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    Car steering locks

    Getting off the original thread subject but interesting tho; A car thief told me that a steering lock is absolutely useless regardless of what it is made. 30 seconds with a hacksaw will cut through most steering wheels. Pull the cut ends apart, pull the still locked locking bar thru the gap, push/pull the cut ends together and he's away.

    A local chap had a Ducati secured with the best chain he could buy. The clowns that took it just prised the simple garden gate type D bracket away from the timber frame. Held on with two wood screws.
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    Quote Originally Posted by varminter View Post
    My bike's in the garage wired to the mains supply.
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    Quote Originally Posted by awa355 View Post
    Getting off the original thread subject but interesting tho; A car thief told me that a steering lock is absolutely useless regardless of what it is made. 30 seconds with a hacksaw will cut through most steering wheels. Pull the cut ends apart, pull the still locked locking bar thru the gap, push/pull the cut ends together and he's away.

    A local chap had a Ducati secured with the best chain he could buy. The clowns that took it just prised the simple garden gate type D bracket away from the timber frame. Held on with two wood screws.
    Yeah, if you're serious you have to have a lock, a kill-switch AND an alarm to have any real effect...and still not 100%.

    But as it needs a hack-saw or similar to dispose of a steering lock/chain kinda thing it deters the average slack-jawed opportunist thief.
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    Quote Originally Posted by grusomhat View Post
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