Pictured above is a Honda SH 350i, one of the most popular scooters in the Italian market. It, along with its smaller sibling, the SH 150, is also the most stolen motorcycle in Italy. Recent reports have shown that there has been a spike in motorcycle theft incidents in the European country, with a total of 31,138 two-wheelers consisting of motorcycles, scooters, and mopeds, stolen in 2022 alone.
The number is pretty alarming, considering that Italy is less than half the size of Texas. Italian motorcycling publication Moto.It did an excellent job of putting this figure into perspective. In a recent article, it highlighted that the 31,138 stolen motorcycles in 2022 could translate to more than 86 bikes stolen each day – or one bike every four hours. On top of all that, the number of bike thefts represents a 16.59-percent spike versus that of the previous year.
