security inventions

[leolion]

Just a few ideas ive been kicking about.

Removable bars- now most bikes dont have a throttle cable would this be possible? the brakes and clutch could go on a separate bracket attached to the yoke making the bars removable when your around town.

Quick release front wheel, obvs you'd need a front stand to drop down and a lockable front axle to put in between the forks to prevent someone just bobbing another wheel in but could this be a decent overnight idea?

Full front wheel cover, a bit like the disklocs used on cars but supersized, would prevent a large pole going through the front wheel to aid lift away thefts.

Transmission lock, im not clever enough to work this one out but im sure it could be done and combined with a removable gear shifter then have a plate that locks down to prevent anything from being put over the shaft.

Any intelligent person with money want to run with these ideas?

[Polarbear]

A small inverter kicking 440v AC to wires buried in grips. Move the bike without the coded key? 440v through your arms and heart. Toasted twat
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[doggone]

[Teflon-Mike]

Ok, just as a bit of credential, quarter century ago, I put the first Disc-Lock on the market... this is not exactly a novel topic.... but still

[Hetzer]

Given that most bikes are picked up and chucked in vans to be broken up for parts, the only security worth a toss is something making it impossible to pick it up and chuck it in a van.

For the other occasions (turds trying to hotwire/wheel it away etc) the current stuff does a good enough job of stopping them.
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[Teflon-Mike]

[owl]

Always fancied the idea of a ride in lock system, slight recess in the floor or a wall mounted box that as the wheel enters a bar slides through and locks the wheel in place, for home/garage use obviously.

I would think the main difficulty would be ensuring the lock bar slides through the spokes rather than into them.
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[leolion]

YES i finally got a TEF response-ok he was telling me im stupid but im part of the crew now!!

[MarJay]

[c_dug]

Under the principle that compressed air is heavier than atmospheric pressure air, I propose an inflatable ground anchor.

Made of the finest unobtainium, easily stored when empty, when filled will be approximately the size of a waste paper basked and containing approximately 65kg of compressed air, or 50,000 litres in uncompressed form, fitted with a simple schrader valve for easy filling with a bicycle pump.

Simply place the deflated ground anchor by your rear wheel, and pump to approximately 200,000psi with your trusty pump
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[chickenstrip]

Area denial is what you want. In short, a minefield to park it in that only you have the plan for.
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[Teflon-Mike]

[Sister Sledge]

Afraid I can't help further than what's already been said. You have to remember too that devices or lack of parts will only slow a thief down. If they see a part missing then they'll return with a suitable piece to allow theft to take place.

Have a story:
Holy Island or Lindisfarne on the Northumberland coast. A mega hot spot for tourism and visitors but a tidal place too.
The county council saw those visitors and got greedy. They added pay machines to a large car park and got rich, but, a thief saw money being generated and hatched a (simple) plan..
The island being tidal sees tourist folk fleeing before they're trapped for 8 hours until the water drops. The island goes from chaos to peace within an hour. If you're a burglar and you time that peace with darkness, you have free run to pinch things.
A thief brought a large plumbers manual pipe cutter with them. In the darkness and alone in the car park they silently sliced every single cash/ticket machine from their support pole. They'd waited until the machines were full to the brim and about to be emptied.
(The council used square supports next time)

What I'm saying is they will always find a way. Might slow them down for a short while but they'll hatch plans and still take what they want.
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[Easy-X]

Thinking on the motorbike and push bike thefts in my area (there was a fair run of them a few months ago) 99/100 accounted for by one thing:

Was it bolted down?

Theft of push bike from outside local shop - not locked to anything. Dirt bike stolen from back garden - thieves just pushed it out in broad daylight... and so on

Bolt it to something big with... something big! Big enough to require more than bolt cutters. Angle grinders are noisy and do take a bit of time to cut through things (relative to bolt cutters.)

All the rest of the security options are pointless if two hefty fellas can throw it in a van!
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[Ste]

Those ideas seem to range from impractical to outright dangerous.

The best security is to park next to a more desirable bike than yours that's got worse security than you've got.

That and to kill all bike thieves.

[Easy-X]

I chuckled at that but then thought of the car jackings in South Africa. Usual MO was to wave a gun at the driver's window and turf the fucker out. Then drivers started keeping a loaded pistol in the glove box. So the car jackers started just shooting the drivers and turfing the body out
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[owl]

[andym]

How about a small explosive charge attached to the brake lines that is triggered when the speed goes above 50mph and the brakes are applied

[MCN]

The more difficult the theft prevention the more hassle for the user to get through it.
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[MarJay]

[Polarbear]

[Easy-X]

[pepperami]

Two very large grumpy gentlemen follow you wherever you go and guard your bike while you go about your business
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[Polarbear]

[stinkwheel]

I once saw someone who had welded a bracket to the mainstand and frame on his CG125 with holes that lined up when the mainstand was down. The then put a padlock through the holes locking the stand in the down position.

I thought this was particularly well thought out.
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