Where do you keep your bike?

[GodzGift]

So when i get my bike, I am planning to keep it outside the front of my house. I am considering on getting an alarm and immobilizer, plus a couple of locks one being attached to the wall.

Is this safe? if the alarm goes off then i can be downstairs in 10 seconds with a rather big baseball bat swinging very, very VERY hard ( i do hate thieving scumbags).

Is the security Im planning to have enough? P.S. my area is relatively safe.
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[KTM Gordo]

If your area is a reasonable safe area then it shouldn't be a problem to leave your 'bike outside.

I would use a sturdy security chain, and if it's on my own property, possibly a ground anchor (see: www.torc-anchors.com for both of the above). A cover to hide what the 'bike actually is helps too - but make sure you can secure it as they tend to take off in windy weather...

Unless you have a very desirable 'bike and the insurance company mandate one, I probably wouldn't bother with an alarm as they're not much of a deterrent to a professional thief, and unless it's a good quality one that's been properly installed, they tend to be more trouble than they're worth.

Another thing that keeps thieves at bay is fitting a Datatag kit. Most stolen 'bikes are stripped for parts, and Datatag makes it a lot more risky to try and sell on the parts as they Police only need to find one tag / transponder / microdot to secure a conviction and it's almost impossible to remove all traces of very "tag".

HTH
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[kawakid]

If you've got space for a shed then get one.
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[st3v3]

Chains should be fine, depends how big the bike is, and how many opportunist thief's there are locally.
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[GodzGift]

The alarm is really there to wake me up from my sleepso I can run downstairs. Immobaliser is so they cant start it. The property is mine so it would ok to get one of those ground thingys.

Thanks for that
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[Jack_Cheese]

take the HT leads off every night if it's a naked.
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[phk6]

in my garage
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[Dragonfly]

Garage, i wouldnt leave it outside for fear of some one knicking it, but then again its a lifan i could be safe.
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[Bendy]

An alarm's worthwhile if you'll hear it, but don't expect anyone else to really react. So go for a cheapo one rather than an expensive.

That said, mine did scare off the guys who tried to steal it (presumably because it was so near the flats and they expected someone to come running out).

[magpiemale]

As long as your bike is hidden say like in your back garden and you have a 6' fence all way round then out of sight out of mind esp if you use a cover.If you park it at the front of your house then chain it to your drain pipe(not plastic) and chain it and use a disc lock a good un.Other than this if they want it they are gonna have it esp if you go out on the town and people watch you come and go from your house as people will often stake a house out and know your comming and goings if it's a worth while bike to nick.

[Ravo]

[Walloper]

Most insurers are paranoid and like you bike in a locked brick garage. They are so pedantic they will adjust your claim if it's nicked from anywhere other than your named overnight parking.

The theory of prevention is to make the thing unattractive.
If you have enough counter measures then the teef will go next door.
But it is a hassle to put in on and take it off all the time.
A bike cover is handy too. They need to lift it off to llok andf it can set off the alarm or attract attention from curtain twitchers.
But if the bike is sought after and you have active bike thieves in the area that night then you might be saying Au revoir.

I am building a fucking concrete garage just to keep my bike in at my house.
As far as insurance companies will say bikes are tamperfered with more than cars. I think that is shite though.
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[Gazdaman]

First most important thing is a lock, then a ground anchor, then a cover, then an alarm.

I've had 2 thefts. First my MZ was wheeled away from outside my house, I'd covered it but not locked it.

Second was someone attempting to wheel my bandit away from outside my Ex's. It was not locked, or covered but was alarmed. They dropped it and ran.

A decent lock will put off chavs. Even if it's not chained to anything. Breaking a lock makes a lot of noise, and not many chavs carry bolt croppers.

A single lock will not stop your bike being lifted into a van (not really an issue unless it's a decent sports bike usually). A ground achor will.

A cover will stop prying eyes, so it may not be considered in the first place. This will stop neither, but will put off both.

An alarm is mainly useless, it will not stop anyone loading it into a van, it may startle chavs that are wheeling it away. Definitely no substitute for a decent chain.

My bike is left on the streets of Bristol every night. It's always locked to something, with a cover on. Not had any trouble so far.

Gaz

[Fisty]

keep mine safe and sound tucked up in bed........
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[GodzGift]

cool cool, well i have a shed in the back concrete once will probably just leave it in that. My bike budget is 500 to 1k so its not like its a ferrari.
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[krebsy]

Went to fill the bike up before heading out with Mrs. K. and a friend for a ride out. Got home, put both bikes into the Garage for the 5 mins we were in the house.

Mrs. K. asked my why I'd bothered putting it away (along with my mates) as we were heading straight out...

"Because. I'm not going to advertise the fact that there is a bike here...."

Whenever the bike's at home, it's in the locked garage and chained down. It's a no Brainer...

K.
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[LeeWat]

I keep my beast in a brick built garage, chained to my work bench, disk locked , 2 x shackle locks and alarmed, 4 locking points in all. Don't trust anyone, not even if you live in a nice area (which i do). But if you are keeping it outside put a cover of some sort over it, mainly to keep the weather off but it also deters theives.

Over the years i've had 3 nicked (not from home) and i would have loved to have caught em at it.

Lee
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[Jack_Cheese]

Affluent areas are more prone to "steal-to-order" thefts. The vehicles are often well maintained, and highly desirable, such as the Yamaha R1. Stolen, exported and cloned - it'll fetch tidy money.

Another good example of this is the Lancer Evo FQ400 - the ideal ram-raid car.
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