How safe is my bike outside?

[scracha]

Can't you put the bike inside the building somewhere? Almost certainly a gixxer will get nicked if left "out the back". Crooks follow nice looking bikes to see where they're parked up at night. Park it in the street, near a light, under a SCABBY looking bike cover to something solid with a TIGHT chain and an expensive U-lock...and an alarm....and a GPS....and wire it up to the mains, and maybe tie it to a couple of rottweilers......it'll still get nicked though.

Keep the bike at a mate's garage, work or other secure location & buy a skanky moped to get you to/from it.


You can always spot new bikers & born again's as they park their pride and joy out the front to impress the neighbours. Very very stupid thing to do.

[ukusa]

Sorry if something similar to this has been posted (I couldn't find anything).

Anyone park their bikes outside in town (Auckland), how safe is it and is it worth it?

3 friends and I are looking to move in together. We found an awesome place but it has no garage. My bike will be covered (by the balcony, so it will be in shade but will still get wet) and there's a wooden structural beam I can chain it to. Is it worth me parking it outside though. My excess is something stupid like 1500 and I can't be arsed forking that out because it got knicked.

Its on Remuera road in one of those town house situations so it'll be in clear view of at least 4 neighbours, and I'd keep it chained up and covered at all times. It cant be seen from the road but anyone can walk around the back and see it without looking dodgy.

I've been a prick and said no when everyone is real keen, but I'm now wondering if I should just park it outside?

Maintenance isn't an issue as I do all my maintenance at the old man's place (better selection of tools)

Sounds like the bike's your most prized asset, I'd park the bastard in your bedroom, move the bed out to the balcony, it's worth less!

[howdamnhard]

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Keep the bike at a mate's garage, work or other secure location & buy a skanky moped to get you to/from it.


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Good advice , I wouldn't trust my bike outside.

[nothingflash]

It'll be safe as until it gets nicked!

A mate of mine has a Dakar that is parked on the street. He woke up one morning to go for a ride and found it had been dragged into the middle of the road.

[SMOKEU]

You should sit outside with a shotgun all night.

[bogan]

I've got a chain and cover, gps tracker sounds like a goer though. Where can I get hold of one of those?

gps would be a very good idea, cheapest one ive heard of http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...=cheap+gps+gsm

[MadDuck]

You should sit outside with a shotgun all night.

...and a cattle prod.

[Dean]

Well heres my recipe that I havent shared with anyone until now, trust me it works.

Get a person you can trust to attempt to steal your bike now this is how it is so genius. In the process you cant be warned so one day they might try it but rest assured they wont do anything to harm your bike or house/flat as long as this person is a trustworthy bloke. Then they report what they found was an obstacle that proved hard to steal the bike and what was easy. This way you can get the downlow from the criminal perspective then adjust security.

[Sidewinder]

if its under a cover and chained, i dont think it would be a problem?

get a shotgun and i sign saying niggers will be shot on site

[steve_t]

If u park it outside, notify your insurance company and be prepared to have your premiums increase

[MadDuck]

Well heres my recipe that I havent shared with anyone until now

Thanks for sharing.

[Little Miss Trouble]

Mines parked in a carport, in clear view of the road & we've never had a problem here

[jellywrestler]

How long is a piece of string?


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depends on the brand of tampon really!

[scracha]

Mines parked in a carport, in clear view of the road & we've never had a problem here

Ok, there are perverts out there who steal Suzuki's but c'mon, an SV? Crims have standards y'know.

[jono035]

I wouldn't worry too much about the gps tracker, they're cool but not perfect. That one linked is friggin cheap though, probably worth getting one just to have a play! Unless you can get a history of where the bike has been, then it won't be that great. If it is in someones shed then you'll get readings up to 40-50m out, and if you say to the cop 'oh, my bike is in one of these two blocks in mangere, they're going to facepalm and walk away.

Even with a tracker, that's not going to do squat if it is nicked and then thrashed and dumped or damaged in the process of stealing it. Could end up installing the tracker only to find you're paying the excess on it anyway...

Try find a better insurance company. Stick an alarm on it that makes noise if disturbed, chances are someone will be home at your flat. Don't rely on anything wooden, the old guy I used to work for had a quad stolen even though it was chained to a post in a cattle yard... They put a wood-saw through the post

Edit: If you get one of those GPS trackers listed, wire it up so that the external trigger sets off a siren perhaps, that way you've got an easy enough way of pinpointing where the bike is if you've got half a dozen houses it could be...