Leaving your bike?

[RoadRacer04]

Every morning i wake up, get outa bed, head to toilet, take a piss and stand on tippy-toes to peer out the fan-light window to check if my bike is still there/Rubber side down. Each and every morning like clock work. I have looked out a couple of times to find it on its side (due to high wind/heavy rain).

[McWild]

I'm ok leaving mine in town during daylight and evening hours, because there are plenty of parks that get a lot of sidewalk traffic so I'm not worried there.

At uni I park in the central bike park, and I have enough trouble getting out of there with all the scooters anyway, plus it's right next to an in use building etc etc.

I would never leave it out on the street overnight.

If I've taken it somewhere I haven't been to and worked out parking for before, I go into full paranoia mode.
I've been known to, "just make sure the petrol tap is turned off" more than a little frequently.

[MarkH]

I started by parking the bike beside the garage - out of site from the road and semi-sheltered. But then I decided to move the car to the driveway and put the bike in the garage - I am much more comfortable with things this way.

[sunhuntin]

im relatively happy to leave my bike parked anywhere. whether thats outside warehouse when i did nightfill there, on the street while i walk up and down town and out in the driveway when i cant be arsed putting her in the garage.

only time ive ever felt nervous was 1: parking overnight in wellywood. was right in the middle of town, and i parked in a spot that had cars blocking the view of it from the footpath. and 2: on a dodgy as fuck street in dunedin. with that one, my main concern wasnt it getting ripped off etc, it was the angle of the street and whether shed fall over or not. lol. thankfully it wasnt windy. that was overnight as well.

[MotoGirl]

Couldn't ya get a clear shot with a 303 from the 5th floor?

Tempting idea, but our building doesn't have any opening windows! At one point we considered pointing the webcam in that direction so we could watch the area on our monitors (we are IT geeks).

[McDuck]

(we are IT geeks).

Isnt everybody on kb?

[newbould]

So to summarise we have to take the bike to bed with us instead of the girlfriend, lock it to the headboard with a big ass lock, hire a bouncer to watch over it get up every couple of hours to take a pee, check that she's still rubber side down and the petrol tap is turned off. Then we can sleep easy knowing all is well.

[Tubbsy]

Before reading this thread I was fine....NOW.....I'm paranoid.

[pritch]

I'd park mine inside, well maybe not the moped. Every door has steps though so that's out (unless I buy a trials bike).

The bike is never parked in front of the house, and I have a garage I can use at work. My main worry is when travelling, if booking a motel I usually ask if there is somewhere to park it that's not visible from the road.

In Wellington I use the Abel Tasman Hotel, it's old but there is secure parking underneath. They charge for cars but so far the bike has been free.