One good thing about cheap disc lock beside the price

[erix]

Forgot to take the disc lock off, then ......... (as shown in the pic)
Check the front wheel disc and brakes, had no damage at all.
And the bike didn't even shake when this happen. :shit:

Lesson learned:
Buy a decent one with a strip on it.

[Squiggles]

i had a wire type chain round my swingarm and wheel and went to ride off once... noticed a momentary drop in power as i did so. Thankfully it was on the brake side (snapped on swingarm not on the chain) well, it didnt snap, the lock part broke into several pieces :eek5:

Gotta get me a strip one too :lol:

[johnnyflash]

try one of these, alarmed models, stainless steel...
http://www.cycletreads.co.nz/content/catalogueViewEntry.aspx?profilePK=all&entryPK=1076,

[unhingedlizard]

I use a disc lock, just always park it where I have to reverse it out first. Very embarasing when you forget but at least no damage!

[bull]

just put it as close to the caliper as possible - this way the wheel doesnt get more than an inch of rotation before you are stopped. Obviously make sure you put it on the correct side to match whichway you are going to take off though.

[nudemetalz]

Just do what I did once on the Guzzi. Reinstalled the rear wheel, not put the hub into the groove on the swingarm after a momentary lapse of concentration. Ride off, put the rear brake on, around the caliper goes, snaps the brake line and wedges the caliper into the swingarm locking up the back wheel.
Actually I DON'T recommend this.......:wacko:

[Headbanger]

For some strange reason this reminds me of an incident from a few years back, we were 2-up on a dirt bike blasting down a gravel road in a forest, Some militant greenie had moved a a couple strands of wire from a nearby fence, stretched it across the track, and wrapped it around a tree.

Anyhow, we hit it, didn't feel the actual impact with the wire, But we instantly felt the effects as it first whiplashed us, then wrapped itself around our legs and the back wheel.

Our feet were then dragged into the back wheel, which locked up solid and me, the rider, and the bike hit the dust and then went flipping down a gravel road ...all tied together as a solid unit.

A pretty sucky incident to tell ya the truth, we were lucky in that we were covered head to foot in safety gear including MX boots, so apart from a heap of bruising and swelling we lived.

Cunning stunts like that could easily kill.

[scumdog]

just put it as close to the caliper as possible - this way the wheel doesnt get more than an inch of rotation before you are stopped. Obviously make sure you put it on the correct side to match whichway you are going to take off though.


Same.
Plus by having it on the rear disc it is right beside the ignition switch on my FXDX - and since you have to bend down to put the key in (who the hell thought THAT was a good location!) you can't help but see the red disc-lock.

[Silage]

I have a length of string tied to my disc lock and on the end of the string is a bit of tastefully coloured (pink) ribbon which I wrap around a handle bar. Somehow I have never been seen trying to ride off with the lock attached!!

[scumdog]

I have a length of string tied to my disc lock and on the end of the string is a bit of tastefully coloured (pink) ribbon which I wrap around a handle bar. Somehow I have never been seen trying to ride off with the lock attached!!


No wonder you fag - I would be trying to hide the pink ribbon as quick as possible too if I had it on my lock!!:bleh:

[jim.cox]

I have a length of string tied to my disc lock and on the end of the string is a bit of tastefully coloured (pink) ribbon which I wrap around a handle bar. Somehow I have never been seen trying to ride off with the lock attached!!

I've got a big strip of orange cloth attached to my lock for the same purpose

[breakaway]

Steel Mate alarm - < NZ$70 landed. Contact kneescraper for more information.

[Weaver]

I have an Oxford wire lock. I run it through the back rim, through the pillion footpeg backet, and then around the main seat. This way theres no way i'll forget that its there

[popelli]

on one of my bikes the iginition is so easy to hot wire that I threw the keys away altogether, it was a 5 sencond job to hot wire the bike so why bother with an ignition key when an on off switch will suffice

the disk lock is the ignition key, simple discipline and it is a habit, lock bike when you hop off it and unlock it when you get back on the bike

[Tank]

I hadnt thought about this until I read this thread (The joys of being a newb). Some really helpful ideas - Im off to get some string / ribbon / etc so I dont end up face first in a pile of bike.

Thanks

C

[johnnyflash]

I hadnt thought about this until I read this thread (The joys of being a newb). Some really helpful ideas - Im off to get some string / ribbon / etc so I dont end up face first in a pile of bike.

Thanks

C

Just pop down to Cycletreds in barrys point rd and they have a stretchy (bright yellow) like a thick telephone cord made for the job, has a ring on one end to hook ontio the brake or clutch lever.. just a few bucks..

[homer]

I purchased one the same .It could be a fail safe ....designed to break
anyways i just leave a plastic shopping bag under the grab rail i put the disc lock in it then stuff it under the seat .
at least you dont forget it
:niceone:

[Headbanger]

Designed to break?

Lmao.

Good for the thieves then....

I suppose if something is of so poor quality that its unable to withstand even a slight force then it could be described as designed to break, though I highly doubt anyone would want such a lock.

That aside, I have to break into buildings quite often, Not only does the noise never bring anyone to have a look but a couple of whacks with a claw hammer is usually enough to break just about any padlock that isn't brand new.

[Storm]

That aside, I have to break into buildings quite often, Not only does the noise never bring anyone to have a look but a couple of whacks with a claw hammer is usually enough to break just about any padlock that isn't brand new.

So tell us, what exactly do you do then?

[Clivoris]

Rubber band kept around the lock when not in use. When in use it gets wrapped around the ignition key, preventing it from penetrating the barrel. No cords to wrap up and costs SFA.

[Coyote]

I had a bicycle chain around the front wheel of my VFR the day after I had got it. Forgot about it, fell over

[Headbanger]

So tell us, what exactly do you do then?

Break into random buildings searching for treasure..

..Nothing wrong with that is there?:clap:

[Arronduke]

I was at the Cold Kiwi some years ago and a bloke on a GSX was trying to ride off after some beers. His front tyre was in a hole and he could not get the front tyre out of the hole. He was dropping the clutch etc, we were pushing and he was dropping the clutch...... we gave up and he found a very mangled dics lock. it was so fu$ked that he could not unlock it.

Oh we had another beer and laughed at the dick weed.

[Dave_G]

Don't do this with a Krypton lock buddy, the replacement disc was farken expensive and it didn't even scratch the lock!

[Weaver]

Break into random buildings searching for treasure..

..Nothing wrong with that is there?:clap:


That is an awesome picture man

[Headbanger]

Yeah, I got that one blown up poster sized and printed out, shes now on the wall of our lunchroom.

[EnzoYug]

Don't do this with a Krypton lock buddy, the replacement disc was farken expensive and it didn't even scratch the lock!

I'm on my 4th bike - but my first Krypton lock. My old GN and FXR took a bad swing from it on different ocassions. GN just got a few dents - my FXR lost it's disc and -somehow- the speedo drive too.

[scumdog]

Break into random buildings searching for treasure..

..Nothing wrong with that is there?:clap:

Looks like an old freezing works, is it?

[Headbanger]

It is indeed, probably one of NZ's oldest, Though to keep that one interesting, it was and still is a fully operational freezing works.

All their services were running through the derelict buildings, The bottom floor of the building that digger is on was in use, the building right along side with the green roof is where they washed the pelts.

And asshole freezing workers were a constant hazard, Though we can put that down to a dozen generations of simple minded fools indulging in some inbreeding.