YOU WERE RIGHT, MY NEW BIKE IS STOLEN! 

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You can take the man out of Birmingham, but you cant take the Birmingham out of the man.

2 hrs … police have never moved so quick

The saddest part is the thief moved his stolen bike and will never be found, The honest man aka. rory bought it, The police takes it away, The original owner gets a payout, The insurance will with one signature make it legal again and auction it off, Some dude buys it for dirt cheap in the auction, And honest man is the only one who gets scammed.

So now Rory has lost over £91K on motor vehicles, get some help lad.

So... I'm assuming the chances of getting Martin on the podcast in the future have slightly diminished? 😅

10:45 "Do you know who you got it from?" "There's definitely no video evidence. Please don't look us up on youtube, thanks" 😂

Martins sitting on that yacht watching this, laughing like the mad man he was... 😂

Leuvenlife said.. the accent is wrong, but fùçk me, the drawing is spot on. 😂

The police are great when you do their job for them. Straight out to pick it up. When you get burgled they don’t even bother coming out.

Might be best checking the Range Rover vin whilst they’re at it!

Watching this motorcycle being taken away on a huge transporter truck brought back memories of 2011, when I went bankrupt. I was told by the official receiver that I would have to give up my 'project' Yamaha XJ600 because it was seen as a luxury item, and would be auctioned off to help towards my creditors. I tried to argue the case, and offered to pay market value to retain it, but the official receiver was having nothing of that! Come the bleak day that the bike was seized. Some guy in a massive low loader turns up, that looks like it could haul off a double decker bus, and when I showed him the bike he was seizing, he said to me, 'how much did you offer to buy back this bike?' I replied '£150' as that was probably all that bike was worth at that time. The truck driver then responded 'It's costing the official receiver four times that much for me to recover it!' Go Figure!

I had my bike stolen years ago. Had to catch the thief myself as it was someone I knew. Waited 2hrs for police to show up at his nans place. The police took the bike, even though it was roughed up it was still driving.. I was naive and young and thought okay I can get the full amount back from court because it wasn't a very good bike anyway - i thought I'd just get the full amount. Haven't seen a single cent of course, guy is active on facebook posting pics of his cars but has no income to pay anyone :) Bike went to the police and disappeared, so it got stolen twice really the comment "police are coming to steal the bike again" is spot on lol. shoulda just taken it back instead of looking for "justice" and have never contacted the police for anything after that.

That bike has already been paid out by the insurance company, The police will just put it in a stolen and recovered auction.Probably be able to buy it back in a month or two for a few hundred quid! 😂

A friend of mine once bought a car from a used car dealership. About half a year later a police knocked on his door and said the dealership is under an investigation regarding fraudulent sales. They took his car. A year later they told him that his car is not one of the shady deals so he can come pick it up. Since it was sitting in some lot without being started or moved for a year the battery was dead but the bonnet was a bit tricky to open so it took him almost a full day to get into it and start the car. On his way home a hog ran out of the woods where my friend was driving home (about 5 miles away from home) and the car ended up totalled. The hog managed to do a backflip, a side flip, and a double twist with proper langing. RIP car and hog

The one episode a car vertical ad, we get a Carly ad haha

Funny how the police were there so quick when the case is solved and handed to them on a plate. But if your car gets nicked they dont even turn up you just get a crime ref number and told to deal with it. All about hitting them quotas 'We recovered XXX stolen bikes this year, everyone pat yourselves on your backs!'

As one of the people who commented that it was stolen, just wanted to say it wasn’t that I wanted to see you fail quite the opposite in fact, hopefully you’ll now also save someone else making the same mistake too. 👍

Am I the only one thinking Martin sold stolen goods and should be reimbursing Rory.

I’m an avid watcher of your contents but please stop endorsing Carly as they have taken my money but didn’t receive the obd and can’t refund due to it’s terms and conditions

Owner of the bike would be the insurance company... ffs unlucky Rory

oh dang is Martins Manor a chop shop 😂

word of warning on the Carly thing, only do one mod/system change each time, if you do a whole bunch of them at the same time it can brick the ECU, speaking from experience, and there are plenty of youtube vids to that effect

Martin has some good gypsy friends

Rory was right in that as the previous owner was paid out for the stolen bike, the ownership of then transfers to the insurance company. If the stolen bike's ever found (as it was here) the police will seize it and return it to the rightful owner (the insurer) to then do with what they want. As the bike has been tampered with, they will probably have it crushed as there is no way to sell it on considering all the VIN markings stamped on the bike belong to a completely different bike. The best that could happen is the insurer sells it to a trusted breaker to break it down for spare parts, then crush the frame.

