securing my motorcycle

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Lithium381

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what can i do to secure the bike? It's garaged at night in a safe neighborhood; i ride it to work most everyday, weather permitting. Pretty "affluent" area. Rarely if ever left in shady parts of town.

Currently i've got a Xena X1 on the rear brake, a Xena X2 on the front brake, an abus chain with heavy master lock between the frame and front wheel, and a kryptonite cable lock between the frame and the rear wheel w/ abus lock. . . . what now?
 

monkeydelmagico

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i live in the shady part of town and my bike sits outside. I chain it down to the storm grate and have full coverage insurance.
 

Greenman

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what can i do to secure the bike? It's garaged at night in a safe neighborhood; i ride it to work most everyday, weather permitting. Pretty "affluent" area. Rarely if ever left in shady parts of town.

Currently i've got a Xena X1 on the rear brake, a Xena X2 on the front brake, an abus chain with heavy master lock between the frame and front wheel, and a kryptonite cable lock between the frame and the rear wheel w/ abus lock. . . . what now?

What prevents a couple fellows from picking the bike up and putting it in a truck? More importantly, what makes this bike so special that it requires an absurd level of protection?
 

M0oG0oGaiPan

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just get full coverage. you can get lowjack but they could probably just remove the unit if they really wanted to.

any bike you own is special. even if it's a rat bike.
 

Lithium381

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What prevents a couple fellows from picking the bike up and putting it in a truck? More importantly, what makes this bike so special that it requires an absurd level of protection?

Its my bike...? its my primary transportation.
 

unokitty

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what can i do to secure the bike? It's garaged at night in a safe neighborhood; i ride it to work most everyday, weather permitting. Pretty "affluent" area. Rarely if ever left in shady parts of town.

Currently i've got a Xena X1 on the rear brake, a Xena X2 on the front brake, an abus chain with heavy master lock between the frame and front wheel, and a kryptonite cable lock between the frame and the rear wheel w/ abus lock. . . . what now?


As long as you are securing the bike to an immovable external object, it sounds like you have it covered.

Only other thing that I could think of would be a wireless camera system, or perhaps an alarm wired to a movement sensor, for your garage.

While you can never be perfectly secure, you can raise the threshold of effort that a thief has to make to steal the bike. Stealth is also a good technique. If a thief can't find your bike, they can't steal it.

After I had my C-450 stolen from the U of I, Chicago Campus, I never went anywhere without my case hardened chain and lock.

Best of luck,
Uno
 
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