London bays and bike covers

[dannyw35]

Recently changed jobs which means now I have to park outside in the motorcycle bays rather than a private car park.

The other day someone decided to rip off my indicator, put some nice scratches in my fairing and also push the nose cone out of line...everyday it seems some ped rider decides to shuffle everyone elses bike into other peoples so they can squeeze in themselves.

Having only used the bay for a few weeks not I cant help but think the bike will only get worse...

I was thinking of getting a bike cover but was seeing if anyone has done this as i'm a bit concious that it will probably just get stolen so ultimately, will be a waste of money.

I hate to see the bike getting ruined so worse comes to worse, it maybe an idea just to chop it in and get a naked bike like a hornet instead.

Any one with some advice...other than not riding in?

thanks
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Would of thought a simply cover would be an easy solution ...

You could get the lidl one of thursday for less than a tenner ..

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[Kal]

I have seen bike covers about that allow you to thread the bike chain through it to secure it to the bike.
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[slyrob]

I have been using a bike cover in central London for a couple of months and no ones stolen it yet
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[Alexio]

I would buy a very cheap bike that you didn't mind getting smashed up for the sake of commuting, but that's just me.
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[pa_broon74]

Fit a cyclone alarm to it. Don't need to wire in any of the immobiliser stuff, just the box, alarm and wires out to power and indicators.

Any one tries to move your bike it'll go off on the vibration sensor in the CPU box. If thats not enough to put folk off then I'm not sure what would be.

I have an alarmed disc lock. £30 (about £10 more than a cyclone alarm) but no wiring. Anyone bumps your bike and it goes off. With what your saying, I'd be tempted to take a day of work but go in anyway and park up, go and sit with a cup of coffee near by. Not sure if it's happening often, but if anyone tries to move/touch/harass your bike, get over there and rip them for a bit.


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[chris-red]

If you are commuting into london you have little chance of keeping your bike nice,

Where are you coming from/going to?
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[TheDonUK]

If you can afford it, buy a cover that is somehow lockable, not only from theft but it might prevent it inflating in the wind.

When i started riding, the gaestapo were not allowed to lift the cover or touch it in any way.

A bit of hearsay i heard a few years back, was that they can now remove any obstruction of the plate/tax/VIN(can they go that far?). Which means removing a cover...
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[NickD]

I'm with Alexio on this.... buy a shitter.

I commute into Westminster on the choob, and I usually get off a couple of stops earlier than I need to just to get some daily walking in. Most of the bike bays I pass on these walks amaze me, and I'd be bloody reluctant to leave a bike I gave a damn about in one of them. It's not often I've seen anything that's not scuffed, dented, bits missing, etc.
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[instigator]

Not rocket science. Just buy scuffed fairings.

[Muscle Bike Rider]

Makes me appreciate the free parking we have at work, underground car park, covered with cctv and a whole section for bikes only. Theres also an outside area which is covered by cctv to. I've seen how the bike bays here in London get so full with the bikes all squashed together by people forcing their bikes in, its not good.
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[Paivi]

[Clanger]

I'm with Paivi on this one, maybe it's best to look around for a secure car-park a little further out, and do the walk...or catch the tube/bus. It might be worth it for piece of mind, and keep your bike in good nick.
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