Best way to secure my bike from theft?

[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.

[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.

It sounds like an awesome cat "collector"

[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.

[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....

[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.