2018 U.S. Motorcycle Thefts

[Richard230]

I received the November 2019 issue of the AMA's American Motorcyclist magazine yesterday.  As usual, it only took me a few minutes to read the entire magazine, but I did come across an article in the magazine on page 12 titled "Motorcycle Thefts Down in 2018", which included the following comments:

Owners reported 41,674 motorcycle thefts for 2018, compared to 44,268 in 2017. California topped the list of states with the most motorcycle thefts in 2018, reporting 7,035; Florida was Number 2 with 4,279; followed by Texas, 3,073; New York 1,777; South Carolina, 1,743; North Carolina, 1,466; Indiana, 1,229; Missouri, 1,194; Georgia, 1,174; and Colorado, 1,109.

The top 10 cities for motorcycle thefts in 2018 were New York, 1,310; Los Angeles, 628; Miami, 595; Las Vegas, 540; Houston, 460; Philadelphia, 404; Austin, 329; and San Jose, 322.

Now this might be even more interesting:  The top 10 most stolen motorcycles in 2018 by brand were Honda, 8,260 thefts; Yamaha, 6,655 thefts; Suzuki, 4,882 thefts; Kawasaki, 4,861 thefts; Harley-Davidson, 4,769 thefts; Taotao ( ) 1,851 thefts; KTM 780 thefts; Genuine Cycle, 515 thefts; Ducati, 455 thefts; and Kymco, 413 thefts.

Not a single electric motorcycle brand in sight.   

[Shinysideup]

Not surprising on the no e-bike thefts: hardly anybody has bought them to begin with!

[Richard230]

But it could be worse. A story from the Royal Enfield owners forum:

This reminds me of the time I parked my old Bullet, unlocked, outside a dive bar in a seedy part of town. I was downing my fourth beer, when a guy says, "Hey, there's somebody outside messing with your bike!". I rushed outside, but it was too late. Somebody had left ANOTHER Royal Enfield right next to mine!