Security devices.

[R1stu]

Right with the R1 coming next week. I am after some security.

It is alarmed and imob. I will be getting DataTag as well.

Can anyone recomend and insuranced approved device thats fair priced £50 or so thats any good?
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[bazza]

Is your bike worth more than £50?

You want this:

https://www.almax-security-chains.co.uk/images/series4chain.jpg

with this:

https://www.almax-security-chains.co.uk/shop/images/product/squire65_lrg.jpg

and one of these:

https://www.almax-security-chains.co.uk/shop/images/product/new_hardie_lrg.jpg

as sold here:

https://www.almax-security-chains.co.uk/shop/view_product.php?product=55

Around £210 to protect a few grand's worth of R1 is a no-brainer.
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[ColdInsomnia]

A ground anchor is a must-have.

Whilst my bike is ground anchored I also have a disc lock on the front and rear wheel, as well as a chain running through the front forks + tyre spokes.

I've heard that the alarmed disc locks are great for when you're parking the bike away from home - I will probably invest in one myself once I've gotten myself a bike worth protecting to that degree :p

Also get a good cover. Goes without saying I guess. Always cover your bike no matter what the weather.

Are you keeping it outside? Invest in a security light to cover the bike. Bike thefts increase a lot during the winter months due to the longer nights and shorter days. Darkness is the common scum's best friend - a half-decent security light will do wonders to deter them from coming near your bike.

If you've got quite a lot of funds consider investing in a CCTV system. Works well for house security as well as bike.

Of course the downside to locking your bike up to high heaven is that it makes thieves MORE likely to try breaking into your home first to take your keys and just unlock everything. If you live in a rough area perhaps think of getting a combination safe and putting your keys (and hey, other stuff) in there at night.

If you're going away at all, leave your keys with a trusted friend or family member and ask them to check on your house every now and again.

If your friendly with your neighbours ask them to just keep an eye out for any suspicious activities in the area.

I know it sounds like a lot but the sad truth is that a bike, no matter what bike, is ALWAYS a target for thieves, and probably every bike on the streets in the UK has been clocked at some time by a potential thief.
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[R1stu]

[veeeffarr]

I chain my bike through one of the forks now instead of the wheel :S

[ColdInsomnia]

[firefox]

get a big box fill with concrete, put in ground anchor, get trolley so u can move it around, sorted a portable ground anchor then your neibours cant complain.
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[R1stu]

[ColdInsomnia]

[carlmalibu]

I recommend talking to your landlord? or whatever.

I only have a disk lock and in all honesty I don't use it when parked up at home. My bike is in my back garden that has an 8ft wall round it, and is hidden by our extension as well.

FANTASTIC lockup

could do with a ground anchor though.
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[Zimbo]

Agreed with most of the above - it needs to be chained to something solid. Lampposts will do.
Chain - the Almax is the only one to go for, everything else can be cropped using standard bolt croppers.
Sadly it's going to cost you more than £50 though - more like £200, but at least your bike should be as safe as it's going to be!
One last bit of advice - fit a cover over the bike. An R1 is very nickable, if it's totally covered theives won't recognise it as an R1, could be any manky old thing.

[0ddball]

Should have used the money to help move somewhere better, you've got your prioritys all wrong.

[R1stu]

[landy.s11a]

if you or a friend has a car parked outside chain it to the car


make sure they remember your bikes chained to it before they drive away
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[chris-red]

How can you chain it to a car?
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[Jenks]

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[shaun_04]

[R1stu]

Ive just brought this R1 as the garage wouldnt drop the price anymore
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=016&item=260034103188&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1
So can get a decent lock now.


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[0ddball]