Best damn news I've heard all week.

Ok, my buddy David had a 2005 gixxer 750 and had it stolen last month right from his apartment complex near NCSU. The bike was locked and was pinned between a dumpster and a car. In the process of removing the bike between the two objects, they scratched the hell out of the car and a bit on the bike.

So my friend was aimlessly been keeping tabs on a few websites such as craigslist, ebay, a few gixxer sites for people selling parts or bikes without titles. Well, he got lucky today and found this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2004-Suzuki-GSX-R-
750-Blue-Whtie-Low-Miles_W0QQitemZ170042610220QQih
Z007QQcategoryZ50029QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The guy was located in Durham. He noticed that the front tire was dunlop and the rear was a pirelli strata (I sold him the new set of pirelli's a week before his bike got stolen) from the 4th picture so my friend went up to look at the bike in person at the guy's house. On inspection, he also noticed a few memorable scratches on the bike when he accidentally keyed the tank, the impression of a sticker that he got from the dragon, some more scratches on the side of the bike when the thieves were removing the bike from the apartment complex.

He shook hands with the asshole and said he'll come back tomorrow with a certified check. After he left, he called the cops on the SOB and within hours, SWAT and tons of cop cars were outside of his house and did a sting operation. When the two suspects were pinned to the hood of the SWAT cars, my friend test's his key in the ignition, gas and rear trunk and it turned without a hitch. Somehow they were able to get a key made for the bike. The frame also turned out to be swapped with another one but left the bike the same.

Glad cops are finally doing something, but after my friend did all of the investigative work...

[Edited on October 31, 2006 at 2:21 PM. Reason : -]

10/31/2006 12:15:50 PM

the cops cant do everything

props to your friend for keeping up and getting his shit back

10/31/2006 12:18:37 PM

sweet story. Good detective work

10/31/2006 12:27:46 PM

hahaha...awesome...can we PM the ebay user and rub it in their faces so that they can check it when they get out in a few years.

10/31/2006 12:28:51 PM

from Motorcycles for sale - post here

Quote :

"this is a true biker bike all in his bedroom hahaha http://raleigh.craigslist.org/mcy/224893380.html"

Quote :

"he stole it !"

Quote :

"He IS in Durham. And oil change every 1K? What a waste of $$."

gg IcedFire & kostyaF

10/31/2006 12:39:22 PM

Hahah, awesome. I'm glad bike theft isn't so rampant around here...definitely getting a place with a garage when/if I move to a bigger city!

10/31/2006 12:56:49 PM

NGR's in Durham need to have passports or 'papers' to be able to come to Raleigh...those fucktards

10/31/2006 12:58:58 PM

Call (919) 724-7846 to arrange payment.

10/31/2006 1:04:17 PM

Quote :

"Title: Salvage "

Dumbasses. I would have asked why it has a salvaged title with such "low mileage" and apparently great maintenance.

10/31/2006 1:06:31 PM

Is this the guy that had your friend's bike? He happens to have a lot of bike pics in his photo gallery. Have your friend send the link to the detective that is working the case. http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f3/Shefgotti/

[Edited on October 31, 2006 at 1:23 PM. Reason : s]

10/31/2006 1:22:22 PM

Italian Pizzeria FTW!

10/31/2006 1:24:35 PM

That dude has been selling a ton of bike parts on starboyz.com:
http://www.starboyz.com/vboard/search.php?s
=3c844d1916d2056ae38b401cbdc75374&action=
showresults&searchid=570855

2002 F4i for sale in February:
http://www.stunttrader.com/classifieds/
showproduct.php?product=673&cat=500

03 CBR954 in May:
http://www.starboyz.com/vboard/showthread.php?s
=3c844d1916d2056ae38b401cbdc75374&threadid=21145&
perpage=15&pagenumber=1



Check this out though...It looks like he may have bought it from this guy: http://www.starboyz.com/vboard/showthread.php?s=
3c844d1916d2056ae38b401cbdc75374&threadid=22105

How it turned into a 2004 after he bought it is sketchy though.

[Edited on October 31, 2006 at 1:34 PM. Reason : s]

[Edited on October 31, 2006 at 2:22 PM. Reason : -]

10/31/2006 1:26:06 PM

swapped frames. how will they prove it's his then? did they find the old frame?

10/31/2006 1:58:36 PM

thats good news!

i wish i coulda recovered my ride from durham

10/31/2006 2:37:33 PM

^ it's for the better that there is one less of that pos of a car.

10/31/2006 2:53:41 PM

i think.... that my brother and I know that Shef.

10/31/2006 3:03:36 PM

haha holy cow that is the funniest thing i have heard, I now know where to look if my bike gets stoleing...in someone's house in durman and on craigslist and ebay.

10/31/2006 3:15:04 PM

Quote :

"How it turned into a 2004 after he bought it is sketchy though."

because they are idiots. 2005 bikes include late 04 manufactured bikes as 05 bikes are sold in 04. So he thought it was an 04 when in fact the color scheme is only apparent for 05's. It was a latino and a white guy, both in their 20's that were charged. Even if they swapped the frame and can't identify the bike itself, my friend had the keys and worked on the bike so there's atleast some portion of stolen property on the bike. We do have pictures of the bike before it was stolen and it shows all the small details of the bike to identify it. There were a lot of other small things about the bike he noticed right away.