Inb4 the Range Rover is stolen as well

Wasn't the bike purchased in the video from that person at the farm?? That seller has the liability , because that is selling stolen goods. Surely theft clearance and disposal is primarily a seller's duty , not absolutely a buyer's onus. 👍

I'd like to say unlucky, but there were plenty of red flags from the very beginning unfortunately. Fair play for doing the right thing, though unfortunately due to the tampering and the fact it's likely been through insurance already, it will probably be scrapped (or maybe auctioned) by the insurers for it's past, a mega shame to see a practically new and completely functional bike go like that... IF it's auctioned, maybe buy it back for the content? 😂

Poor Rory's mum Jackie she must be disgusted with Rory's form on buy cars and bikes I bet that new robot lawn mowers stolen as well😂 😂😂😂

I swear people are thick. They used car vertical, checked the stamped VIN and reg - it came back as not stolen but categorised. Only when KTM scanned the ECU and found the hidden vin, they found the vin had been changed and was infact stolen. There was no way of knowing the bike was stolen without going to KTM direct and 99 percent of people commenting wouldn't of done that. End of the day, they are the victims ( as well as the geeza who had his brand new bike robbed )😂

Keep an eye on copart for stolen recovered KTMs. It can be reissued the original VIN and sold at auction. Not sure it will be worth the legwork for the insurance company on a £2k bike but happens with cars all the time.

Who knew an “Eccentric” geezer who lives in a manor in Scotland would sell you a stolen motorbike.

😂😂 gd old shady martin

Martin well and truly had you over 😂

Hey guys I was one of the original commenters, said I hoped you were just taking the time to tell the story properly. Glad to see you followed up as I thought you should, some lessons learned to be sure but this really can happen to anyone. Thanks for including bikes in your content!

This happened LEGALLY a long, long time ago. A friend had a 1965 BSA 650 but, when he had it checked and overhauled after a few years ownership, it was a 1970 rear suspension unit. He panicked and thought it was dodgy. But it turned out to be a BSA sanctioned "you don't have a 65' unit, with a few tweaks, you can fit a 70's unit instead, and it's perfectly legal" work around. Relief and doubles all round!

Very honest of you gents! Most people (not me ofcourse) would have stripped it for parts and chucked the rest in the scrap!

DONT BUY CARLY - HIDDEN COSTS - HIDDEN COSTS - HIDDEN COSTS. Think its a good deal? Not after all the hidden costs like MONTHLY Subscriptions etc etc. CONLY not carly

I nearly passed out not seeing Car Vertical in this episode

So back in the 1960s in America trailer manufacturers didn't have to put a unique VIN(Vehicle Identification Number) on every trailer; they used 1 VIN per week or so. Fast forward to the 1990s and I bought my Dad a little used 1960s pop-up camper in California. I'd bought it on a Saturday from a rancher, and it's now Monday morning(ie, about 48 hours). We took it to do the papers at the DMV(Department of Motor Vehicles). They ran the VIN, and it came back stolen. Next thing I know I'm handcuffed in front of my three children by CHP(California Highway Patrol) and DMV is calling to have the trailer seized. Neither the CHP nor the DMV would listen to my explanation. That's when Dad stepped in. Question 1 to the DMV supervisor: "when and where was it stolen?" His answer: "two days ago in Virginia Beach, Virginia". Right then the CHP officers started getting a bit uncomfortable, as Virginia Beach is just shy of 3000 miles away from where we were(Lodi, California) and is a 40-45 hour non-stop drive. Question 2 to the DMV supervisor: "what is the description of the trailer?" His answer: "motorcycle trailer with ramp." Now they're really worried, as they are looking at a fully functional pop-up tent trailer. Dad tells them about the "1 VIN for multiple frames" process as well, but they refuse to believe us. They call the Sergeant, who calls the Officer on Duty. As their Lieutenant arrives, a man about my Dad's age comes over and shakes hands all around. He introduces himself as a retired CHP Captain and former head of the VIN inspection department. The Officers and DMV agent begin explaining about the stolen trailer thing. Before they can even finish the retired Captain raised his hand and asked the exact same questions my father had. After they answered, he asked the Officers if they truly thought that I could've stolen the trailer, modified it, and driven it across country in 48 hours. Now they're REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE. The Lieutenant, the DMV supervisor, and the retired Captain step away for a few moments. When they return, the Lieutenant directs the officers to remove the handcuffs and tells me that my Dad will have his new title and plates as soon as DMV can get them assigned. Although everyone handled themselves professionally and with courtesy, I lost most of my faith in 'civilian' government officials that day.

