How are bikes stolen?

All you have to do is think of your bike parked up at the side of the road as a steel box with £X000 stashed inside and a big sign telling people as much.

Then you'll work out how to keep the box undamaged and where you left it.

[NTECUK]

YAMAHA'S*Thundercat has topped the chart of most stolen motorcycles in the UK, according to insurer Swinton Bikes.
the top ten reads
Yamaha YSF 600 R Thunder Cat*
Yamaha YZF-R125
Triumph Daytona 675
Kawasaki ZX-6R
Honda CBF 125
Yamaha YZF-R1
Suzuki SV 650 S
Suzuki GSX-R 600
Honda CBR 600 F (M-W)
Suzuki GSF 600 BanditS
so don't buy any one of those

I lock both front and rear wheels with oxford locks but I have never really worried about it going walkies nobody wants there stuff stolen, but where's the fun in ownership if your always panicking about it.

[DJ123]

The way to look at the situation is that you need to do enough to satisfy your doubts of the bike being insecure. You can only do so much when it comes to security, if somebody wants it bad enough they'll have it regardless of what security devices there are.
What do you currently have (alarm/immobiliser/chain/lock/ground anchor)?

I'm in a pickle because I'm a student, and live at a rented property I can't do any "ground work" to. The house is also semi-detached and has no garden, garage, or gate. Only a completely open drive, onto a cul-de-sac with about 20 other houses. I think installing an alarm would be my best bet.

[DJ123]

Is there a porch above the front door, a post you can chain the bike too?

[Littlepeahead]

Any neighbours have space in the garage you could rent?

[SIII]

A neighbour of mine in Sheffield, took his bike thru' a passageway to round the back of terraced house and then chained to a ground anchor inside a shed under a cover.

They brought along an angle grinder, wrapped a towel around it to muffle the noise, cut the chain, and took the bike. Left him with a burnt out angle grinder!!!!

If they want it - it's gone! Just make it more difficult to take away than the next bike, thats all you can do.

[BoltonSte]

What about non permanent 'ground work'?

I'm thinking:
The sunken box section idea, lift a flag or 2, dig a hole, sink a container full of concrete/fill the hole with concrete containing the anchoring method of choice.

1. If you lift >1 flag, you could put the rest but one down, potential thieves would have no idea of the extent of the anchor or how much effort is required...keep the lifted flags somewhere for later.
2. You could even pick up another flag for a few quid to cut as required so as little is showing as possible.
3. When you leave, you could simply drop the flag(s) back on top or else you could dig it out again and backfill before dropping the flag back on top. No permanent changes.

Ste

forgot to add, stick a cover over it.

Originally Posted by Fallout

These are still by far the best security devices. Mine so far have been faultless, and I haven't had to buy dog food since purchase.

They did not help them much, did they?

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