Found out my 200s is a Stolen Trike!!!!

[mywifeknowseverything]

I've been trying to Register my Garage Sale 200s For a few weeks now....Been to DMV Twice now...The First time they said they couldn't Register it because it had a Salvaged title and I don't have the Pink Slip...I said I got it at a Garage Sale and Lost the Bill of Sale...(I did ) So I said fine I will go get another Bill of Sale....Went to where I purchased it and no one was home so I left a note to call me....Someone called and said that they bought the house a few months back and the previous owners had moved to Texas or something....Great!!!!! So today I went back to DMV and pled my case...Still the only info they would give up was that there was a insurance claim back in 95 and it was a salvaged title with Farmers Ins....So I say fine,,,,,I go to Farmers and in about 45 min. they were able to tell me that there was a claim back in 95 and they paid the person off..They went to collect the Bike and were unable to locate it....Soooo, it is STOLEN!!!!!!! I will be writing them a letter today to see if they will release it to me....I hope I can take care of all this before the Oregon Trip!!!!!! Don't want to get caught on a Stolen Trike!!!!! Or is Jail in Oregon nice??? Any Ideas on what I should do Or am I covering my bases????

[ScottZJ]

I wonder how many of mine are stolen! Here in the south there is no registration so who would know.

[83185s]

i know my 185 is but i dont really care cause im goin to have a different engine on it soon and the frame is different from the other that was stolen so im hopin its ok

[jeswinehart]

wow ,,, what a stinking mess you have on your hands mywifeknowseverything ,,,

a possible way out is to have a fellow board member send you a bill of sale.
if i can be of help ,,,, P.M. me your mailing info ,,,, heck ,,, maybe you better give me your phone # so i can call you too get the correct info .

john

[jmsmilin]

dang i hope none fo you ever end up with my bike if it gets stolen, somehwere there may be some one maybe crying

[TimSr]

i know my 185 is but i dont really care cause im goin to have a different engine on it soon and the frame is different from the other that was stolen so im hopin its ok

Its one thing to find out your bike was once stolen. Its another to knowingly buy or drive around a stolen vehicle. Did you steal it, or did you get it from the thief? The only bigger piece of subhuman scumbag debris than a thief, is somebody who supports a thief by buying or accepting stolen merchandise, and by not turning them in. Somewhere out there is a rider who had his trike stolen, and you are knowingly driving it around? I hope the true owner gets ahold of you for about an hour just before they throw your butt in the slammer.

[newbie 350x]

Couldnt have said it better TimSr. I know what it is like to have a bike stolen. It is not fun. You work your but off to buy something, wake up in the morning and its gone. It just leaves such an empty feeling.

[TimSr]

I caught a handful of punks that stole my quad and pretty much destroyed it. I tried going through the legal system, but they all pretty much got off scott free, and I was left with about $1200 worth of damage. All I can say is next time, I will not go through the legal system to seek justice, and I would take the same action if I caught punks stealing or riding someone elses property, because any thief that goes unpunished is my business.

[CHAINSAW]

This is why living here in Mid states, most of them dont require you to register them, and never will, is so great!!! We probably all own stolen atvs, and dont even know it, lol.

[BIGRED_87]

truly hate to say it, but get over it. this is 2004 not 1942. we don't bee-bop anymore either. things are much different now than they were then. to hell with mother theresa and mr. rogers neighborhood. it simply just isn't like that anymore. if a bike is stolen, it's only cuz it was ABLE TO BE stolen...meaning that it was accessable to the theif...meaning that it was not locked up and protected properly by the owner. you used to be able to leave your front door open with the birds chirping while you vacuumed your living room at one time while you called the cops to come get the cat out of the tree, but unfortunately that time is no more. my bikes are locked up like it's fourt knox. i'd say, "god help the person who tries to steal anything from me", but not even god himself would be able to help the person who steals from me. sorry if i've pissed anybody off, but 2 plus 2 ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS equals 4...whether human emotions like it or not.

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

when i built my shee last october,i bought alot of NEW banshee parts on ebay,well,guess what, i found out the guy selling them in new york was stealing,stripping and selling the parts,he got caught,so i heard,maybe thats why i feel so "hot" when i ride her!!we dont have titles here in va,nor do we have to pay taxes,or register them

[threewheelin-feelin]

hahaha that i one thing good about va you can have them and do nothing but ride them hehehe

[H.M.F.I.C.]

If I read mywifeknowseverything's post correctly, it was stolen from the insurance company. It sounds like they filed a claim with the insurance company saying that it was wrecked, they paid him off and took ownership of the trike. Just like they do if you total out a car. When they went to pick it up it was gone and appently it was a false claim made in the first place in an attempt to get some free cash from the insurance company. If I am correct I am all for it. The insurance companies screw people out of plenty of money and it is about time somebody got their @$$.

I work on quads and I have had several people come up and try to get me to work on a quad that i just knew somehow it was stolen. "I lost the key to my quad and I need you to wire it up for me". Yeah right. If the VIN# is filed i won't touch it. To me, if someone help a person out who has a stolen quad it only feeds the fire. Not to say I haven't had to replace some ignition switches on quads when people lost thier key but I go out of my way to make sure it is not stolen before i do.

The bad thing about getting a quad or trike that ends up being stolen is if you do the right thing its your hard earned cash that goes down the drain instead of the person from whom the trike was originally stolen from. So if i ended up with one that had been stolen there is no way i would let anyone find out because i look out for #1.

Maybe you could do what i have had to do before when someone doesn't pay thier bill. I have to run an add in the paper for two weeks with the VIN# and total bill amount. If the owner doesn't pay then I can file for a salvage title. In your case you would want to make it a really high priced bill so the insurance would rather let you take possesion of the trike instead of paying you off so the could take ownership. Because before the can take possesion of it they have to pay the lein on it. Good Luck!

[NICKG]

i know my 185 is but i dont really care cause im goin to have a different engine on it soon and the frame is different from the other that was stolen so im hopin its ok

wow, you got a set on you! you ever had something stolen? why don't dou do the right thing....if you get cauagt with it...(and your post acknolwedges thefact you know) you are gonna go down my freind. I had my 88 lt 500 stolen(a week after i got it) and it was never recovered....people like you make me sick

[TrikeKid]

i know my 185 is but i dont really care cause im goin to have a different engine on it soon and the frame is different from the other that was stolen so im hopin its ok

you sir are scum. ive had things stolen from me have you do you have any idea what its like to have something you like taken from you? if i found out somebody stole something from me then knew and didnt care they wouldnt think they got away for very long. Bigred 87 when somebody steals a car its useually locked. theives have been known to cut the side of locked trailers open to steal things is that the owner making them available to be stolen? i dont care what year it is stealing is wrong and that isnt going to change thieves all deserve severe beatings.