Mark Robert Harvey raised $1400 of the necessary $2273.13 through the sale of the bike, as proposed by Wollongong Local Court magistrate Michael Stoddart last month as a way for the Berkeley 23-year-old to prove his remorse.

At his June court appearance Harvey pleaded guilty to nine charges of dishonestly obtaining property by deception and one count of larceny, after admitting he used the credit cards of two strangers to buy more than $2000 worth of goods online in July last year.

Harvey found the first credit card in a Woolworths car park and used it to buy movie and entertainment downloads, credit for his mobile phone, a new motorbike helmet, goggles, pistons and a sticker kit.

He used details of a second card - found forgotten at a service station in Corrimal - to buy motorbike equipment and parts.

Mr Stoddart yesterday placed Harvey on a good behaviour bond for two years, taking into account a cheque he produced showing he had parted with the bike.

He was also ordered to pay $2273.13 compensation, with the $1400 cheque being the first instalment.

"To your credit, you've done that," said Mr Stoddart.