Confessions of a Ex-bike thief

[tatters]

Not sure if this has been posted before, In the US but the methods are going to be somewhat similar in the UK.

The idea of removing the clutch lever is interesting suggestion to make it harder for a thief to ride off with a bike.

https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/t5shp/ex_thief_chopshop_operator_ama/
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[SectorC]

Definitely some useful info for people new to securing bikes.

[Rogerborg]

He actually seems like a smart and pretty decent guy.

Oh, I'd still burn him, but quickly, not a slow roast.
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[Commuter_Tim]

Interesting read.

[ADSrox0r]

Quite interesting stuff. I wonder if Honda H.I.S.S. is enough to make them say 'fuck that'.
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[kramdra]

[ScaredyCat]

I've found a much better way of preventing theft...




... ride a bike no one else wants.
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[Rogue_Shadow]

[stevo as b4]

The above worked better though before the financial meltdown, job shedding, and recession.

To some folk on hard times, any bike is a bike worth having since then and if it's free it's always worth having.

Also you've probably not taken into account when scrap metal prices peaked, that even the shittiest looking big old heavy bike is probably well worth stealing for weighing in and not riding.

Otherwise I would agree that in good times, and when credit is easily available and people are wanting to spend on non essential items, then unfashionable and rough looking bikes were once not very high on thieves radar's.

[N cee thirty]

[Commuter_Tim]

[orac]

I haven't read most of it and skimmed what I have been through however this caught me eye

[Rogerborg]

[chinajack10]

I remember seeing this a couple of years ago....about a week after my bike was stolen. Did make me think about what to where and what to lock it with though.