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F1.ash |
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F1.ash Renault 5 Driver
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Posted: 14:01 - 05 Feb 2019 Post subject: Security for MY2000 VFR800 |
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I'm hoping somebody has already been through this so here's my question...
I'm looking for a good quality chain to lock the bike up while I'm at work. Not sure what options I've got in the way of chaining it to fixed object but I'm more interested in where the chain is best threaded through the bike. I think the rear wheel is too quick and easy to get out to consider that, I know it's better to get the lock off the floor if possible.
I should add that the bike hasn't been delivered yet but would like to be ready when it does.
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 14:21 - 05 Feb 2019 Post subject: |
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VFR has a single side swingarm. Undo 4 nuts and the wheel lifts off like a car wheel.
There is pretty much nowhere you'd get a thick chain through the frame. It's totally full of engine.
Rear wheel and mainstand? The mainstand pivot is enough of a PITA to remove when you want to.
Rear wheel and lifting handle on the left side? ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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ADSrox0r World Chat Champion
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Posted: 16:38 - 05 Feb 2019 Post subject: |
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Pragmasis make a Pinch Pin specifically for the VFR (And other single swingers) that nicely slots through the wheel hub. I use one with a Pragmasis chain and Squire lock that fits the pin.
https://securityforbikes.com/anti-pinch-pin.php
Bit of an arse for a 'mobile' solution since you have to cart the heavy pin around but...you asked, and that's pretty much THE solution for VFR security. ____________________ Current bikes: '08 VFR 800 VTEC(yo) , '07 ZZR1400 Winter hack: '95 Aprilia 650 Pegaso Currently lusting after: RC30 |
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Teflon-Mike tl;dr
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Posted: 20:11 - 05 Feb 2019 Post subject: |
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If you aren't locking the bike down to something immovable, you are essentially lugging an effing great chain and padlock about to give you about as much security as a cheap disc-lock....
Out and about, I have an MP-Top-Lock, which is one of the first disc-locks on the UK market, quarter of a century ago, and quite a good one, unlike the copies that followed.... BUT, to offer a bit of added, I have a hefty security cable, who's (is that propper English?!?) eyes, it will lock together, so I can use it like both a discie and, all-be-it 'weak' padlock and chain... I can tie the bike to something hard and immovable-ish, like a lamp-post or the railings outside ASDA if I find anything like that.
The Disck-lock, even though a good one, is not much of a deterrent, and absolutely no precaution against a wheel-away. But it's 'something'; the cable? Not much more, b-u-t, it is 'more' and will stall a wheel-away...
Main security though is that the bikes a 25 year old Honda CB Seven-Fifty, and not all that shiny......
2ooo model year VFR, aint much younger in the bigger scheme of things, or that much more desirable; (Having pondered a few times, the potential problems I'd be buying with an 'older' VFR have always left me appreciating the DIY fix-ability of the simpler, unsophisticated air-cooled offering, I have, TBH)... so how much 'security' do you really need to hang on to it, and how much is reasonable to spend on it, or have to lugg-around?
Basically, do you really need much more than a disc-lock? Especially if you cant tie-mi-Kangroo-down? ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
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F1.ash Renault 5 Driver
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 51 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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