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