Kailub Russellmultiple winner of the Progressive Grand National Cross Country (GNCC Racing) has been a victim these days in a robbery that seems taken from the scene of some movie in the style of “60 Seconds” or “Fast to Furious”. Basically because No less than 17 motorcycles have been stolen from his private garage.
Furthermore, the incident occurred at night when Kailub Russell and his family were resting at their residence. Apparently the criminals entered stealthily and took each and every one of the 17 competition units that the American champion owned on his property.
As he himself has reported in a video that he has uploaded to his social networks: “We were here sleeping, my room is about 23 meters away, I don’t know how I didn’t hear them.”
Kailub Russell asks for citizen help to find them
We imagine that the ruthless people who entered Kailub Russell’s home knew perfectly well what was inside and what their objective was. Furthermore, we are talking about competition motorcycles, which are difficult to market, even less so when they are the examples with which Russell had achieved his main sporting achievements in recent years.
These include, for example, his current Yamaha AmPro racing bikes and many of the KTMs on which he achieved racing glory. Apparently, Kailub Russell had posted an ad on Facebook Marketplace for one of the motorcycles he owned at the time. Soon a close friend notified him that someone close to him had had his motorcycle stolen shortly after publishing it on the famous advertisement portal.
According to details from Ride Apart, Kailub immediately deleted the advertisement, but it seems that it was not enough, since the theft of the aforementioned 17 motorcycles subsequently occurred. In fact, it was his wife who noticed the incident the next morning, quickly notifying Russell. He couldn’t believe it and explained: “All my championship bikes… They just disappeared. We’re all safe, but all my bikes are gone.”
In these delicate moments for the award-winning Yankee pilot, he himself has declared that he feels “extremely distressed” and hopes to be able to find the whereabouts of all or some of his motorcycles, since they are easily identifiable. Here we leave you the complete list that he has provided on his social networks:
- KTM 250 XC-F from 2010
- KTM 350-XCF from 2013
- 2014 KTM 350-XCF
- 2015 KTM 350XC-F
- 2015 KTM 250 SX-F Factory Edition
- 2016 KTM 350-XCF
- 2017 KTM 350 XCF
- 2018 KTM 350 XCF
- 2019 KTM 350 XCF
- 2020 KTM 350 XCF
- 2020 KTM 350 XCF Kailub Russell Edition
- Kawasaki KLX 110 from 2017
- Yamaha YZ65 (x2) from 2025
- Yamaha YZFX 250F from 2025
- Yamaha YZ 450 F from 2025
- Cobra Jr 50 from 2025
Russell says goodbye with a bitter statement in his official statement: “If you see any factory new KTMs, let me know. I’m going to need help.” Hopefully, with luck, he can recover that immense economic, but above all personal, heritage.
There is no doubt that 17 motorcycles have been stolen from him, but also an important part of his personal and professional life.
