[iamz]

It's an island! You wouldn't think it would be that easy to hide all these stolen bikes on a island!



Must be stealing them for joy rides and dumping them.

 

[35244]

Since Cincy is bottom on stolen & crashed, sounds like a good place to move. Too bad its about 6000% colder there in the winter than here.

 

[Buzglyd]

I remember teaching a seminar in Juneau one time and the attendees told me they just left their keys in their cars.



The theory was if someone did steal your car, where the hell were they going to go?

 

[mscuddy]

This looks like a job for Magnum!



Or McGarret.



Book 'em Drano....

 

[chingbaby]

Man, motorcycles have a rough life in Hawaii. People run them hard for lots of miles. I've seen plenty of three year old bikes with 50,000+ miles, and have yet to have an oil change. I've even seen honda rebels with 85,000 miles on them. No bad weather=lots of miles on an island you can drive across in 30min if you get lucky on traffic.

 

[03zx12r]

Brings a whole new meaning to "Drive it like you stole it" - I am because I did.

 

[48152]

they could be stealing them for parts...

 

[longride]

Which is why probably 95% of all vehicles are stolen in the first place.

 

[Rsduce]

Maybe "Dog" the bounty hunter should make a career change to motorcycle anti-theft patrol!

 

[49098]

It's an island with cargo ships coming and going every day. I'll bet that those ships leaving Oahu have a few crates with stolen bikes in them headed for destinations unknown.

 

[51310]

I have had one of my bikes stolen in Honolulu, as have most of my riding friends. Harleys are especially vulnerable. It really sucks! Oahu is NOT a rider's paradise. In fact, it has terrible road congestion, and, in reality, there's no where to go. And, the hot weather eats radiators, batteries and tires fast.



I moved to a small town on Vancouver Island in B.C. Canada. I can leave my keys in any of my vehicles without fear of theft, and I get to ride in the cold rain!!! UGH!

 

[mscuddy]

When I worked for a freight forwarder in San Pedro I was cutting documentation on a container of bikes leaving the port going to Japan. All the DMV titles I had for Customs were for goofy stuff like Honds 100's, Old trail 90's and such, stuff no one would really want.



So I decided to look in the container when it arrived at our warehouse for the seal drayage over to the steamship line after the export declaration cleared Customs. It was full of high-end prisitine Z1R's, Kawasaki triples, and other rare Japanese bikes (even a Suzuki Wankel). None of the titles were even close so I ratted off the exporter to Customs and as it turned out they were all stolen insurance jobs from all across the USA.



Customs didn't even give me one as a reward for my trouble. Not that I didn't ask mind you.

 

[48152]

harley big twins are vulnerable you mean...



after 24 years i'm not sick of the scenery yet, roads only are horribly congested during rush hour...



theft definitely sucks here, it's hot and it does rain a lot...the 50mph town speed limit also is a downer...but i don't think i'll ever get tired of riding around the island...(as long as i don't do it too often)





ps my battery is dead

 

[48152]

i'm sure some of the Ice-heads that he's dealing with are somehow involved in the bike thefts...

 

[48152]

no bad weather my foot...it's pouring!

 

[21726]

Okay, I'll bite. How does Hawaii's climate kill batteries? Is it the heat, the humidity, or both?

 

[seanmcva]

I live just outside of Honolulu and have eight bikes in my garage (please don't post my address!). I MUST ride, so I sure hope I can get LoJack for motorcycles soon. Yes, Harleys are the most stolen on the Island, but even 50cc scooters are in peril here. If you walk down any side street in honolulu, you will see single scooter wheels chained to lamp posts (without a scooter attached).