| The dirt bike culture is booming in Australia and more | | | | Australia's National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction |
| people are choosing to spend their weekends carving | | | | Council has done a study into motor vehicle thefts and |
| up the countryside on off-road bikes than ever before. | | | | found that about 1 in ten stolen vehicles is a motorbike. |
| But with the increase in off-road bike sales also | | | | In addition to this less than a quarter of these are |
| comes the inevitable increase in dirt bike thefts, and | | | | actually recovered, whereas actual cars have a |
| with many people not realising the importance of bike | | | | recovery rate of around 80 percent. These alarming |
| insurance quite a widespread problem is occurring in | | | | figures, combined with the increase in the number of |
| that people aren't covered for these thefts. | | | | motorcycle thefts themselves, highlight the need for dirt |
| Off-road bike owners often don't realise the | | | | bike insurance. |
| importance of bike insurance. Most dirt bikes aren't | | | | Another, often overlooked, side of bike insurance is |
| kept on public roads, but locked in garages which gives | | | | that you can get extras which not only cover your |
| the assumption of safety. The biggest "cost" that | | | | riding gear, but also any items that you have stored |
| riders generally associate with their bikes is that they'll | | | | and locked in the bike's panniers. This can include |
| get involved in a small crash while out riding. As the dirt | | | | cameras, laptops and music players. So if your |
| bikes are built to handle these small accidents with | | | | equipment, but not the actual bike, get stolen, you'll still |
| minimum damage, the need for motorcycle insurance | | | | be covered. |
| is often dismissed as an unnecessary cost. | | | | |