Why do motorcycles get stolen more than cars per capita?

Motorcycles are stolen at a disproportionately high rate compared to cars, and the reasons are mostly physics and economics:

• They're light. Two or three people can lift most bikes into a van in under a minute — no key, no defeating the ignition, no driving skills required. You can't do that with a sedan.
• Weaker built-in security. Cars have shipped with immobilizers, alarms, and an enclosed locked cabin for decades. Many motorcycles come with little more than a flimsy steering lock.
• They part out easily. A bike breaks down into small, valuable, hard-to-trace components — wheels, exhausts, fairings, electronics — that sell fast in anonymous marketplaces.
• They're easy to hide. A stolen bike fits in a van, a garage, or behind a fence. A stolen car has to live on the street wearing its plates.
• Recovery rates are lower. Bikes that vanish into the parts trade rarely resurface, which keeps the risk-reward math attractive for thieves.

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