Lost a dirt bike to some low-life scum?

Dirt Bike riding is a BIG thing nowadays and there are a lot of people coming back into the sport and they are spending a LOT of money! But there are also a stack of low-lifes out there who want to take your pleasure away.

Being involved with Dirt Bike World (www.dirtbikeworld.net.au) has made us aware of the actions of criminals targetting selected areas to steal our dirt bikes. Many of our friends have had their garages and homes burgled specifically with the intent of stealing the dirt bikes and when we need action taken by the enforcement agencies - well the rresponse has been weak to say the least.

Dirt bikes aren't cheap. From $5000 to $25,000 (if you're lucky enough to have a 2-Trac!) and that's a heap of money to lose. But it's not just the money, it's the loss of freedom. You can't go riding until you get another bike and then you're always checking over your shoulder to see who's following. Your garage is now like Fort Knox and your new bike (when you eventually get one - if you do) is in pieces and the rest chained to the floor. That is no way to live.

So, what our intentions are with this website is to try and make life a little bit more difficult for the crims, but at the same time collect enough data on theft so that all of you dirt riders can see what the actual situation is. See, we don't really know just how many dirt bikes have been stolen nor how many have been recovered. Only the police and insurance companies know that. We do know that the recovery rate is pathetic and that's just not good enough. Have a read of this doc from the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council - Report_08.pdf. It will give you and idea of what it was like in 2002.

We want some action and it's high time that the authorities got their act together and did something for our benefit - like getting our damn bikes back! If a privately run company had returns of between 19 and 36% on it's investment it wouldn't be in business. So how on earth can figures like shown in the above document be justifed???

We have to leave it to the courts, who appear to have a very poor grasp on the effects of the criminal activities - like the sense of loss, anguish, out-of-pocket factor, increased insurance costs (if you can afford it) and more. The perps are given excessive lenience time and time again and just continue to do what they do, but as private citizens we cannot take matters into our own hands because any action that has even the slightest possibility of causing hurt to the criminals will boomerang. That's not justice.

Hence the website. We get enough info then we can use it the way we want. Support it for your pleasures sake.