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Afternoon All
I had my bike (S1000XR) nicked from outside my house last year. I've got no drive or ability lock the bike to anything so the £$%$$£ simply lifted it and away it went. didn't even hear the alarm (assuming they stuck a wet towel over it). Since then, I've been really put off buying another as I have the same issue of not being able to fix the bike to anything.
I'm now really keen to get another one and have been racking my brains on the best home set up. I'm going to buy the top range chains and disk locks etc, but what about fixing to something? I heard about filling a bucket with concrete and putting a chain through it as a makeshift anchor. will make it awkward I guess.
I then thought that if I had a towbar on my car I could potentially fix it to that via a chain, so long as the towbar has a ring fitting I could get a chain through.
any other bright ideas welcome to prevent me becoming an 'ex-biker'
cheers!
I had my bike (S1000XR) nicked from outside my house last year. I've got no drive or ability lock the bike to anything so the £$%$$£ simply lifted it and away it went. didn't even hear the alarm (assuming they stuck a wet towel over it). Since then, I've been really put off buying another as I have the same issue of not being able to fix the bike to anything.
I'm now really keen to get another one and have been racking my brains on the best home set up. I'm going to buy the top range chains and disk locks etc, but what about fixing to something? I heard about filling a bucket with concrete and putting a chain through it as a makeshift anchor. will make it awkward I guess.
I then thought that if I had a towbar on my car I could potentially fix it to that via a chain, so long as the towbar has a ring fitting I could get a chain through.
any other bright ideas welcome to prevent me becoming an 'ex-biker'
cheers!
rxe said:
A DeWalt 54v angle grinder with a 1 mm slitting disk will cut through anything - and do it pretty quietly. No chain in the world will stop them. Unfortunately the only real answer is not to have nice things left on the street, they will just get nicked.
I hate to admit it, and it's not right, but I agree with this. If they want it they will take it. rxe said:
A DeWalt 54v angle grinder with a 1 mm slitting disk will cut through anything - and do it pretty quietly. No chain in the world will stop them. Unfortunately the only real answer is not to have nice things left on the street, they will just get nicked.
Pretty depressing state of affairsI’m sure there is a thread on here about a guy living in London with a scooter. He had all the security under the sun. Best locks you name it. They tried three times to take it. On one occasion they literally nicked the windscreen and akropovic exhaust off it. In the end I am sure he bought a transit and parked that on the street. Disabled the van (taxed and insured) and then put the scooter in the back of that and had it chained to the floor/chassis of the van. I remember that he was at the end of his wits with vandalism, attempted thefts, partial thefts of parts off the bike.
I feel for anyone who has nowhere to store stuff out of the public domain
I feel for anyone who has nowhere to store stuff out of the public domain
sjg said:
thats the way to do it!0ddball said:
Standard piston heads response: Try harder and do better in life so you can afford a house with a triple garage.
Why not simply re-train as an IT consultant, spend several years building up your own business, and then move. Why do people never think of these easy solutions?
If you’re on the street, it will come down to enough deterrents. Chain to a big bucket of concrete, multiple disc locks and chains, but if they want it, they’ll take it.
Either that or try to rent a garage.
I had my bike outside my garage, off the street and out to site. First year £600. This year £3200.
Now £800 garaged. All down to the thefts.
Either that or try to rent a garage.
I had my bike outside my garage, off the street and out to site. First year £600. This year £3200.
Now £800 garaged. All down to the thefts.
The standard advice never changes; you can’t stop a determined thief, the best that you can hope for is to stop them noticing your bike, or making them move on to the next one.
A cover helps with the first part, and the second means a lock and chain that takes effort, and then not letting them touch the ground. I’ve a chain larger diameter than the croppers that most scrotes carry, an anti-pinch pin, and very good locks.
I alsomoark in a very strong garage, with 24 hour CCTV and private security patrols and have still had five bikes stolen in recent years, so don’t beat yourself up over what you could have done last time.
Sadly I now can’t but the bikes I want as they are targeted, and have decided to to move away to somewhere hopefully safer.
Good luck.
A cover helps with the first part, and the second means a lock and chain that takes effort, and then not letting them touch the ground. I’ve a chain larger diameter than the croppers that most scrotes carry, an anti-pinch pin, and very good locks.
I alsomoark in a very strong garage, with 24 hour CCTV and private security patrols and have still had five bikes stolen in recent years, so don’t beat yourself up over what you could have done last time.
Sadly I now can’t but the bikes I want as they are targeted, and have decided to to move away to somewhere hopefully safer.
Good luck.
MB140 said:
I’m sure there is a thread on here about a guy living in London with a scooter. He had all the security under the sun. Best locks you name it. They tried three times to take it. On one occasion they literally nicked the windscreen and akropovic exhaust off it. In the end I am sure he bought a transit and parked that on the street. Disabled the van (taxed and insured) and then put the scooter in the back of that and had it chained to the floor/chassis of the van. I remember that he was at the end of his wits with vandalism, attempted thefts, partial thefts of parts off the bike.
I feel for anyone who has nowhere to store stuff out of the public domain
As above, I went far beyond that, including private security. I now cannot get anything other than Third Party only.I feel for anyone who has nowhere to store stuff out of the public domain
It stinks.
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