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MAG Motorcycle Action Group - Fight Motorcycle Theft - HERTFORDSHIRE

Fight Motorcycle Theft

May 2023

MAG's Fight Motorcycle Theft meetings arrive at The Ace Cafe for the Hertfordshire meeting on the 14th June.

Have the chance to question our speakers, tell us your experiences and put forward your ideas on how to tackle motorcycle theft.


MAG's Fight Motorcycle Theft meetings arrive in Leeds

Fight Motorcycle Theft Leeds

May 2023

MAG's Fight Motorcycle Theft meetings arrive in Leeds on the 24th June.

Have the chance to question our speakers, tell us your experiences and put forward your ideas on how to tackle motorcycle theft.


QUALITY ENGAGEMENT - North Kent MAG hosted the first of a series of public meetings on motorcycle theft

North Kent MAG motorcycle theft

April 2023

Colin Brown looks at the main themes raised at the meeting. Thanks to the vast effort put into organising the event by Steve Mallett and Julian (JC) Quinton, the Kent public meeting was a great success. It is always hard to guess how many will turn up when laying on this kind of meeting. I think the fact that so many came out on a wet Wednesday evening is testament to the fact that riders are passionate on this subject.


DO YOU KNOW THEM? Barefaced thieves steal £40K worth of motorbikes from shop

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Brazen thieves have been caught on CCTV stealing more than £40,000 worth of motocross bikes and equipment from a Wakefield shop. Two members of the four-strong gang were not even covering their faces as they broke into Wakefield Off Road Motorcycles on Church Street in the early hours of Tuesday morning.


'EXPRESS DELIVERY' crime group bragged they could get cocaine to anywhere in London within the hour

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Members of an organised crime group who ran a moped delivery service for class A drugs have been jailed for over 60 years. The group distributed more than 40 kilos of cocaine, with an estimated wholesale value of £1.4m, across London over a period of three weeks in February 2016.


JAILED: Willesden man who helped ship stolen motorbikes to Trinidad and Tobago

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A man from Willesden has been jailed for his role in a “professional and sophisticated” £100,000 motorbike theft racket.


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OPERATION VENICE

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is cracking down on powered two wheeler (PTW) enabled crime with the help of the Motorcycle Industry Association in a new campaign aimed at bike owners.


DATATAG AND KENT POLICE JOIN MSV AT MCE INSURANCE BSB FINAL ROUND

DATATAG AND KENT POLICE JOIN MSV AT MCE INSURANCE BSB FINAL ROUND

At the final round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship held at the famous Kent Brands Hatch Circuit, Datatag and Kent Police, supported by the Kent and Medway Safety Camera Partnership undertook the last of this season’s bike scanning operations on behalf of the industry’s MASTER Security Scheme.


12 MONTHS OF CONTINUAL GROWTH FOR NEW MOTORCYCLE SALES

12 MONTHS OF CONTINUAL GROWTH FOR NEW MOTORCYCLE SALES

Year-end figures for new motorcycle registrations show sales for 2014 were up 10% compared to 2013, with an increase every single month throughout the year. 101,277 new motorcycles, scooters and mopeds were registered during 2014, compared to 91,908 the year before. Of this year’s new registrations over 48,000 were smaller commuter-sized machines.


Police appeal for information regarding stolen motorbikes

Police appeal for information regarding stolen motorbikes

Police are appealing for information after two off- road motorbikes were stolen in a burglary. The incident happened sometime between 4pm on Saturday August 23 and 7.45am on Sunday August 24. Both motorbikes were stolen during a shed break on Charnwood Drive, Melton Mowbray.


UK Police Offers Discounted Bike Chains and Padlocks to Curb Theft

UK Police Offers Discounted Bike Chains and Padlocks to Curb Theft

Well, how about that: the Sussex Police in the UK has just ran a most interesting and praiseworthy campaign as part of the effort to curb motorcycle theft in the area, visordown reports. The local force has made an agreement with one of the motorcycle parts stores in the area, and offered sets of bike chains and padlocks to the owners of bikes up to 125cc....


Gone in 11 Minutes

Gone in 11 Minutes

11 minutes is all it takes for one bike to be stolen in the US, barely longer than it took back in 2011. Still, one motorcycle is being stolen in the US every 11 minutes or so, 2012 statistics tell us, and even though the number of the stolen bikes has decreased a bit, the difference is only a minor one....


BIKE THEFT IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM, IMAGINE IF YOUR BIKE ENDED UP AS A WATER PUMP

BIKE THEFT IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM, IMAGINE IF YOUR BIKE ENDED UP AS A WATER PUMP

Ramsevak Bhambhri, a resident of a village on the outskirts of the city purchased a petrol motor, for a petty sum, to draw water for his buffaloes. Little did he know that he was sold the 'heart' of a motorcycle stolen from Indore....


TRACKER HELPS POLICE UNCOVER MOTORCYCLE ‘CHOP SHOP’

TRACKER HELPS POLICE UNCOVER MOTORCYCLE ‘CHOP SHOP’

TRACKER, the stolen vehicle recovery expert (SVR), offers bike owners a timely reminder regarding the vulnerability of motorcycles to theft. This comes after a stolen Honda Hornet fitted with a TRACKER unit led Metropolitan Police to premises in North London and uncovered an organised crime ring that targeted motorcycles. Once again, TRACKER’s partnership with all 52 of the UK’s police forces helps close the net on criminals....


MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY PULLS TOGETHER TO FIGHT THEFT

MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY PULLS TOGETHER TO FIGHT THEFT

Recognising the effect that motorcycle crime is having on the motorcycle community, the Motorcycle Industry Association (MCI), has launched an official security marking scheme called The MASTER Security Scheme to be utilised by its motorcycle members...


BIKE TRAC CELEBRATE FIRST ATV RECOVERY

BIKE TRAC CELEBRATE FIRST ATV RECOVERY

Following the launch of Bike Trac ATV earlier this summer, the makers of the system (Road Angel Group) have today confirmed the first theft and recovery of an ATV equipped with the system ...


BIKE TRAC CONTINUES 100% RECOVERY RATE

BIKE TRAC CONTINUES 100% RECOVERY RATE

Bike Trac, the renowned motorcycle tracking device from Road Angel Group continued its impressive 100% success rate for the month of May and the year as a whole, with a total of five equipped motorcycles stolen during the month, with every one safely recovered ...


EXTREME FRONTIERS CHOOSE BIKE TRAC

EXTREME FRONTIERS CHOOSE BIKE TRAC

Bike Trac, the renowned motorcycle security tracking system from Road Angel Group, has been selected by Extreme Frontiers: South Africa, as presenter and adventurer Charley Boorman begins filming the Channel 5 TV series this week ...


DATATAG SUPPORTS MERSEYSIDE and IOM POLICE IN OPERATION PLATINA

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Motorcyclists making their way to this year’s TT Races have responded well to a Merseyside Police / Datatag joint initiative designed to reduce, and raise awareness of, motorcycle theft ...


All New & Improved Datatag Motorcycle System Launched

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Datatag the market leading security system providers have listened carefully to dealers, insurers, the Police and more importantly, their customers and have developed an all new and improved Motorcycle security system for 2009. Datatag is still exceptional value and the most effective theft deterrent security system available on the market today providing riders with peace of mind, yearly insurance savings whilst add ...


MAG Seeks Compensation For Theft Victims

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) is pressing for the victims of motorcycle theft to be eligible for financial compensation. MAG consider it outrageous that those who have already suffered the inconvenience and emotional stress of having their bikes stolen should then be billed before they can get their property back. Many victims of theft are horrified to receive substantial bills for the recovery and storage of their bikes ...