<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorcycles/" rel="tag">Motorcycle</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-honda-motorcycles/"><img alt="Honda motorcycles are stolen the most in America." data-credit="Honda" data-mep="37667" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/1280x722+0+0/resize/628x354!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/adam/50bfb985dd10a068ac474a9d15057903/01-2012-honda-vfr1200f.jpg" /></a><br />
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It comes as no surprise that Honda's <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/civic/">Civic</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/accord/">Accord</a> are <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/20/honda-accord-civic-named-most-stolen-cars/">the most stolen cars in America</a>, but as it turns out, thieves like the company's motorcycles the most too, according to a study by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). Out of the 46,061 two-wheelers stolen in 2012, 9,082 of them were Hondas. While that's bad news for Honda motorcycle owners, at least motorcycle theft went down slightly from 2011, which had 46,667 reported thefts. Motorcycle theft recoveries, on the other hand, were just 39 percent.<br />
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/yamaha/">Yamaha</a> is up next in the theft rankings (7,517), then <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/suzuki/">Suzuki</a> (7,017). The numbers drop a bit for fourth and fifth place, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/kawasaki/">Kawasaki</a> (4,839) and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/harley-davidson/">Harley-Davidson</a> (3,755). These five brands are far and away the most stolen motorcycles: sixth place, apparently held by scooter, dirtbike and ATV maker Taotao, dropped to 914 theft reports.<br />
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California had the most reported thefts (6,082), followed by Florida (4,110), Texas (3,400), North Carolina (2,574) and Indiana (2,334). By city, New York City had the most reported thefts (903), followed by Las Vegas (757), San Diego (633), Indianapolis (584) and Miami (535.<br />
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It would seem that motorcycle thieves usually prefer to steal in places with year-round warm weather - New York City aside - and weather plays another role in the number of thefts since thefts are most likely to take place in July, followed by August and June. February is when motorcycles are least likely to be stolen, followed by January and December.<br />
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