you all. Also a bad mistake by the person who owned it. You type in my stolen dt reg number about 3 4 forums pop up with my number and details. Put in that ktm in and nothing. This shows how useful it is to post things like that even tho it not might get found right away but a year and a bit later here we go and we cannot find who to return the bike to

sebamax2 · Guru

the seller 100% doesnt know about the bike being nicked i spoke to him on the phone before and he gave me all the details but the format of the numbers was wrong (stars and dashes etc) so after that he went into his local ktm dealer and got them to confirm the numbers and then he sent them to me again

MDK · DTR Legend

totaly agree if he had writen something like stolen recoverd or for field use only it would have looked wrong but he was clear he thinks the bike is legal .

SCREEN SHOTS

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-- Edited by MDK on Sunday 9th of November 2014 11:06:21 AM

dan28 · DTR Senior Member

The eBay listing has ended I hope the cops have recovered it

dan28 · DTR Senior Member

MDK wrote:
I realy would contact the ebay seller if need be charge him for the info of the hpi .

given that he is selling it in public along with giving out the vin numbers asking buyers to do a hpi says to me he has no idea its a stolen bike and may do the right thing and contact the police as he may have bought it from the real theif .

I don't charge for the doing the checks Internet forums are all about helping others

sebamax2 · Guru

it ended because the time of the listing run out just wondering if its going to get relisted

sebamax2 · Guru

just txted him to see if he still has it and yes he does he has one someone interested in buying it to use it off road, he says that the ktm dealer said that it could have not been registered at all, but we know what happend, So here we are find a stolen vehicle report it and by the time they react the bike its probably going to be sold to the next person and who knows if they will get it back off that guy

Steady Eddy · DTR Senior Member

It's all down to numbers, to make their clear up records look good the are not interested in stuff that is only a k or so they want to at the end of the year be able to say they have cleared up. X millions of £ worth of crime per man hrs spent on the job ( job efficiency ) justice and catching criminals don't seam to matter any more sadly

sebamax2 · Guru

yep and i have texted the guy today and it turnes out he knows i posted out the details of the stolen bike maybe he seen it here or the ktm forum anyway he said he had contacted the police himself, they tried calling me today but left a voicemail, the woman said she will try me later as she finishes at 3pm and never called back

Victor · Guru

Sad times.

Luke · Guru

sebamax2 wrote:
yep and i have texted the guy today and it turnes out he knows i posted out the details of the stolen bike maybe he seen it here or the ktm forum anyway he said he had contacted the police himself, they tried calling me today but left a voicemail, the woman said she will try me later as she finishes at 3pm and never called back

Don't believe the owner for a second. I bet they've shifted the bike now without saying anything to the police. Friends house etc

Johnboy · DTR Newbie

OK guys just to let you all know what's happening, I have been to the police given them all the details of the bike and the person I bought it from it has been confirmed as stolen and they are sorting it out. I have been told to keep the bike and it maybe recovered that was over a week ago and i have heard nothing since. When I bought the bike it was a non runner foot peg ripped off plastics broke no kick start broke ecu ect I spent a lot of time and money getting it right.the police have tod me to take everything that I bought. Off the bike before its recovered as this is classed as not part of the stolen bike.I will post back on here when I know what is going to happen but I doubt the owner will have it back but his insurance company might want to sell it.
And Luke you are more then welcome to come and see its still in my garage not at a friends and I don't live in priors park

-- Edited by Johnboy on Wednesday 19th of November 2014 08:36:18 AM

MDK · DTR Legend

good on you for doing the right thing .

I had a mate in the same situation with a awsome cbr 600 after the police came checked it told him to to move or sell it and it sat on his garden months with no word back from them ...

sebamax2 · Guru

It might be a case that the insurance company might let you keep it at a fee as if they own it now rather than the last owner it would be better for them to leave with you and make you pay a small fee rather than paying recovery storage and auction fees if they take it off you

Johnboy · DTR Newbie

So nearly 3 months later and no one from the police or anywhere else have been back in touch I've even been down twice to see what's happening and told someone sort waste if time wish I'd never gone to see them

Luke · Guru

Johnboy wrote:
So nearly 3 months later and no one from the police or anywhere else have been back in touch I've even been down twice to see what's happening and told someone sort waste if time wish I'd never gone to see them

Yours now then. Would be a completely different story if they caught you riding it. Probably try and charge you with stealing it or handling stolen goods.

ringo67 · DTR Senior Member

when my bandit was stolen it was three days before a cop showed up and even then it was a plastic cop as they are known here. not a proper cop but a wanna be. just got a crime number and told it would probably be striped for parts......we duhh. didn't think of that one Sherlock. it might be petty crime to them but its a lot of hard work for the owners. and on top of that I ended up getting a 750 virago chopper type thingy when the insurance coughed up ...........must have been delayed shock..