Recommend some more security?

satanicguardian · 6 Feb 2015 at 15:35

Hi guys,

I'm moving house soon and my bike will now have to be left on the street instead of a garage, I currently have a big, fat mammoth chain and lock which will have to be doubled round my rear wheel since there will be nothing to lock it to.

I'm looking into further security, I'm thinking perhaps an alarm and a front disc lock, thoughts please?

Cheers,

Jamie

satanicguardian · 6 Feb 2015 at 16:12

TallPaul_S said:
A big, fat mammoth Rotweiler/bull mastif/doberman?

Alarms can be irratating if they constantly go off in the wind or if a fox farts etc, if I had an alarm I'd get a silent one.

No matter how much security you have, if they come with a van and a few strong blokes, your bike will be gone in a matter of seconds. A big lock should deter the casual theives though.

It's only chinese.. should deter anyone that could be bothered to use a van and a few blokes!

I still love it though!

I need to get a dog/gun combo (courtesy of reddit if anyone gets the joke).

satanicguardian · 10 Feb 2015 at 15:35

Hmmm, thanks for the info mate!

What I'm thinking is (providing there's nothing to lock it to):

Big heavy mammoth chain with shrouded lock round rear wheel and frame tying them together.

Oxford disc lock on front wheel

Alphadot kit + warning stickers

Smaller but tough bicycle lock around back wheel and frame on the other side

Bike cover which swamps it totally

I was curious about the immobiliser, how do they work/get fitted?

Cheers!

satanicguardian · 10 Feb 2015 at 17:14

Hmm potentially, but it would be further from the front door/window range.

Frustratingly the place has side gate access to the garden, there's some steep steps at the front, a long way out of the question to get it up and down safely.

There's also a ramp for wheel chair access around the back (path leads up to the garden from the back, but there's an almost hairpin bend in the path (which has a 3ft wall on both sides with railings, I don't think I'd have the room to turn the bike around halfway up

it would be so much easier if I could just stick it in the back garden. Essentially because the bedroom is ground floor looking into the garden, me and the missus would have the bike in plain view most of the time.. bah!

satanicguardian · 10 Feb 2015 at 17:48

I'll need to go and look again to be honest, I've only seen the property once and fell in love with it (it was too good to not go for, even at the risk of nowhere to safely park my bike).

How do the anchors work? Would the council really notice if I stuck one into the pavement by the garden wall?

satanicguardian · 11 Feb 2015 at 13:37

Updates:

My alphadot kit has arrived, gonna apply it tonight - the big shiny stickers should help as a deterrent..

Also I went back and scouted out the property, this picture shows the mini car park to the left of my property, I'm trying to find out who owns it.. there's a little triangular gap between yellow hatchings and a car parking space that I'm trying to get permission to get an anchor installed into - the path in the picture leads up and turns right at a hairpin bend angle (too tight to turn bike around) which is frustrating because it leads to my rear garden gate!

I'm now deciding if I should go immobiliser or alarm; I've heard alarms can be annoying and go off really easily, but the idea of my engine cutting whilst riding isn't nice - it happened once whilst I was going round a corner (I knocked my killswitch) that was pretty hairy!

satanicguardian · 11 Feb 2015 at 14:04

Also, looking at this for my anchor (if I get permission), it can be wall mounted apparently, would the brick wall picture be more suitable than the ground?

http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/55877

satanicguardian · 11 Feb 2015 at 14:19

Haha.. don't laugh!!!

Lexmoto XTRS 125.. YES I KNOW IT'S CHINESE, I COULDN'T AFFORD ANYTHING NICER.

It's hardly a super desirable bike but to a casual thief it looks sporty and attractive.

satanicguardian · 11 Feb 2015 at 14:23

It would however, be a MASSIVE inconvenience if it was stolen, as my office is about 15 miles away across bham city centre, public transport would be a nightmare..

I'd also like to add, for a chinese bike, it has 8700 on the clock (from brand new last year) and has been pretty damn reliable, never broken down on me.. only issue is the brake discs tend to warp easily, although probably using a better branded disc would probably avoid that in the future..

satanicguardian · 11 Feb 2015 at 15:59

ttaskmaster said:
Yes, they can... which is why you take the time to adjust the sensitivity, as I explained above.
You want it so a light kick to the tyre does not set it off, but a notable one does and lifting it upright certainly does. This will ensure the wind doesn't trigger it, but a theft attempt will.

So you did! Apologies!

Can you recommend anything in particular?

Hearing that immobilisers/alarms can be hard on batteries would be a worry normally but I ride at least 20 miles every day sometimes a lot more, meaning my battery is always being topped up

should be ok?

satanicguardian · 11 Feb 2015 at 16:47

Ok that's sounds good, difference is it's just a free standing wall - excuse me if this sounds stupid but would it not be fairly easy with a big chisel and a few strong whacks to take a brick out of a wall? (Sounds very stupid!

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