Rizla Suzuki bikes stolen from Croft – £10,000 reward for return
BOTH of Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne’s Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000K6 race bikes were stolen
last night from a locked garage at the Croft circuit in North Yorkshire. Rizla
Suzuki is offering a £10,000 reward for their safe return.
The bikes were garaged in preparation for the start of the official MCRCB two
day test at the circuit, due to start this morning. The team left the circuit
at around 20:00 and returned at 8:00 this morning to find the garage door open
and the two bikes missing along with parts and accessories. Airwaves Ducati and
Redbull Honda also had parts stolen last night. The police and circuit security
have been called to the scene and an investigation is underway.
Rizla Suzuki Team Manager Robert Wicks said: “The priority now is to try and
recover these stolen bikes. They are two very distinctive Rizla Suzuki race
bikes littered with hand-made parts and marked accessories that are useless to
anyone bar a Superbike race team. Even if the bikes are broken down the parts
will remain identifiable and we will do everything within our power to trace
them.
"We are giving our full co-operation to the police to find these bikes and bring
the thieves to justice. The team is offering a reward of £10,000 to anyone who
can help the police with their investigation that leads to the bikes being
recovered and the thieves successfully prosecuted. Anyone with any information
or suspicion should contact 01202-820170. Alternatively they can call the
police direct.”
The theft of the bikes scuppers the two day test for Shakey and the
team. “Shakey’s bikes were tailored to suit him with one-off fitments and
hand-built engines that took months to complete,” explained Robert. “To replace
these will be immensely difficult, it sets us and Shakey back a long way.
“The thieves who have stolen these bikes are not fans of the sport or friends to
motorcycling in any way, they are simply thieves. I urge anyone with
information to come forward and expose these thieves for the good of the team,
Shakey and the legions of BSB and race fans in this country.”
If you have any information on the whereabouts of the stolen bikes please call
Darlington Police on 0845-6060365 or Rizla Suzuki direct on 01202-820170 or
e-mail any information to
pressoffice@rizla-suzuki.co.uk. Any information
supplied in confidence will remain in confidence.
05-Jul-2006, 11:34 
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