How do you make sure she stays put?

[Hitcher]

Disc locks and covers. Out of sight, out of mind.

[peasea]

i would invest in a little garden shed to keep in,
outa site outa mind.

just a cheap one from M10 or the likes, piss easy to put up
and ya can take with ya when you move.

Quite right; what the eye can't see the heart won't desire. I know of several bikes ripe for the plucking but the sticky-fingered can't see them.

Basically, the more security you throw at your bike the more secure it will be. Also, the more you have invested in the machine (be that cash or emotion) then the best security is all worth it.

[Blossom]

We have ours in the internal garage, thinking about concreting a chain into the floor just to be extra sure.
All our neighbours know we have bikes so cant really keep it too quiet but the guy next door has a Triumph so I suspect his is more appealling to the sticking fingered bunch... Perhaps you could get someone with a Harley to move in next door???

[phantom]

At home it is always in a locked alarmed garage with bars on the window. ( We also have a dog but he is useless ) Anywhere else I must admit that I rely on the fact that it is too pretty for any low-life to want

[homer]

I always parked in a locked garage either at work or at home. Now I don't commute on the bike anymore but if I am out and about I tend to never let it out of my sight.

i do the same there to , i dont like it out of site unless its most likely it wont be touched .

[Swoop]

In public keep it in plain sight (crims hate an audience).

It dosen't deter the brazen theives though. Looking confident and relaxed around a bike will not alert the average Joe Public.
They prefer a quiet spot, but will attempt a theft anywhere.

[HungusMaximist]

We've got a huge steep ass 20 metre drive way leading down to our house and the bike is kept inside the alarmed garage.

Though it will be much safer it we installed a gate at the top as we left a mountain bike outside the front door patio and some punk ass kids took off with it during the school holidays.

If I was you, if it has open view to the road, I'd get a beefy chain lock and lock it up to a ground anchor (the alarmed ones sounds pretty clever).

[DUCATI*HARD]

they live inside locked doors, by the dogs,not far from shotgun

[Kittyhawk]

my rotty x huntaway pup is scared of a gn revving!! hate to see her reaction to a v twin lol....no a matter of time before the guard dog training starts

lock it alarm it dont let it out of your sight when you are out in the day riding, parking etc.

maybe take the wheels off at night and padlock frame to yourself??

[Mikkel]

Comprehensive insurance.

[Gubb]

If the shed has a concrete floor, Dyna-bolt a wire loop to it.

[sinfull]

Comprehensive insurance.

I'd say most insurers would require it to be locked up or the access rises !

I'd say a great lump of concrete with even better locking device would be the cheapest option (prob the best) build it so it would take a gas axe to get ya bike out !

[Mikkel]

I'd say most insurers would require it to be locked up or the access rises !

I'd say a great lump of concrete with even better locking device would be the cheapest option (prob the best) build it so it would take a gas axe to get ya bike out !

I think you'll find that your location will have a greater impact upon you premium and excess than your security measures.

As long as you keep your bike in a garage I don't think your insurance company cares if you have 200 dynabolts, an electric fence, CCTV, a rottweiler, machine guns hooked up to motionsensors, cyanide gas, a moat, claymore mines, etc.

Best way to keep your bike safe is to buy something that nobody would ever bother stealing.

Don't worry - be happy.

[sinfull]

I think you'll find that your location will have a greater impact upon you premium and excess than your security measures.

As long as you keep your bike in a garage I don't think your insurance company cares if you have 200 dynabolts, an electric fence, CCTV, a rottweiler, machine guns hooked up to motionsensors, cyanide gas, a moat, claymore mines, etc.

Best way to keep your bike safe is to buy something that nobody would ever bother stealing.

Don't worry - be happy.

That be true to a word but unfortunately Rie has no garage and her flatmates have a laugh at moving it round so ground anchor has to be the way to go !

[Grahameeboy]

You guys worry too much....bike crime in NZ is nothing.

In the 80's back in UK the theft rate for an RD350YPVS was 80%...they would just stick poles through wheels and lift into the wee van...