What do I do if I find my stolen motorcycle for sale?

Finding your own stolen bike in a marketplace listing is a gut punch — and a huge break. What you do in the next hour matters, so resist the urge to fire off an angry message.

• Document everything immediately. Screenshot the full listing, all photos, the price, the seller's profile, and save the URL. Listings vanish fast.
• Call the police with your existing case number and hand over what you found. Marketplace sales are one of the more workable recovery scenarios for them, because there's a live suspect who wants to meet buyers.
• Do not contact the seller. Any hint that the owner has found the listing and the ad disappears, along with the bike.
• Do not arrange a meet yourself. Showing up to "buy" your own bike puts you face to face with someone who may be dangerous, and grabbing it can create legal problems even though it's yours.

If police move on it, they may set up the meeting themselves or verify the VIN through the platform. Your job is evidence and patience. It's frustrating to wait when your bike is one message away, but a recovery that sticks — with charges attached — beats a confrontation that goes wrong.

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