Best way to secure my bike from theft?

[crystalball]

Have found a nice rental for me but have to park my bike outside my door but still in some view of main road. What is a good way to help prevent theft. I do not have a pole to lock it to. Thinking mayby getting a alam fitted but not sure on how much it would cost. also a bike cover even tho sounds annoying to put on and take off. Mayby a good bike chain lock. Anyone had to get something for your bike outside and what are your thought about it. Thanks!:niceone:

[Hitcher]

Put it under a cover as well as using whatever locks and chains you feel necessary. Out of sight is out of mind.

[steve_t]

Cover and chain sounds good. Alarm maybe.

Like many other reports on the internet, I have a Xena Alarmed Disc lock which goes off for no reason all the time - I do not recommend them. If you do get a disc lock, get a reminder cord or doohickey to go on the throttle. Many a biker has forgotten the lock is on there and tried to ride off.

If they REALLY wanna steal your bike, it's gonna go. Just do what you can to make it too much work to be worth the effort

[crystalball]

Cover and chain sounds good. Alarm maybe.

Like many other reports on the internet, I have a Xena Alarmed Disc lock which goes off for no reason all the time - I do not recommend them. If you do get a disc lock, get a reminder cord or doohickey to go on the throttle. Many a biker has forgotten the lock is on there and tried to ride off.

If they REALLY wanna steal your bike, it's gonna go. Just do what you can to make it too much work to be worth the effort

yes 2 days after i brought a past bike i went to ride of after work with workmates watching and crunch wrecked right disc 400 dollars to get new one. so I wont use disc locks anymore lol

[Ocean1]

Wee battery powered electric fence power source. Cheap as chips.

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[crystalball]

Wee battery powered electric fence power source. Cheap as chips.

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lol yes sounds great but i wont as probaly be me that forgets and gets the

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[Flip]

Nothing says "Yea right mate" to a bike thief like a 12 gauge.

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[misterO]

Get a Honda DN-01. You can even leave the starter key in it, no worries.

[SMOKEU]

Buy a Lada.

[DangerMice]

get a ninja squirrel to go under the bike cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vT12MTZmJT0

[scumdog]

At night attach the chain/bike cover to lots of noisy empty tins so's any movement makes lots of noise.

Only works if your bedroom is real close to the bike.

[unstuck]

Chain it to the house.:yes:

[jim.cox]

Have found a nice rental for me but have to park my bike outside my door but still in some view of main road. What is a good way to help prevent theft. I do not have a pole to lock it to. Thinking mayby getting a alam fitted but not sure on how much it would cost. also a bike cover even tho sounds annoying to put on and take off. Mayby a good bike chain lock. Anyone had to get something for your bike outside and what are your thought about it. Thanks!:niceone:

As someone else said if they really want your bike they will get it. The idea is to make it really really hard for them

You need to lock the bike to something - even with a disk lock it can be picked up or dragged into a van. - there are some youtube videos that show just how quickly that can happen

I'd suggest setting a good ground anchor and then locking the bike frame (not wheels) to that with a proper hardened chain. But be aware that even that sort of chain can be cut - again go search youtube for some examples.

[oneofsix]

Thieves don't like to risk being noticed and they want the quick result. Combine Jim's idea of a good ground anchor and strong chain with scumdog's noisy tin cans, attach them to the chain, and you will be about as safe as you are going to get in the circumstances.

[The Pastor]

sell the bike.

[Scuba_Steve]

Just get a couple of Russian guards. Drunk Russians with AK47's, your bike should be safe :yes:

[crystalball]

I will get a bike cover and a oxford chain lock (where is best place to put chain lock tho? )with a noisey rattly tin attached to cover and chain (thinking what it might be like in the wind tho ) I like the idea of anchor to the ground but have nothing to do that with as just concrete and no poles around. Well i cant let my bike rule my thoughts even tho 2 wheels is my ride from now on. I have insurance so thats a peace of mind and at least if anything does happen I can say I did try to lock it up.

[Sable]

Nah fuck all that. Just smear faeces on it.

[crystalball]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/parts-for-sale/other/auction-422197300.htm Thinking this might be a help. Just also thinking how would i get the bolts into the concrete :scratch:

[steve_t]

Ground anchors a good idea. Again, it's all just a deterent. If they really want your bike

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[crystalball]

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Ground anchors a good idea. Again, it's all just a deterent. If they really want your bike

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year hopefully it will be a deterance.

[unstuck]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/parts-for-sale/other/auction-422197300.htm Thinking this might be a help. Just also thinking how would i get the bolts into the concrete :scratch:

They are just dyna bolts basically, Drill a hole,push em in,do em up viola.:msn-wink:

[ynot slow]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/parts-for-sale/other/auction-422197300.htm Thinking this might be a help. Just also thinking how would i get the bolts into the concrete :scratch:

Holy crap,it's true when you read in magazines the good old do it yourself kiwi bloke is dead(well in cities anyhow). Tools required(hire or borrow)Drill-electric and suitable masonary bit,hammer to tap bolt into place and screwdriver simple,oh and extension cord and rcd as well.

[pzkpfw]

A concrete block ("cinder block"?) either side of a wheel, with a decent cable/chain lock through wheel and blocks would help, without needing to do something permanent like dynabolting stuff into the pad (it's a rental). Be enough extra weight and clumsy/difficulty to carry to discourage some scum.

I've had someone move my bike at night, 'till the disc lock hit the frame. I guess they'd not seen the lock before they tried wheeling the bike away. So I'm now in favour of very visible security.

