Problem is the "condo owners" are the residents. Not like a rental apartment building, where a landlord owns the building. A condo building is owned by the condo corp, which is owned by the unit owners. Then they just hire a "management company or property manager".
So given that most of the residents don't own motorcycles, they aren't going to want to pay higher condo fees for "better security" for bikes. Many buildings have little or no security or may just have asecurity patrol that drives around the property and thru the garage once or twice per shift.
Of course as bike owners it is an important topic to us, but not to the general population or the police or the insurance companies. Bike insurance makes up a pretty small percentage of the business book an insurance company has. Bike theft is relatively small percentage of total crime. So just like lane splitting is a hot topic to the riding community, it isn't even on the radar of the average citizen or the gov't.
When there were a few condo buildings in the city it was easier for the police to monitor bike thefts, but now that there are thousands of developments not so much. Bike theives target condos because there is a higher likelihood of at least one bike being parked under gorund, as opposed to having to break into every single garage on a street and maybe not even finding one bike. So they go where their chance of sucess is greater and now they have thousands of "targets" to choose from.
Theives target "easy" work, that is why they target condos, that is why they target lightweight sports bikes, as opposed to say my 900 lbs cruiser. As a bike owner your never going to stop a determined thief, you can only "discourage them" to move to an easier target, 9which they will do because they KNW there is another easy target close by.
Is this motorcycle thief thing even on police radar? Do they even give a **** or are we making a big deal about it because its our hobby? My thought is "whats in it for them"? I have zero faith in cops to be able to do honest good cop work and put an end to this.
On a side, I think condo owners should be forced to provide far better security for their tenants or be held liable. No one is going to side with me for the liability thing, but the security they provide is negliable. What would it take to hire some teenagers, pay off a security guy and steal a motorcycle tonight from a Toronto condo? Nothing! What the hell is the punishment for stealing a bike anyways? If the police have a hard time stopping this from happening, are they just shrugging their shoulders and saying "nothing I can do"? Feels like it. There has got to be a better way to deal with this besides depending on un-reliable cops.
My motorcycle got stolen last night around 8:30pm from my condo parking at yonge and sheppard area. Cerveilance cameras show two men who appear young sneaking in behind a car down to the garage. 
