Attempted Bike Theft

[YUN]

Yesterday, my OH was approached by our neighbour who deliberated came over to tell us some bad news.
At 04.00, he had strolled out of his house for a casual smoke. He noticed that 2 young lads were hovering around our drive. Upon hearing/seeing my neighbour, they just casually walked off. Neighbour advised that we should double check the security on our bikes.

Upon checking, OH had noticed that the chain had been tampered with. There was an obvious cut on the chain, from the attempt of it being sawn off.

We both slept downstairs with the windows open, torch and bat ready....but they did not return last night. We suspect that they might leave it for a few days and try again.

Unfortately, we don't have a garage but our bikes have alarms and both chained to the wall. Is there any other security measures?
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Get a decent chain with a decent lock with a decent ground anchor. Something like the Almax or Pragmasis which can't be cropped with handheld croppers. If they use an angle grinder they will wake half the street.

Maybe an alarmed disc lock to make a noise if the bike is moved.

I'd be tempted to set up a trip wire half way up your drive connected to one of those blank shotgun shell alarms. Should give the little bastids a fright.

[smegballs]

Bring the bikes inside the house!!

My take on thievery is that at the end of the day if they want it they'l have it...

So as long as you have something to stop the general chavs wheeling it away, and it sounds like you have, then thats about the best you can do.

Its quite depressing I know but the theiving bastards can get almost anything if they want it that bad...

[lllN30lll]

they can't be very good chains if they're manually sawing through them TBH.

You need an Almax
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[YUN]

OH is going to buy 2 extra chains today!
The thieves didn't manage to saw through....just the plastic bit that protects the metal. They must've just stopped when my neighbour walked out.

Unfortunately, we can't wheel them in the house. The step on our porch is VERY high and there's no way we can lift it in and out everyday (plus our house is not big enough to fit 2 bikes).
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Meet the team that will win, Blade, Razor, Blazer and my personal assistant, Michelle and from Romanovia - Fran Stalinovskovichdavidovitchsky
~ * CBT - 13/01/08 --> Theory 24/05/08 --> Squished by lorries, brand new CBR125(2000miles) write-off 04/06/06 --> DAS booked 02-04/08/08 * --> DAS passed 05/08/08 * --> VFR400 (aka 'Mike') ~

[bazza]

[dannyw35]

[iooi]

Get a light thats triggered by activity. Wire it into a buzzer by the bed.

Or one of the rape alarms fitted under the seat and triggered when the bike is moved by some fishing line tied to a wheel.

Often the more homemade the better, as they wil be looking for all the usual stuff.

Even down to just a flashing led fitted by the clocks, may just be enough for them to move onto the next one, as they won't want to trip a alarm.
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[Jayy]

Get a dog.

[dannyw35]

[pyx_e]

[warped one]

Do a bodge, buy a cheapo alarm, sit it precariously on the chain with a bit of fishing line on the lock, with the slightest movement of the lock the alarm will fall setting it off.

Also why not buy a cheap lock for the gates (If you have any) this should deter them a little because it is yet another lock for them to cut, and by the sounds of it your bikes aren't small.

Warped
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amnesia - Never in the history of usernames has one been more accurate. Warped indeed. You sir are a fecking oddball.

[New Sarum]

'Bike covers padlocked in place are another deterrent; if you had those your neighbour would have easily seen that the machines had been tampered with.

It wouldn't do any harm to make the local Police aware of the incident.

[Stelmer]

Noisy booby traps are useful. It does get annoying having to reset and disarm them everytime you get your bike out.

Things like plant pots tied to a wheel using string, plant pots in a heap, trigger one near the bottom and not too close to the bike but not too far either.

I also take both brake levers off the bike and also remove the ignition module. That's because my bike is stood for days without being ridden.

I also have cctv stickers plastered everywhere out the back and CCTV. Plus the gate has anti-theft measures in place.

[warped one]

[Polarbear]

[Pete.]

Buy a security light with a PIR sensor and remote unit. We had one a while back - when the light comes on the unit (which you just plug into any socket in the house) gives an alarm. Works on the same principle as a baby monitor.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[dannyw35]

[damz]

i suggest a rape alarm, bloody loud and very simple to use, only thing to do is make sure that it goes off before they start moving because if they got it in their hands and alarm goes off they are just going to drop it and run, rape alarm to bike cover maybe?
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[Mystery]

have you thought of ground anchors as well?
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[dannyw35]

[Alexio]

An amusing and extreme thought just came to me, although I'm not sure how hard and inconvenient it would be to implement every day.

You could leave no petrol in the tank, and then just fill 'er up again each time you want to use the bike again? This way, unless they have a van at hand, they aren't going to get out of the very local area with your bike if it gets to the worst case scenario.

When my bike was stolen it was predictably ridden until empty and then abandoned.
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G: With my GSXR I do often effectively use it as a scooter with a clutch in town.
ms51ves3: why does it need 500 miles? Are you teaching it how to be a piston?

[Seb]

A (real) dog works wonders, bonus points and prizes for particularly big scary ones, it's quite common for phones and keys to get dropped when they go fence hurdling
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[Sir Black Pig]

Park the bike on a rubber mat, take a discreet wee wire from the battery positive to the chain. At some point the perp will touch the chain and the frame simulataneously, they will then have a real shock!

FUCM

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