whats the best way to secure your bike ?

[Kiran]

just wondered whats the best way to secure the bike, and if you have any recommendations on locks, covers.

thanks in advance

[Flip]

Chain it to a Rottweiler

[Kiran]

Good sense of humour

[carvell]

Buy a good quality insurance company approved chain and lock. Oxford sell some good stuff.

Chain the bike to something solid that isn't going to move.
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[iCraig]

First thing Datatag or Alpha.Dot ya bike no amount of locks will stop a thief and it it does get tea-leafed it can easily be traced, next put as many locks on your bike as you can preferably Thatcham or SoldSecure Approved remember If a they want your bike no amount of locks are gonna stop em, also get a ground anchor and use a decent chain to lock it down with.
And if you can afford it get an Insurance Approved Alarm/Immobilizer.

And when storing your bike at night nothing beats a garage (or just keep it in ya kitchen like my mate does )

[atom]

Mines lives on the road with an Oxford Monster, though I think, if I could, the best place for it would be a garage.
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[dandit]

get an off road bike ride it up the stairs and keep it in ya bed room
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[JonB]

My bike is chained to the house wall with an insurance approved Yale lock and Chain.

I also have an Oxford Disc lock, which is extremely good.

I have it covered with a bike cover mainly used to keep the bike dry, but I have heard it is a good deterrant for thieves.

I am also thinking of installing a small CCTV camera above the bike on the wall, do you reckon it is worth it?
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[Ade067]

It would be a good deterrent if nothing else

Mine is chained to my work bench (very heavy) in my locked garage which also has a separate padlock on the door,the garage is also alarmed,so I reckon its as safe as its gonna be

[Keith]

[swaffs]

mines locked to the wall with oxford ground anchor etc.
Also think about an ir sensor light above it so if anyone approaches it they will be illuminated (although i suppose that help them see what they are doing... )

I found a smartwater sticker under my seat, not sure if I have to get that registered to me or if it just registers against the bike.???

[Ade067]

According to Smartwater's site the licence lasts for two years then you have to renew it annually,check out their site.

https://www.smartwater.com/products/instant.html

[moonym20]

Why not invest in a cat1 alarm and think about grabbing a tracker??

it will lower insurance..... it made a massive difference to the insurance on the vans for me mums business when we had trackers fitted
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[robbiehall]

Ground anchor in the garage at home, chain lock round the wheel, leave no slack and try to secure the chain OFF the ground (less easy to lever bolt cutters app.)

Consider an alarm - bike and garage.

Use the steering lock.

Be vigilant around the house and check strangers by your house. Try not to leave the garage door open when your working in it.

Cheers
Rob
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[KevTM]

i think the best methods have already been discussed but here's how i do mine. (i don't have a garage)

1. Basically i have a decent disk lock on the front disk (obviously)

2. I have a padlock going through my chain (basically because it's a 125 it's quite attractive to wannabe 'joyriders' so this will hopefully prevent them from taking the time to get it running).. i had a bike stolen before.

3. I have a bike cover over it, not only to protect it from the elements but just to make it that little bit harder to identify.

4. I have a mighty big chain going through the frame and round a drainpipe keeping some slack but not leaving it on the ground.

5. Security light over the bike with an 'alert' thing that tells me when the light is activated.

It seems to do the trick so far, but if i get a bigger bike i'd definitely get a little shed built and a ground anchor etc etc. Basically my problem is teenage kids wanting a bit of fun at other people expense- and having a 125 just lures them in

[robbiehall]

[sv_cath]

Get as many of the best locks as you can afford. Make your bike look less 'nickable' than the one next to it (sorry if anyone here owns the one next to it! )
Remember - if a professional wants your bike they'll have it. I heard of someone who's bike was chained to a ground anchor, in their locked garage, parked in by their own car, and it still got nicked!
But don't have nightmares, eh?!

[LustyLew]

Buy a bike no one wants!

I've left my keys in the ignition on more than one occasion in central London, and come back 8 hours later to find the bike still there.

Try not to make a habit of it now.

At home I park it in the garage, next to my mates firestorm. Hopefully they'll be lured by that first
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[karen_moomin]

I've got a chain and lock thing, cost £50. I think the chain would put people off on it's own, it's a hefty thing!

I'm quite annoyed that my housemate decided to knock her garage down (well, it is her house I suppose) because now I have to leave my bike outside

It doesn't like the rain

Kiran - what bike do you have?

[Kiran]

Hi,

I have a 125NSR here is a pic of it

[Ste]

When you are making your bike secure, there are two different approaches you can take; either using insurance approved kit to reduce your premium, or making it as secure as possible so that should anyone touch it or try to move it you'll be alerted and they won't get far anyway.

For the first, basically you just need an alarm/ immobiliser and a disc lock or something. These aren't necessary the most effective on the market, but are approved and will get you a small discount on your insurance.

The second, just getting the biggest thickest toughest chain you can and chaining it to objects which cannot be moved. And the loudest possible alarm as how many people actually do something when they hear an alarm going off now unless it sounds like theirs? Not really anyone so if yours is louder you're more likely to be alerted to the fact your alarm is going off and it'll draw more attention to the scene anyway. You can also get alarms which send a signal to a pager which you carry so it sets let you know if you're out of hearing range. These are probably better methods of stopping it being nicked, but an insurance approved alarm is not going to go amiss either.

The other useful thing which was a creation of Bendy's brain is the homemade ground anchor. Take a 220litre barrel cut some holes and put some chains through it, then fill it with bricks and general heavy stuff, then fill it in with concrete. Not insurance approved but that thing isn't going anywhere without a van dragging it along .(and it's good as you can stick junk that's been sat in the garages for ages in before the concrete like some old jacket, yellow pages and then in the top you can set things like spark plugs and a random kids toy snake that had been left in B&Q )

[30sumthin gal]

I have Alphadot, alarm & immobiliser, front disclock and a chain to wall anchor. Hope it does the trick!
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