At the very least I would contact Craigslist and make sure he's blacklisted for selling stolen property.

they will soon arrest the original owner.

I sure hope that was the thief and not some poor schmuck that had bought it and realized it wasn't the right fit and tried to cut his losses. Glad the owner found his bike though.

The laws are on the side of thiefs for trying to make a buck anyway they can. Police should ticket the owner for hurting the thiefs feelings. Thats the way it is in the U.K when they take your rights away. Uphold the second amedment join the NRA.

This is why I could not be in L/E. You know who I would held accountable. Thanks for giving the idea, it might not of been this guy that stole it.

Based upon 2 different tires was enough for this guy to make a judgement call that this was his bike?

I used to think I had a really unique looking car until I saw someone in a parking lot trying to use a key to get into it and stopped them.

Their car was parked a couple of rows over and they couldn't figure out why the automatic thingy didn't work and the key didn't do anything.

They had the exact same car,same year, same trim, same rims, same tire brand, same tire SIZE (mine are over-sized ), same interior color. We kept them in really good shape, so it was hard to tell the difference!

Maybe this guy has the right bike..........errrr....maybe not?

He made a judgement call not solely on the tires, but also by seeing the bike itself. His bike was custom built, which means it was designed to his specifications and body build. Each custom bike is unique because of this and anyone who has one can tell their bike right away. The "seller" should be happy that the police were too busy, and the police who were too busy should be fired.

Most idiot owners don't record them

...the thief knows where the guy lives (maybe not the exact condo, but that could be observed I'm sure).

I guess the Krispy Kreme was having a two for one sale.

so if police were involved, the owner would have had to prove the bike was his. I don't doubt that the owner recognized his bike..despite what other's here imply..custom bikes are different than cars parked in the same row in a dark parking garage... I've customized a bike, and I would know without a doubt if it was mine or not. If the seller was actually not the thief... and I bet he probably wasn't, then did the real owner do the right thing? I'm going to say...yes.. buyer beware that you've got a stolen piece of property. I'd like to hear a follow up from the seller.