[crystalball]

A concrete block ("cinder block"?) either side of a wheel, with a decent cable/chain lock through wheel and blocks would help, without needing to do something permanent like dynabolting stuff into the pad (it's a rental). Be enough extra weight and clumsy/difficulty to carry to discourage some scum.

I've had someone move my bike at night, 'till the disc lock hit the frame. I guess they'd not seen the lock before they tried wheeling the bike away. So I'm now in favour of very visible security.

Yes i like your idea of not wrecking other peoples property. Will get something nice and heavey, meanwhile I will use a car rim and tyre untill get somethin better. Yes I know im not a handy man but im not shy on asking for help :msn-wink: Also I know its not a sort after bike to steal just want that feeling that I have done my best to lock it up. This is all i have of value and have worked hard to earn it, and am slowly saving my $$ again and down line sell this and get my dream bike softail or fatbob, Then it will be in a garage or the lounge. :cool:

[jellywrestler]

lol yes sounds great but i wont as probaly be me that forgets and gets the

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[SMOKEU]

I've heard that ordinary chain can be cut quite easily with bolt cutters, whereas some of those expensive push bike locks like this style here http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/cycling/parts-accessories/locks/auction-423565372.htm which are made from many thin wires wrapped around each other are much harder to cut since they tend to squash together instead of being cut easily like a single chain. Any truth to this?

[jim.cox]

I've heard that ordinary chain can be cut quite easily with bolt cutters, whereas some of those expensive push bike locks like this style here http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/cycling/parts-accessories/locks/auction-423565372.htm which are made from many thin wires wrapped around each other are much harder to cut since they tend to squash together instead of being cut easily like a single chain. Any truth to this?

Ordinary chain is easy to cut with bolt-cutters - try it in a hardware store near you

Fancy bike cable is hard to cut with bolt-cutters (which tend to be big and bulky) - but very very easy to cut with the right sort of cutters (which are small and easy to carry like scissors)

Hardened chain is the best answer

[Ocean1]

Hardened chain is the best answer

The chains in the video up there?

Were hardened.

If I was in the market for a thief-proof teather I'd be looking for a composite steel / kevlar cable.

Or if it was for home; a cheap chain dimensionally bigger than bolt cutters will open.

[scumdog]

Battery-powered cutting disc will do the trick.

Noisy but sure.

[porky]

Holy crap,it's true when you read in magazines the good old do it yourself kiwi bloke is dead(well in cities anyhow). Tools required(hire or borrow)Drill-electric and suitable masonary bit,hammer to tap bolt into place and screwdriver simple,oh and extension cord and rcd as well.

Yup he is dead as.......i blame all the pc legal types......now the fucker has to produce a health and safety statement and policy, identify the hazards, notify all affected persons and complete said task with steel caps, high viz, eye and ear protection and suitable breathing aparatus. He has to check with council bylaws that he is not going to exceed residential bda limits, nor end up in court with civil charges pending under a tort of nuisance from " drifting concrete dust". So yup pay some knuckle dragging monkey to do it. Then when the shit hits the fan you can blame him.

[ellipsis]

...lean a sheet of old tatty plywood on it, then lean a shovel on the ply...if it even looks like work , dishonest fucks will avert their eyes and scarper immediately....

[nathanwhite]

Put the bike on some fair sized sheet metal and put a rubber bung under the side stand. Solder heavy gauge wire to the sheet metal and clip on another cable to the frame of the bike. (maybe disconnect sensitive electronics first).
Run both cables out and away and plug them into mains power.
It'll only take one person to touch your bike to scare the rest off for good. :devil2: :laugh:

[CookMySock]

Dynabolt a length of 3/8" transport chain to the concrete and weld the nut on the top, and put a big-arse padlock on it. They wont get that off without an angle grinder!

It should be out of sight really..

[JustNick]

Put the bike on some fair sized sheet metal and put a rubber bung under the side stand. Solder heavy gauge wire to the sheet metal and clip on another cable to the frame of the bike. (maybe disconnect sensitive electronics first).
Run both cables out and away and plug them into mains power.
It'll only take one person to touch your bike to scare the rest off for good. :devil2: :laugh:

It sounds like an awesome cat "collector" :laugh:

[The Pastor]

the biggest thing is to make sure the chain is not lying against the ground. Having it hanging in the air makes it harder to cut through (cant leverage the bolt cutters against the ground, awkward angle etc.

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[baffa]

If I'm going away, I turn the fuel off, which would make it tricky to ride away if you're a rather stupid bike theif.

I think a good option would be bolting the bike to somthing very heavy, such as a car wheel filled with concrete.

[spinergy]

I have a disk lock and am going to get an alarm at some stage. More of a deterrent to stop opportunistic theft than anything.
Like people have been saying if someone wants to nick it they will.

That said I always liked the idea of diverting the HT leads to the seat....:devil2:

[pzkpfw]

I've seen a custom (in a magazine) which had a solenoid operated spike that stuck up from the seat when locked.


I've heard of bikes being nicked from well locked garages, when also dynabolted and chained and whatever else. The scum will take what they want if they try hard enough. So best you can do is be insured, and make sure to make it too hard for the opportunists to bother.

[akkadian]

The best way would be to weld the back wheel to a metal pole each night. No way they gonna shift it then. 2nd best, and my personal favourite, would be to ride it inside and park it in the kitchen. That way if you get on the piss with the boys you can do some awesome burnouts on the lino (before the mrs finds out and kicks your arse!!)

[pzkpfw]

1) Battery angle grinder.
2) They use your bike to nick your microwave.