Bike security/locks helps please!

[The Stranger:Me]

One of these

You mean a bike no one wants to steal?

[The Stranger:Me]

Yeah they are only about $800 a pair.

They can do some nasty damage if you forget about them and ride off... heard of someones break caliper actually snapping off at the mounts... dents in forks.. etc etc

Have heard of disk locks supposedly causing bent disks, but in the last 4 years of using a disk lock I have seen no evidence. I could perhaps understand if you put the lock on when the disk was bloody hot that it may cause damage, but usually if the disk is that hot you stand around talking shit and/or marvelling at how great you are for a while anyway, which will give it time to cool.

Sure some damage could occur if you pushed it or tried to ride off with the disk lock on, but if you have an alarm type lock, well you have to wonder if they don't have bigger problems.

Some turd tried to steal my GSXR. They cut the "uncuttable" cable with a hacksaw then dragged it past my bedroom window and down the road a ways and left it. The disk lock (non alarm type) damaged the front guard, but no other damage was evident.

I have also seen a guy on a Kawasaki try to ride off with a disk lock on, that wasn't too successful, luckily it was on grass (the bike that is) as he dropped it. further support for the alarm type.

[westie]

Get yourself one of these.

My Dad made me this one, but most engineering shops should be able to fabricate you something similar for around $60.

Can you take them with you on a ride?

[Disco Dan]

Can you take them with you on a ride?

No, but I am in negotiation with my boss on weather I can fit one in the drive at work...

ANY other times I am never further than a few metres from my bike!

[Matt_TG]

Get yourself one of these.

My Dad made me this one, but most engineering shops should be able to fabricate you something similar for around $60.

Dan, the nuts are quite easy to get at on that plate. Could someone unscrew it from the floor?

[Headbanger]

Get yourself one of these.

My Dad made me this one, but most engineering shops should be able to fabricate you something similar for around $60.

You can get a heaver version with countersunk bolts from just about any bike shop for $30 odd bucks...

[Disco Dan]

Dan, the nuts are quite easy to get at on that plate. Could someone unscrew it from the floor?

Not when the tops are welded to the plate.

[Dargor]

Well i got a Xena XZ1, I've had it a few days and must say I'm not very impressed with the way it arms itself. It uses some shitty infra red thing to detect the break disk, this is vulnerable to causing false positives when the disk is hot.
I would much prefure some clumsy method involving the lock & key than this unstable method.

[peasea]

I've tried to do a search to find info on here but only stolen bike threads came up.

What sort of bike locks do people use?
What different types are out there and what would you recommend?
Are there any stories out there of bike locks that have failed?

Basically my past bikes aren't the sort that people would steal (I've even forgotten about the key and left it in the bike whilst in town) but my next bike will be a bit more of a target
Living in Taupo I'm not too worried... But for when I travel round to the bigger cities and stuff I'd like to know that my baby is safe.

Get a gun. Period.

[peasea]

Get a gun. Period.

But not a gun-period, that'd be too hard to swallow.

[The Stranger:Me]

Well i got a Xena XZ1, I've had it a few days and must say I'm not very impressed with the way it arms itself. It uses some shitty infra red thing to detect the break disk, this is vulnerable to causing false positives when the disk is hot.
I would much prefure some clumsy method involving the lock & key than this unstable method.

I have 2 different models of Xena disk lock and have used them on 7 different bikes. I have found one model doesn't work on one bike. I haven't bothered to check how or why as I just use the the other lock on that bike.

I that said, I have been impressed with the reliability and utility of these things.

One thing I wouldn't do however is put a disk lock on a hot disk as that leads to the possibility of buckling the disk. You may wish to rethink this strategy once you have paid for a replacement disk.