Keeping a bike outside

Thanks everyone - that's made me feel a lot happier about it. Hopefully I'll at least get off street parking and a not-too-bad area that thieving swine don't frequent.

Just need to refer the insurance company to this thread. 'Don't double my premium, look, everyone says it's fine!'

Originally Posted by Yokel

Thanks everyone - that's made me feel a lot happier about it. Hopefully I'll at least get off street parking and a not-too-bad area that thieving swine don't frequent.

Just need to refer the insurance company to this thread. 'Don't double my premium, look, everyone says it's fine!'

Just get a big strong chain and lock it to some thing immovable.

Mine lives outside. It's in the carpark of the block of flats, which is in a very quiet street. I left the Harley there, unchained and uncovered for 7 years with no problems, but my SV was nicked from their by joyriding scum. My new bike has alarm, concreted-in ground anchor, big motrax english chain and cover. I also spray the bike with ACF-50 (anti-corrosion fluid).

Mine is well out of sight in the garden and I have enough locks and stuff so my main concern is the weather.

I was thinking of getting a BIKESAFE 250, anyone got one? Opinions?

I have a cover at the moment but I don't want to use the bike when its raining because I don't think its good to put a cover on a wet mucky bike.

I could leave it uncovered and in someways I figure this is actually better than putting a wet bike in the garage because it will dry off quicker although in winter it would freeze nastily. We also don't have covered parking at work so I am wondering how these bikes stand up to being left in the rain.

My previous bikes have suffered from problems starting, water in the switches and I had a clutch cable freeze up from where water had obviously got in there somehow.

Originally Posted by e.d.

I've moved now but my bike used to be chained to the outside of my front fence on a road in a student area with pubs 100 yards either side of me and all night every night there was people wanderin back and forth between pubs. And i never had it touched not even a kebab wrapper left on the seat for me unlike some cars in the area that had them deposited under the windscreen wipers.

Liz prob cos they thght it belonged to abig six foot biker..not little n compact you !! xx

Originally Posted by Quiff Wichard

Liz prob cos they thght it belonged to abig six foot biker..not little n compact you !! xx

No they probably thought it's some kids mini moto it's so small and thought it'd be mean to steal it.

My SV has been outside since I got it, about 18 months. Covered, anchored with 2 chains and a disc lock on the front wheel.
Through winter when I rode it at least once a month on a cold but dryish days, it never failed to start. Covered in snow and the battery didn't so much as go flat.

I don't have an alarm. All the houses round her do and people ignore those, why would they bother for my bike?
Might fit a bogus red LED when I get new job...

dont sv's melt in the rain?

Originally Posted by Toypop

I was thinking of getting a BIKESAFE 250, anyone got one? Opinions?

I had a look at getting one of these but for the price you don't save enough on the insurance. Probably better getting a builder to knock you up a decent brick shelter with a strong door on. For half the price. Then you can call it a garage, and get a good reduction on the insurance.

v good idea bout 10% reduction?