One good thing about cheap disc lock beside the price

**erix** · 29th October 2007, 19:40

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.

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

**Squiggles** · 29th October 2007, 21:39

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

Gotta get me a strip one too

**johnnyflash** · 29th October 2007, 21:58

try one of these, alarmed models, stainless steel...
http://www.cycletreads.co.nz/content...l&entryPK=1076,

**unhingedlizard** · 30th October 2007, 06:50

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** · 30th October 2007, 07:00

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** · 30th October 2007, 11:13

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.......

**Headbanger** · 30th October 2007, 12:21

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** · 30th October 2007, 12:35

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · 30th October 2007, 12:43

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** · 30th October 2007, 12:52

Originally Posted by 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!!

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!!

**jim.cox** · 30th October 2007, 14:48

Originally Posted by 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!!

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

**breakaway** · 30th October 2007, 15:51

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

**Weaver** · 30th October 2007, 20:04

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** · 31st October 2007, 05:23

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** · 31st October 2007, 15:26

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