My dad who was in the motortrade 30+ years got caught on a Ford transit we took back in P\x did all the checks all the chassis engine numbers all matched up sold the van little while after police came around checking everything in stock. Lot stress on the family. I would be worried about the Range Rove as well

Those animations of the comments from the "everything wrong with" video were hilarious, well played guys 😂😂

You guys are a true gentleman hope the owner will get his bike back and you get your money😊

Stolen vehicules suck big time. Very sorry to hear that, we bought a van a last year, a 2022 model, 1 month after the purchase 4 cop cars showed up at the door looking for the owner. Turns out the documents were forged and the car was owned by a rental company that reported it stolen after our purchase. It's been nearly a year, we still have the van but have been advised by the police not to take it out of the country.

The police will just chuck it in to auction the insurer will have already written it off as total loss go and buy it again 😂

4:45 bro got bit by a vampire

Good that someone will likely get their bike back - albeit likely an insurance company. However if you're bike were stolen you would want the bike returned too so it's good in a way that the system works like that. Moral of story - check these things more carefully in the future to avoid similar disappointments.

More bike stuff? You mean jack and Ethan finally doing their CBT. Now the autoalex umbrella is their boss they kind of have to 😂

Irrelevant, but true: in my home country Hungary 🇭🇺 you MUST bring every used motor vehicle to a paid vehicle check before you get the new V5 on your name. It’s mandatory by law. The cost is £35-50/vehicle, it’s called: Eredetiség vizsgálat. I worked 5+ years in that position where we checked the primary and secondary VIN numbers, engine number, and other hidden information (not including ECU data). We had metal X-ray to filter out the hand made or welded VINs, but mostly based on many years of experience and VIN databases. This is how they try to filter out many of the cloned Eastern European cars, vans and bikes. The failed vehicles are impounded and investigated by the police. They got automatic silent alert while the car is still in the test centre. (On a side note: that’s why the obvious clones are never got to the test centres, and stuck on the name of the previous owner forever).

Martin’s in-trouble! 😂

The Home of Financial Mistakes should be a shirt at this stage.

Rory what you needs to do is get on to Taylor's new mates that sold him the Beemers & head to see Martin in Scotland! 🤣😂🤣

Love the content but this one serves you right in all honesty. The flags were there at the beginning, you choose to ignore the flags and not do the propper checks.. you even said it was dodgy.. lesson is if it feels it aint right it usually isn't.

The fact that he had to edit the parts of himself riding the bike and looking happy in the same video where the bike is taken away, is PURE GOLD!

10:19 Edwin strolling past 😂

No doubt will be sold by the insurance company on Copart in a few months :D

Would love to have seen the face of that lady on the police hotline thing when Rory was telling her the story. She probably knows about VIN's n Reg's n stuff. But KTM this, ECU that.... *glazed over*

Martin opened up his yard and no doubt now, he’ll regret it as the plod should be paying him a visit.

My son had a similar problem , he bought an old KTM that had sat in a shed for 10 years. He checked the number plate and VIN and there was no sign of a problem. Until that is he double checked with KTM so still no sign of a problem and decided to re -register it under it's existing plate. He had started to rebuild it, replaced parts and was almost at the start up stage when he got a knock at the door from plod. A tow truck was on it's way as it WAS a stolen vehicle. Luckily plod allowed him to take of the most expensive parts off and put back the old ones. He did get an update from the police, they questioned the seller but he had bought it from a friend some years previously, the friend was no longer around so my son lost what he paid for the bike but was luckily able to use the parts.

Id be checking the Range Rover after this to be fair lmao

Please explain... You ran a car vertical check on this before buying that didn't show it was stolen, but now it does? Am I misunderstood or is the check useless?

You should file a complaint with the police and insurance company, you bought the vehicle in good faith.

I'm so happy to see Phil is hanging around still. You gave that car a personality, and I love it.

Well done Rory *very, very, VERY slow clap*

Funny there’s no car vertical d on this episode 😂

For the ones saying that Car Vertical didn't got the correct info, please watch the video properly, the VIN in the frame is from a clean bike so of course will pass Car Vertical checks. The VIN from the stolen bike is the one in the ECU that Car Vertical actually said it was from a stolen bike, and the only way to acess that one VIN is with a proper bike diagnostic machine that KTM used as they are not out in the wild as much as car ones. So actually Car Vertical worked very well.

