Stolen Motorcycle Returned to Owner 17 Years Later
I'm assuming he did not have theft insurance, in the video he has the "Pink Slip" sounds like it was his loss now it's his gain.
I would bet the guy who was trying to inspect the bike was a new owner and did not know it was stolen and is now out of the money he spent buying the bike.
I would bet the guy who was trying to inspect the bike was a new owner and did not know it was stolen and is now out of the money he spent buying the bike.
Road Warrior
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I'm assuming he did not have theft insurance, in the video he has the "Pink Slip" sounds like it was his loss now it's his gain.
I would bet the guy who was trying to inspect the bike was a new owner and did not know it was stolen and is now out of the money he spent buying the bike.
I would bet the guy who was trying to inspect the bike was a new owner and did not know it was stolen and is now out of the money he spent buying the bike.
Not sure about bikes but I once bought a car that turned out to be stolen. I had put full coverage insurance on it and the insurance company paid the money i had paid for the car. it was covered under the comp portion. Only way I knew it was covered was when i called to cancel the insurance after only a week the agent asked why i was cancelling so soon. When I told him he called me back about an hour later and said I was covered.
Stellar HDF Member
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From: Formerly Tampa Bay, FL, Currently Western PA
I know of someone that lost one before he made the first payment. He had to make all the payments and didn't have insurance on it back then. He rode a Harley home--parked it and made payments for the title. Only way to keep his credit good. Never saw the bike again.
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Road Captain
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From: Detroit, MI
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Cruiser
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From: Indiana
We had a call a couple months ago. Guy from Ohio drove all the way over here (near the IL state line in Indiana) to check out a car he saw in the Auto Trader mag. He came to the house, looked over the car and called the police. When cops show up he informs us it is his car, it was stolen like 7 or 8 years ago in Ohio. We ran into so many problems because apparently Ohio files are purged after X amount of years if the department that entered the stolen item/auto doesn't go back and validate it. After hours of searching and calling various agencies in Ohio the car was towed for safe keeping until detectives could sort it all out and verify if it was his car. I'm pretty sure it is his car, since he had original paperwork for the vehicle, VIN and all.