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04-11-2006, 10:20 AM
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| Club Racer  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North County San Diego Bikes: 05 Kawasaki ZZR600 Age: 35 Posts: 2,005
iTrader: (0) Rep Power: 6  (56) |  Stolen Bike Returned...After 30+ years Motorcycle stolen in SoCal in 1971 to be returned to owner ASSOCIATED PRESS 1:46 a.m. April 11, 2006 LONG BEACH – Authorities recovered a motorcycle that was stolen in 1971 and plan to return it to its original owner this week. The 1970 Yamaha was about to be shipped overseas to a Finnish man who bought it for $1,725 on eBay in September, authorities said Monday. During the shipping process, the vehicle identification number turned up in the database of the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Long Beach police still had the theft report and tracked down the original owner, Phillip McKeen, who lives in New England. Police officials plan to return the 360cc bike to McKeen on Wednesday. “Incredible,” said McKeen, an American Airlines pilot. “It's as if a friend you hadn't seen for 30 years walked back into your life but hadn't aged a day.” The 35-year-old bike has just 9,380 miles on the odometer. Neither the Finnish buyer nor the seller, a Visalia resident, were suspected of wrongdoing, authorities said. A similar case unfolded in January when a Corvette that had been stolen in 1969 was recovered as it was about to be shipped to Sweden through the Port of Los Angeles, said Mike Fleming of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Find this article at: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/s...otorcycle.html |
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04-11-2006, 04:09 PM
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| Administrator    Tournaments Won: 2 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: So Cali Bikes: '07 Honda CBR600RR, Cag Pocket bike Age: 43 Posts: 11,099
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04-11-2006, 10:46 PM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Oceanside, CA Bikes: 2004 GSXR 600, 1996 CBR 600 Age: 1 Posts: 2,731
iTrader: (0) Rep Power: 7 (22) | Re: Stolen Bike Returned...After 30+ years Quote:
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04-13-2006, 04:42 PM
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| Squid | Anyone see this on the news today? They had footage of the old guy getting on his bike for the first time, after all those years, and riding it around the parking lot. :thumbup
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04-14-2006, 08:43 PM
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| Know It All  | well, maybe all the peeps I know will get thier stolen bikes back in 30 years....probably not... Maybe PhiberoptikMike can get his Crapalanche back in the same time frame, it just got jacked yesterday<doh>
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04-14-2006, 09:10 PM
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| Club Racer | Quote:
Maybe its parked a couple blocks away like Marty's car was. :dunno | |
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