For everyone moaning about Car Vertical… if you actually watched the video when they purchased the bike you’d know they did one using the VIN and the REG etc.

On the plus side, you’ve got a new vehicle to use during the car vertical ads for ones to avoid…. 😂

Have you guys heard of car vertical?

The biggest give away is the dash. They didn't have TFT on a 2012. But I love how this video isn't sponsored by Car Vertical 😂😂😂

10:20 A wild Edwin walks by...

There will be more motorbike stuff but Rory isn’t allowed to be doing the purchasing 🤣

Am I dreaming a car video on RU-vid that isn’t sponsored by car vertical

1:50 as far as I know on these bikes the seat „lock“ is not actually a lock. You can open any seat with any key. At least it worked on mine and a friends bike (Both KTMs)

You should talk to Martin with cameras off.

Should have run a car vertical check before buying it!

Well done for doing the right thing, it can be hard sometimes.. and expensive 😖

It's sad to have spent all that money and time on it, but you did the right thing in the end. Hope it all works out!

Now you guys need to do a video explaining to people that leaks a bit of grey matter why this wasn't a Car Vertical fault...

are you not gonna try and get your money back from martin for selling you a stolen bike? i mean you’ve got it all on camera so there’s clear evidence of the sale.

Well done for being honest and another well done to the KTM chap for helping you out and letting you film. If you ever see an MZ and look at the frame number genuine ones look like they were stamped by a drunk, if they are in line be suspicious!

This was one of the funniest v2 videos yet - especially the last 2 minutes! Another one to chalk up on Rory's mistake list and the bike gets returned to its rightful owner, presumably the insurer that paid out so in that sense the purchase was an amazing success, well done.

Car Vertical would’ve been the perfect sponsor

Well, at least you guys had the balls to come clean. Onwards and upwards 🏍️

Keep an eye out for it on Co-part, might get it back for cheap 🤷🏻‍♂️

Hope you gave the old bill the address u bought it from. that place looked well shady from the off. Is the Range Rover a ringer as well?

A wild Edwin appears: 10:20

How did you get my accent so well 🤦🏻‍♂️

The only winner in this is the insurance company who would have insured against loss anyway. They now have a free bike. If it was sold and bought in good faith then I think you can claim it as your property if you push for it

Glad gareth is back on vids absolutely love when hes in the vids.

People are commenting on this like you should have known it was stolen, I'm not an expert, but modified parts doesn't necessarily scream stolen does it? It could just as easily have had parts changed for personal aesthetic preferences. That's not exactly a smoking gun is it? Everything came back legit, obviously some shenanigans were done to conceal the original theft. I'm not trying to be clever, but I'm not sure how people are pinning blame on you guys for not knowing it was stolen before you knew it was stolen. That's some really odd backwards logic to me. I'm genuinely up for someone telling me what I'm missing, if I'm missing something. It's always good to arm yourself with as much info as possible, especially when it comes to what to look for in stolen merchandise. Either way, sorry for the loss on that purchase, sucks. But could have happened to anyone IMO. Chin up chaps. 🙏✌️

Shows how easily carvertical can be bypassed!

I love car and bike content, but this makes for a much more interesting story than the traditional "bought old bike, fixed, and now it runs again" kind of video 🍿 sorry for your loss, Rory. 🙃

A bitter sweet one there... Damn. Aside from that, I've got a 2003 Jaguar XJ with the same steering column adjustment knob. Funny how parts bins just keep being used. However, my '03 car has electric pedals whereas your newer car doesn't look to have that. So, when's the next bike coming...?!

Bit of a sarcastic animated sequence of viewers just pointing out what turned out to be true. Seemed like you were taking the mick out of them for pointing out you made a bad choice.

Car vertical: can we sponsor you Alex and you run an ad in every video explaining how good it is to do a carvertical check prior to buying a vehicle. Alex: yea no problem I'll take the cash! But never ever use it myself! 😂

Not trying to be funny, I love all the content you guys put out and wish you every success, but if something sounds too good to be true, it often is! It seemed incredibly sketchy at the time before you bought it and you all raised concerns. It’s all great letting the police get involved now, but it genuinely came across like you all knew something wasn’t right from the moment you looked up the VIN! From a pessimistic perspective, it looks like you bought it because you knew you could make car vertical content about the bike and then bit off more than you could chew. Some guy has lost his pride and joy over this:/ that’s some poor man’s Phil that was taken from him…

Lads BEFORE I by a bike I always use car vertical to check if its stolen. Priceless boys love it lol

The moral of the story?…. Get a full license and don’t ride 125s

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