Bad news: Motorcycle thefts are on the rise with 2,866 units reported as stolen from January to July 2014. In the same period for 2013, 1,578 were reported stolen.
Now, for some sort of “good” news.
“Despite being more expensive, big bikes are often ignored by criminals because it would be harder to look for buyers of whole big bikes, or even its spare parts,” reports Julie M. Aurelio in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The report noted: “Big bikes are motorcycles with engine displacements of 400 cc and above. An ordinary motorcycle usually has a displacement of 100 cc.”
Chief Supt. Arrazad Subong of the Philippine National Police’s Highway Patrol Group (HPG) was quoted as saying, “There is no wide market for big bikes. Motorcycles are very common to ordinary folk but not big bikes.”
Still, you can’t be too careful.
Photo via TripAdvisor: Big bikes are all the rage in Makati’s Bgy Poblacion
