Stolen moped

CrinkElite

My friend's new moped was stolen from outside his house last night.
It's his first bike, he bought it to get him in and out of work (split shifts)

My questions to ye are:

What is the motivation of someone who steals a moped?
Are they looking to joy ride or is it possible for them to sell it on?
What are the chances it will show up somewhere?
Should we keep an eye out on DoneDeal / Adverts / any other suggestions?

It's particularly galling as he bought the bike in order to save money on taxis
He has a small child so the mother needs the car. He had to borrow money to buy it and he only has it less than a week.

It's purple/red in colour, Reg: 12 G 3071

Thanks for reading.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Bikerguy

small child borrow money to buy moped? hm

the pics of the moped would help and description. tell him to check the area maybe someone went for spin only.

CrinkElite

Bikerguy wrote: »

small child borrow money to buy moped? hm

the pics of the moped would help and description. tell him to check the area maybe someone went for spin only.

What's that about? I'm glad you can afford to be so judgmental.
Has anyone any experience related to the questions I've asked?

serious3

have a spin around some of the "nicer" areas of galway later, chances are some young lads robbed it for spinning around on. it will be taken for kicks unfortunately. i've a mate who goes into galway early evening and out early morning i'll ask him keep an eye out, whats the make model etc?

Bikerguy

CrinkElite wrote: »

What's that about? I'm glad you can afford to be so judgmental.
Has anyone any experience related to the questions I've asked?

read the second part of my post.. dont focus on the wrong part

CrinkElite

serious3 wrote: »

have a spin around some of the "nicer" areas of galway later, chances are some young lads robbed it for spinning around on. it will be taken for kicks unfortunately. i've a mate who goes into galway early evening and out early morning i'll ask him keep an eye out, whats the make model etc?

He's in work now, I'll get more details off him later. Hopefully if it was taken for kicks there's some hope of it showing in a ditch somewhere. I'd really appreciate your friend keeping his eye out serious3. Thanks.

serious3

what make and model are we looking for then?

dodderangler

It won't be used for parts or anything mate.
It's a moped so it'll more than likely be joy ridden and then burnt out

Bikerguy

dodderangler wrote: »

It won't be used for parts or anything mate.
It's a moped so it'll more than likely be joy ridden and then burnt out

its an 2012 and you never know where it will be used untill the op will provide us more details. it could be the latest vespa... and in that case she would be long gone by now.... (just an example)

Hotblack Desiato

I wonder what sort of lock was in use. If a lock was in use :rolleyes: