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     Docj |
Opinions on disc locks? I recently had my M2 stolen, it did get recovered and St. Paul Harley/Buell is doing a full check on it now. But when it comes back I'm going to invest in a lock. Any suggestions??? DocJ | ||
| Mikef5000 |
Some of them have built in sirens. Might not be a bad idea, as not only will it direct attention if someone try's to steal it again, but it also will remind you its on there if you forget and get ready to pull away. | ||
| Spiderman |
Pappy once told me. "Locks just keep an honest man honest." Disk loks are great for the "joy rider". That is what happened to you, if it were a "Pro" job your bike would have already been in a million pieces and all over the country by now. Like I said they are great as a deterant,but if some one really wants your bike there going to take it. I have actually heard in AZ by the MMI school theifs had actually taken and modified a U-Haul trailer so they could lift the door up, back over your bike. (the floor ws cut open) Close the door. Lift your bike up into the cargo area, then take there time removing locks or other security systems... | ||
| Ftd |
I have a Zena disc lock with an alarm. Works fine. http://www.jpcycles.com/productgroup.aspx?GID=D6F4 4651-2693-4007-BF4E-8019E8D77D25&search=zena+disc+ lock&store=All&page=1 | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
I've got the Zena disc lock with alarm too. It does what it's designed to do, but like someone said above here, locks just keep honest people honest. I mainly rely on the Zena when I'm out and about on the bike and have to park it out of my view during the day. I think the biggest deterrent is, "Out of sight, out of mind." Try to garage it if you can. For example, I had an apartment with no garage last year, so I rented a 5x10 storage space down the street and kept it locked up at night. Technically, the landlord of the storage place wouldn't have allowed me to store a vehicle containing combustible fuel, but they didn't specifically ask what I was storing and I didn't tell them either. Worked out great until I could get into a house and garage. When I wanted to go for a ride, I just walked down to the storage place, put on my leathers, got the bike out, and took off. It was 24-hour access, so when I got back, I just punched a code in the gate system and rode it back into my storage space. No problems. Another thing I've done while out traveling is rent a cheap motel room to store it in. I've got friends on Galveston Island I like to stay with, but they don't have a garage for me. So, I take it to a cheap motel and park it in the room for the weekend while I'm hanging out with them. I did have one time where the motel manager called my cell and was a little pissed about the maid reporting my motorcycle in the room, but he was cool about it when I went down to the motel and showed him that I had put down a tarp and my tires never touched his carpet. | ||
| Docj |
Yeah, I agree with you Spiderman, if the "professionals" are going to take it, a simple disc lock won't stop them, but for the "amateur" it just might deter some. Thanks for input!! | ||
| Mikej |
I had an electronic alarm on the M2 in the past (wait, it's still on there, honest, it really is, the following is just for discussion sake, so if you're thinking of stealing the M2 I'll be coming around the corner as soon as you move it....) but it kept draining the battery so I removed it (to any thieves reading this: "not really, it's still connected, honest, just ask my cousin 'double-ought Buck' and he'll send you a lead-o-gram to prove it" ...). The alarm had a silent mode and a pager system so that if the alarm got triggered it would start to blink the tail-light and send out a page. I had it parked at the local University parking garage in a bike area. The alarm had a feature that if it had been triggered it would blink when you disabled it to let you know it had been set off in case you were out of range of the pager frequency (thieves: cousin Buck was hiding behind the dumpster just waiting for you, good thing you took off). When I came down to the garage for the ride home I found it had been set off. Later I learned on a web site of local police theft reports that an S3 had been stolen out of that same garage in the previous few months, so I guess the alarm had just paid for itself. But the company that made that alarm has gone out of business. Long way of saying locks keep the honest people honest, or more accurately they keep the borderline people from crossing the line because honest people wouldn't bother you bike if you left the key in it overnight outside of a hotel. (Plus honest people all know about cousin Buck and how he is usually hiding behind a curtain someplace with the window cracked open and with a device looking like a thin water pipe just barely protruding out.) Get a big lock and chain, something like the re-keyed Kryptonite NYC chain and lock, get a disk lock with or without an alarm to annoy people with, and try to park it in a safe area like you thought you had already done what with the security camera and all. (This reminds me, I've got to stop at a store this week and get some more feed/food for cousin Buck.  ) NYC Lock:  Disk alarm:  cousin Buck on holiday:  | ||
| Aesquire |
Kryptonite New York Chain & Lock. I use the lock as a disk lock on my M2, and only haul the Chain along If I'm leaving the Cyclone out overnight, as in a Hotel. Damned heavy chain. As a Disk lock, it's ok. The trick with disk locks is to NOT FORGET you have it on. Massive embarasment to dump your machine for that reason. Some locks have a lanyard that goes around the throttle to remind you. A high end alarm setup is great, I'll get one some day. Meanwhile, can I borrow cousin Buck for my next trip? (Message edited by aesquire on August 21, 2007) | ||
| Swampy |
I use a thin coated cable like a bicycle cable that I put through the lock and place up over the seat, it reminds me when I go to get back on it, and if I want to leave my jacket or helmet I just thread the loose cable end through both and attach the loose end through the lock also. Aparently I also need one when I leave my jacket on the back of my chair at the restaurant when I go to the bathroom to keep the girls from wearing it. |
