"Least Theftworthy" Bikes

[Ingah]

Was curiously wondering (it's that time of night when i have to get my work done and i'm procrastinating), if you had to leave a bike minimally secured, what would it be? (i.e. what do you reckon is least likely to get thieved)

Obviously it'd have to work and be useable (so no smart alec "bike with no engine"), otherwise it's more a (crappy) ornament than a bike.

If you think about it, it's more difficult to answer than it appears, because small cheap bikes are also the most chav-useable ones (e.g. 50s/125s - ragged round fields etc).
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On each occasion I didn't know whether to be relieved or ashamed to find it still there when I realised my mistake!
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[thx1138]

I think that my wifes 125cc van van is more "nickable" than my fazer 1000. By that I mean, that 'orrible little oiks are going to be interested in my wifes bike as it's small, and little legs can touch the ground, and they aren't going to be scared of it.

Not that I'd leave my own bike unsecured, or think that it wouldn't get theives interest, if that makes sense?

[Teflon-Mike]

I dont think that thieving scroats are always that discriminating!
I dont think that there REALLY is something 'less-nickable'.
Bottom line is, if it ent bolted down and they THINK they can get away with it, they'll probably have a go, whatever it is!
Yes, learner-bikes & commuters, are a pretty good candidate for the younger oiks, looking for something to raz about the fields; things like ZX6's or fire-blades, candidates for the more poffessional, looking for something easily broken and sold as spares.
But, the snowtigeress, who'se had more bikes nicked than seems pheasible, would throw up a few curiocities to chuck pre-conceptions to the winds!
Last bike she had nicked was a Chinese Import 125 'Cruiser' thing.
Did 55 flat out, and weighed more than a moto-guzzi, with high wide bars, low seat and clerance, it was NOT something I would take for razing about the park, or trying to out-run the law round the council estate! Hardly small or light for a ten year-old either!
and what 'pro' would deem it worth the risk to nick a chinese bike, worth less than £400, that would hardly be worth its parts broken, and damnably difficult to 'ring'!?!
In a similar vein, she had a CD200 Benley got twokked, and a Whirlitzer-Maggot; a CX500 Silver-wing, complete with wind-jammer fairing........ found burned out on the local rec, by chavs!
So none of them fit the mould for a chav-twokkers preffered target, nor a pro's idea of a proffitable evenings work.
Only conclusin is, Twokers know effall about bikes and simply nick whatever they can!
Ergo..... DONT leave a bike 'minimally protected' no matter HOW 'unatractive' you think it might seem to them!
I think that the only thing that MIGHT detur SOME twokkers is something like a bobbed Harley with a chrome tank and 'OUTLAW MCC' stencilled on the tank....... along with crossed pistons
That said, I have met a renowned and aledgedly PRO twokker who TRIED nicking such a motorcycle, parked OUTSIDE a house in a rough part of town with lots of old bike bits in the front garden and a flag in the window saying 'OUTLAWS MCC above crossed pistons' in the window........
after a short stretch in intensive care.......
Asked "WHY?!?!?!?!?!?"
He said, "Well, there waz no chain'n'it, wus thu!"
I DID ask if the 'Outlaw' emblem and crossed pistons meant anything to him..... "Yeah! Iz wun o'dem Hells angel Gangs innit!"
So, I THINK we can conclude, that people wot nick bikes dont necesserily have very high IQ's or reasoning skills!
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[flumpy7]

I had a maroon gsx750f katana 'teapot' for a year. I would be very surprised if anyone wanted to nick that. It actually rode very nicely but boy was it fugly
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[neatbik]

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[DEN MONKEY]

My guess would be pretty much anything made by suzuki should see you safe
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[27cows]

There's no such thing. There's always someone out there who will nick anything, however expensive and rare, however worthless and battered. I just think it's more likely to happen in certain places and certain areas than others.
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[MarJay]

I'd say the larger the engine, the less likely it is to be nicked and ragged across a field.

No Off road style bikes at all

So my first thought is something like a Triumph Daytona 1200 or something equally boring looking like that. My Triumph Daytona 955i was pretty good. It was quick and reasonably powerful, but it looked pretty bland so no one was going to steal it to order. Scrotes wouldn't nick it because its too big for 'em... but like the man says, people will steal anything.
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[colin1]

I reckon a big old ugly looking tourer and big scooters.
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[Acemastr]

evidently my CBR600, it's not in bad condition at all, just keep forgetting to put the disc lock on it recently and it's still there in the morning
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[Marmalade]

Pan euro?
Would need 6 blokes to lift it into a van, totally useless ragger for off road, not used for jewelery robberies as too big, not hugely valuable for parts.
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[chris-red]

My TDM900 is pretty not wantable,
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[Itchy]

Something old, not dirt bike biased and rare which nobody'd want anyway, like ex courier bikes with enormous miles on them. My NTV and GT550 were always left unchained in the open and were never touched.
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[Glenben92]

I'd agree with the big tourer thing. I'm thinking goldwing or something along those lines.

Not that there is anything REALLY less nickable, coz as the theme tends to have been on this thread... they'll nick 'owt. but if i were leaving something i'd leave a goldwing
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[Spit-Fire]

i left my nc30 with the keys in the barrel for two hours in peckham
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[lnewland]

my first bike was a cg125. that was ont he drive locked up. all the wires hanging out as i had removed the headlight and light switch. they still nicked it. but it was located two weeks later with three lads on it
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[27cows]

Some fucker even nicked my elderly RXS once. Fortunately they were stumped by my cunning wiring system and couldn't get it started...and I found it 100 yards down the road from where it got swiped from.

If I ever caught someone in the process of nicking one of my bikes, they'd get a face full of sulphuric acid. I keep a 250ml bottle of it specially.
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[ssruk]

i left keys in my old fireblade all the time and done it a few times with the gs even left the left the gs running out side when i went to my lid and all i got was a knock o the door from a chav saying you left your keys in your bike .........i think high power bikes are safer as they dont know how to ride them come on they have gears lol
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[Paulington]

I'd have liked to see some oiks try and nick the old Pan European. !
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