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Look on ebay, choose any bike the last ten years and spot how many good used parts there arr available from these bikes with no crash damage, mostly listed in Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus and Estonia. That's where I'm sure most stolen modern bikes are headed.
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Some years ago as we drove through the countryside, Polish friends told me about the local roads that have excessive numbers of crashes. They were mostly by FSU-block drivers using them toll-free. Apparently the drivers don’t care about fines or tickets, and drive eyeballed on uppers to do multi-day trips without any real breaks.
It would not surprise me if a handful of these return legs are with a van-load of illegitimate appropriations.
pdlouche
So the "odd" coincidence is that I had a prospective buyer from Lithuania supposed to send a courier to pick up the bike today.
He contacted me this morning to see when the bike would be ready for pick up so I texted to say I was at home all day, available to assist the courier.
This morning was the very first time in 2 years that:
Those guys on the scooter literally cruise the streets daily to spot an unlocked bike.
This one took 2 years for them to get to that day.