My neighbor's motorcycle was stolen — is mine next?

Your concern is reasonable — but so is the calm version of it. Thieves do tend to work areas rather than single addresses: a crew that scores in your neighborhood has learned the lighting, the camera coverage, the police response time, and which streets have bikes. So a nearby theft genuinely does raise your short-term risk. It also hands you something your neighbor never got: warning.

Use the week wisely:

• Get the details. Ask your neighbor what was taken and how — lifted into a van? Rolled away? Garage entered? Defend against the actual method used.
• Remove your bike from the menu. Cover it so it's not identifiable, move it out of street view if possible, and chain it to something that doesn't move. Crews shopping a neighborhood pick the easiest visible target.
• Report and share. Make sure the theft is reported, and flag it in your local rider groups — patterns get crews caught.
• Add recoverability. A hidden motion-alert GPS tracker means that if they do come down your street, your phone knows the moment your bike moves, and police get a live location instead of a morning-after report.

Elevated risk plus early warning plus a hardened target usually equals a crew that moves on. Don't lose sleep — spend one afternoon on layers instead.

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