Bought new bike, security help?

[trustno1]

Right brought a 1998 zx6r for when I pass my mod 2 going to pick her up next weekend, now I'll be leaving her outside my flat as I don't have a drive etc it will be chained up to the lamp post about 20ft away from my door and will have a good view of the bike.

What is the best way of securing the bike to the lamppost? A big fuck off chain wrapped around the swingarm and post? Any recermendations? Just a little paranoid!

[pinkyfloyd]

As has been said time and time on this forum. If the thieving scum want it then they'll have it. All you can really do about it is make it as hard as possible for them so they consider it not worth the hassle. Get the back end locked up as best you can to the lamp post and stick a disc lock on the front wheel. If your that worried about it then get another big chain and chain the rear wheel to the frame so they have to dismantle the bike completly to steal it.
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[P.addy]

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[anthony_r6]

+1 For Cyclone Alarm. I have one, but I haven't installed it yet. Really cheap, and they have different models depending on your bike.

Instead I have a Xena disc lock alarm. Mine cost £25 from the local bike shop. It is a metal disc lock (Obviously) but if it's knocked or moved it has a 110db alarm, which would certainly alert you to the perpetrator.
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[TheManWithThe...]

Almax all the way! i use an almax with a CISA lock on my moped...i always say...if they take the trouble to actualy get through the chain, they can have the moped!
*this is not a challenge!*


either that or bolt a dildo onto the seat when its parked so they can't ride it away...


...unless they catch the other bus...

....no offense intended...

...just remember to take it off before you ride away....
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[Pete.]

Personally - I don't like disc locks. If a bike is alarmed, they aren't going to push it away, it's gonna get picked up and slung in a fridge van. If it isn't - chances are they will try to push it away, not see the lock, smash a caliper/fork/bend a disk when the wheel comes round plus drop the bike and smash other bits too.

Alarm & a big chain.
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[The Artist]

Mate of mine has a talking alarm.

Keeps saying vehicle armed and "step away from the vehicle"

[dextersaurus]

Another +1 for a cyclone alarm here.

you get a little blue LED that flashes when the alarm is on, and it gives 5 warning chirps if anyone touches/moves it.

If anything is done to the bike it goes off, and with the alarm in the right place, it's bloody loud@135db.

Only cost me £30 and i know for a fact it saved my GPZ once (after it got nicked, that is). Some scrotes tried to bring it off the stand to check the steering lock and it went off, they bolted. watched it from the window

With regards to the chain, try to wrap it round somewhere they wouldn't cut on the bike, and make sure it's properly tight against whatever you're securing it to.

If it's not tight, it'll sag which allows them to break it off the ground. always see chains trailing off the ground - just makes it easier to get through it.

Dunc

[Rogerborg]