Motorbike used in robbery accusations

[carol]

we went to get our bikes new road tax and was told that our bike has been in robbery.... at the time of the offence we were in england with the keys.. the bike was locked in an alarmed house, we have proved all this to the police and still havnt got any where.......... what can we do.... they know it was even a different type of bike........ still we get no where...........

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[lomuamart]

What's happened to the bike. Has it been impounded?

[PeteC]

At face value with the info you've given, it could be a scam to get your bike for themselves, or a large sum of money paid to them for you to get it back. Get a lawyer first thing in the morning. Pete

[STEVE G]

It does sound a bit strange; surely if they suspected you of a crime they would come to your address and not wait for your road tax to expire.
I know Asian crime-fighters can be a bit lazy, but surely they're slightly more efficient than that.

[Spitfire]

If you were really involved in a crime then you and your bike would be impounded into the next year with only paying a massive fine resulting in you getting off the hook. Looks like just a petty minor minion trying it on to get some extortion money to do their jobs, not unusual IMO.

Many of the locals don't even bother with paying tax and insurance on their bikes, don't even mention the bike license, because it's cheaper to not bother ,they just pay the 100 baht fine if they are unlucky enough to not see and avoid the check point.

That's the usual MO for the locals anyhow.

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[carol]

ok thanks ..... no we still have the bike, but its not local... the robbery was in BK and the bike has never been out of Hua in or Cha am....and its the BK police that wont play ball......

[Spitfire]

Sorry if this sounds a bit blase or indifferent but how much is the bike worth? If it's an old run around one then forget it, it'll just be a nightmare to sort it out, just use it for chugging around close to your house and buy another one.

If it's a 900cc Yamaha R1 or such like then you'll just have to pay up then, if it's a 10 year old Honda wave then it's not worth it, just mark it all down to the dramas of life in a third world country and be ambivalent about it all.

Just stay away from known police check points and use routes off the main roads, that's what the locals do. I have a little Yamaha 110 cc that isn't taxed or anything, just use to get me to 7-11 etc close to my house so I don't have to take my pickup out all the time just to get some milk or something, won't take it anywhere else though as the cops would take it for sure, but it's probably only worth 5-6000 baht anyhow now, so hardly worth jumping through all the hoops to make it legal, it's done it's job.

I'm not saying the above is what you should do but you'll find that probably 70% of the scooters around are not fully legal, ie no tax or insurance or the rider has no license or helmet and on and on and on.

If you actually got stopped at a check point then it's nothing 200 baht wouldn't get you out of.

[carol]

its a yamaha boss with all the toys, harley look a like only alot heaper... cost us £1400.00 and has only had 4 months use.... quite a lot just to give up !!!

[Spitfire]

Fair enough Carol, you might have to use a lawyer then if they are being intransigent, or you'll just have to pay them, might be the only choice. It might cost a few thousand baht though but it'll probably be sorted out, one way or another you're sadly going to have pay something to someone if it's a bike worth saving.

[carol]

we would pay if they asked for anything but they havent... we will have to go to BK for one more try...pain though next time we come over its only for two weeks in August.... still we have to try..

[Randy Cornhole]

I tell you one thing carol. If push come to shove, before i'd let them take it (if it came to it) i'd fill the engine with sugar before they came.

[usual suspect]

Carol...same happened to me last year..went for tax etc on my Nissan.."sir there is ploblem with your car"
While I was in the UK, (same as you Carol,-with the keys) my car had been issued a ticket in Khon-Kaen,& non-payment resulted in a fine. The desk-sarge at HH police station was great,he got right thru' to the officer that dreamt-up the charge..did'nt do a sh**e of good, he said he remembers my blue Nissan very well..(my pick-up is GREEN). My Nissan is from up KK,and registered in a farangs name..mmm??

[PeteC]

This sounds just grand doesn't it?! Now the MIB seem to be using technology and database searches to set up extortion in the future when road tax becomes due, and of course it seems targeting farang owned vehicles. I'm sure the returns beat any Thai CD rate! I'd love to see a Bangkok Post investigative report on this one. Pete

[TypicallyTropical]

I'm sure the returns beat any Thai CD rate!

I don't know what the CD rates are there, but I'm sure they beat the less than 1% CD rates here!

[Name Taken]

I tell you one thing carol. If push come to shove, before i'd let them take it (if it came to it) i'd fill the engine with sugar before they came.