How do you lock your bike up... suggestions appreciated

[XP@]

I leave the keys in the ignition.

The psychic link i have with my bike notifies me when anyone is thinking about stealing it.

[sAsLEX]

take a big 1.8m Abus armoured chain thing around the rear wheel swingarm and over the seat, could still pick it up and chuck it in a van.

[Big Dave]

I use a manum cable lock if I'm out on the town.
It fits in the saddlebags - or i just wear it like a sash (Miss Biker 1959) - but it works and i feel more relaxed when it's titanium cabled to a post.

Surprised nobody has mentioned these either.
www.grip-lock.com
Excellent part of a solution too.

[Big Dave]

I leave the keys in the ignition.

The psychic link i have with my bike notifies me when anyone is thinking about stealing it.

you need a new script writer.

[Big Dave]

Don't forget to Aradite the wheels to the pavement or they'll just pick it up and biff it on the back of a ute.

you need one worse

[Wolf]

Surprised nobody has mentioned these either.
www.grip-lock.com
Excellent part of a solution too.

That looks cool - harder to forget about than a disc lock. You'd still want to chain/D-lock the bike to something solid, but it looks like it would have great deterent value on top of other safety precautions - put it well and truly into the "too-hard" basket.

I see from the site that Boyds here in Hamilton stocks them.

[skidMark]

i just put an alarm on mine 2 days ago and i lock it up with a keyed bike lock as well lets c them try take it now the alarm is gunna give them a great suprise

[Big Dave]

That looks cool - harder to forget about than a disc lock. You'd still want to chain/D-lock the bike to something solid, but it looks like it would have great deterent value on top of other safety precautions - put it well and truly into the "too-hard" basket.

I see from the site that Boyds here in Hamilton stocks them.

Exactly.
Kiwi designed and manufactured too.

[Wolf]

Exactly.
Kiwi designed and manufactured too.

Cool! I'll look into one when I get my bike back on the road. Rogues and Hawks Suzuki also stock 'em, I see.

[Jantar]

I leave the keys in the ignition...

This is probably the best deterent of all. Any thieves think that its the bait in a sting operation and wont touch it.

[Wolf]

This is probably the best deterent of all. Any thieves think that its the bait in a sting operation and wont touch it.

Wander up the street, see the bike with the keys hanging out of the ignition, start looking around suspiciously trying to work out where the camera is hidden...

[scumdog]

Wander up the street, see the bike with the keys hanging out of the ignition, start looking around suspiciously trying to work out where the camera is hidden...

Had to eventually point out to my bro that the little silver gizmo was not put on the bike by the factory so he had a convenient leave to put his keys and that there WAS a point in being able to remove said keys!!

[sels1]

Or, as I did last Saturday week for Trashy's leaving do, I park it next to a newer looking bike (in this case Sels1's BMW) in the hope they'll steal that first

Just as well I left early and left your one all alone......

[rfc85]

was in bunnings the other day and they had these things that looked like handcuffs but on a larger scale that had heavy bike chain between the 2 cuffs. they were fairly compact an looked like they would be hard to cut off course you would need something to lock them too but they would fit around the chassis or forks no sweat-only haveing a gn250 nobdy wants to steal it

[Wolf]

only haveing a gn250 nobdy wants to steal it

Unless they want parts for their GN250. Have you never been in someone's clapped-out car when another car - same make and model, much better condition - goes past? The most uttered words under those conditions are: "Hmmmm, spares..."