10/31/2006 3:53:43 PM

you dont know how good this makes me feel inside

10/31/2006 4:09:35 PM

yeah thats the shef i know. holy shit this is funny as hell.

10/31/2006 4:43:30 PM

^^^ So was that guy from the photo gallery the latino that was charged?

10/31/2006 5:29:29 PM

BTW Shef is not hispanic. durka durka jihad.

10/31/2006 5:30:09 PM

I didn't think he was. That's why I was asking JBaz. Do you know if that guy in the pic is actually one of the ones that was charged?

10/31/2006 5:36:49 PM

Joel is Shef older or younger than Mayo? I can't remember who's who...

This is pretty funny

10/31/2006 5:46:29 PM

we will have to ask drew, or maybe likness or duncan. (i dont know either)

10/31/2006 5:49:34 PM

SWAT broke into his house, disrespected his family

10/31/2006 5:53:24 PM

actually, the cops staked out the nearby gas station by the house. Yeah, the guy in the pic is the same guy that was riding the bike around with no tags and was charged. They were released though, but were charged with possession of stolen property. They were released because the vin #'s didn't match on the bike. More info to come.

If his story checks out that he did buy the bike as is from some guy in Virginia or Maryland... then the story thickens. I just hope my friend gets the bike back.

10/31/2006 6:23:08 PM

wow

10/31/2006 6:36:53 PM

a juvenile member of SWAT just came do my door. he wanted some "candy". i was like y0, i ain't playin that game you undercover SOB... all i got is some chocolote.

10/31/2006 6:52:59 PM

we had a pirate

10/31/2006 7:08:45 PM

i hope you gave it a healthy YAR

[Edited on October 31, 2006 at 7:10 PM. Reason : .]

10/31/2006 7:10:03 PM

trick or YARRR

10/31/2006 7:11:51 PM

some kid that was like 16 just came... i laughed and shut the door.

10/31/2006 7:15:26 PM

some man came with a bag that had a pic of a kids face taped to it and he said little jonny was sick

i gave some of jennifers beer to him

[Edited on October 31, 2006 at 7:44 PM. Reason : lol]

10/31/2006 7:44:02 PM

I thought jbaz was the bike stealing god of the TDUB?!?!?

10/31/2006 7:54:59 PM

gg

10/31/2006 7:55:08 PM

Quote :

"servied at 1,500 miles and 2,500 miles"

haha

10/31/2006 8:52:18 PM

http://www.starboyz.com/vboard/showthread.php?s=aa2ad5dbc2dcb4722f696360889a736f&threadid=22339

Quote :

">>>>>need a 1000RR Frame , prefer clean title,"

Quote :

">i got a bunch of parts if you're putting one together ... just not a frame"

Quote :

">>>>>ive got pretty much of what i need...im really tryin to start to put everything together. and i cant do that without a frame.."

Red flag? just need a clean title frame... yeah stolen.

10/31/2006 10:15:19 PM

Quote :

"I'd like to note that this bike has been seized by DMV and under investigation as a stolen motorcycle."

lol

http://www.starboyz.com/vboard/showthread.php?s=aa2ad5dbc2dcb4722f696360889a736f&threadid=22838

[Edited on October 31, 2006 at 10:27 PM. Reason : ]

10/31/2006 10:26:04 PM

gg

11/1/2006 12:32:12 AM

Love the pics inside the house. Wouldn't want their stolen shit to get stolen.

-- Dave

11/1/2006 8:57:08 AM

So got some good news today. After playing phone tag with the detectives and dmv for 4 months, my friend finally got hold of someone. They say that we can take everything but the frame. So that means we have to disassemble the whole damn bike, buy a new frame with title, and rebuild it. What a hassle. So we are trying to see if we can get the whole bike with the frame, but with no title. DMV sux. All I got to say about that.

At least when and if they conclude the investigation, my friend could sue the guy who stole it in civil court and get money back for damages, parts, and labor. Up to 5k. So hopefully it'll get done soon.

1/29/2007 2:40:24 PM

good luck suing someone who steals for a living

1/29/2007 2:59:47 PM

yeah, you may win but you wont see a dime

1/29/2007 3:01:22 PM

Oh, I think we'd end up just fucking him up before we see a dime too. We can only hope we get some money before heavy shit goes down.

1/29/2007 5:10:03 PM

may buy a whole wrecked bike with clean title and do a 600/750 motor swap. we'll see what happens with dmv and the damn bike. they sure do take their time eating donuts... perhaps they were on that donut run this weekend?

1/30/2007 11:17:09 AM

what is going to happen with the frame without a title. hell ill buy the none titled frame and shit if u swap it all back over

ie ill buy the wrecked 600 with the salvage frame or whatever from u. unless the dmv wants the damn frame back

1/30/2007 12:24:45 PM

dmv will most likely keep the frame. going to see the bike maybe on thursday if they'll let us in the storage place. This is gonna suck parting it out over there.

1/30/2007 1:45:04 PM

Quote :

"JBAZ: "I'd like to note that this bike has been seized by DMV and under investigation as a stolen motorcycle.""

Quote :

"scott3824 : In that case I'll give you 800"

1/31/2007 10:43:43 AM

haha

1/31/2007 10:46:45 AM