Motorbike padlock and chain advice

paddy · 1 Mar 2010 at 12:31

I'd say just for looping through the rear wheel and attaching it to something nearby that'll be fine.

I have a 2m chain and that loops twice around my rear tyre.

You might go longer if you wanted some more flexibility on chaining it up. Get a piece of rope, hose, string of the same length and try it out

Felix · 1 Mar 2010 at 12:45

Options are 1.2, 1.5 or 2m.

With a chain that size and weight it will just be used at home.

paddy · 1 Mar 2010 at 12:53

Get a tape measure and some string, see how long a piece of chain you'll require. In my opinion the longer the better

I can take a picture of my 2m Almax this evening on my bike if you want something visual

eidolon · 1 Mar 2010 at 12:53

I went for a 1.5m Oxford Hardcore XL. It probably puts of most opportunist thieves but if I had a more expensive bike I'd have invested a bit more.

Fits under my seat perfectly too so that's a bonus.

Felix · 1 Mar 2010 at 13:00

Thanks, Im picking the bike up today so want to sort out securing it asap!

paddy · 1 Mar 2010 at 13:24

I have a chain for home use then a disk lock which sits under the seat for "out and about" use.

Oxford something or other - no alarm, D-lock style

paddy · 1 Mar 2010 at 19:38

Almax III 2m chain

Locked around rear wheel (twice round, then locked)

SupermotoMX · 1 Mar 2010 at 20:10

almax.... + ground anchor made out of a 25ton lifting eye from a crane
.

i doubt the missed it

Felix · 1 Mar 2010 at 20:27

That is some chain Paddy!

Do you not use a ground anchor?

paddy · 1 Mar 2010 at 20:57

Felix said:
That is some chain Paddy!

Do you not use a ground anchor?

The Almax III is 16mm link, the series IV is 19mm... now that's beefy!

I currently live in a rented house so can't fix a ground anchor, give it a few months and I'll have a "Hardie-Secure" anchor setup

Felix · 1 Mar 2010 at 21:03

I have only just moved to mine, so I need to dig a hole and fill it with concrete to give it a good footing!

Kezmo · 1 Mar 2010 at 21:05

paddy said:
Almax III 2m chain

Locked around rear wheel (twice round, then locked)

Seriously! chain it to something , cant be leave you splashed on that almax just to wrap it round the tyre :confused:

Wyvern971 · 2 Mar 2010 at 12:03

paddy said:
The Almax III is 16mm link, the series IV is 19mm... now that's beefy!

I currently live in a rented house so can't fix a ground anchor, give it a few months and I'll have a "Hardie-Secure" anchor setup

I've got the series IV 2m chain, I really don't like carrying that around, when I do I use a tailpack, cargo net and bungee cables and am still not overly confident about it.

Even if you've not got anything to chain it to at the moment, at least pass the chain over the seat and lock it off tight so that it isn't on the floor.

When locking mine up the link on the series IV will only just go through the hole in the swingarm...

When I've got a bit more spare cash I'll be getting another 2 series IV chains one for the GFs place and one for the office.

paddy · 2 Mar 2010 at 12:16

Wyvern971 said:
Even if you've not got anything to chain it to at the moment, at least pass the chain over the seat and lock it off tight so that it isn't on the floor.

That's something I'll try, I'm not happy about the locking situation at the moment. However by the time my bike gets back from the repair shop I should have a snazzy double garage to play with

Felix · 2 Mar 2010 at 12:23

Why don't you want it on the floor?

Burned_Alive · 2 Mar 2010 at 12:40

Felix said:
Why don't you want it on the floor?

Makes it easier to attack the chain.

paddy · 2 Mar 2010 at 13:18

You can't really hit something with a sledgehammer which isn't on a hard surface.

I'm now humming Peter Gabriel

Felix · 2 Mar 2010 at 15:33

Hmm makes it hard to mount a ground anchor then!

Wyvern971 · 2 Mar 2010 at 15:55

Felix said:
Hmm makes it hard to mount a ground anchor then!

Just lock it off tight as you reasonably can, might mean the chain is slightly on the ground, but just make it as awkward to get to as you can and it should be fine

Felix · 2 Mar 2010 at 15:57

Will do, thanks. I currently have it locked up with my bicycle twisted cable!