Ground Anchors & Chain

Originally Posted by arcdef

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My hardcore lock is advertised as being bolt crop proof. Whats that black thing in the pic?

I suppose if you want to fork out that much money then fair enough. I may have considered it if i hadn't already bought the hardcore, which i'm still happy with anyway.

+1 almax

forget magaxine ratings IMO, dont mean anything, I wouldnt use anything on the market right now apart from almax

the clicky above pretty much sums this up, if u can find the video aswell of various chains being cropped..have a look, is very interesting

Originally Posted by Magnum

My hardcore lock is advertised as being bolt crop proof. Whats that black thing in the pic?

I suppose if you want to fork out that much money then fair enough. I may have considered it if i hadn't already bought the hardcore, which i'm still happy with anyway.

bolt crop proof? me thinks not, are you happy with it because your bike thus far has not been nicked?

im happy with mine because it bears the slight scars where some little fecker has clearly had a pop at it and gave up...this is why im happy with mine.

the black thing is a portable hydraulic cropper which it says all the the chains were cropped in under 12 seconds with it

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by arcdef

the black thing is a portable hydraulic cropper which it says all the the chains were cropped in under 12 seconds with it

Sort of thing Firemen would use to chop up a car

What ever chain or anchor you get they will not be 100% affective, anything can be broken and a determined thief given enough time will cut through a chain/lock/anchor.

Originally Posted by sauluk

Where's good to wrap the chain on the SV then?

Depends on the actual anchor you get, some are designed to dug down into concrete and other bolt onto a surface (floor or wall).

Originally Posted by sauluk

And should ground anchors be used on the wall or ground, not sure I could get it in the wall but have a concrete floor in the bike store.

Best to put the chain through the rear wheel and swingarm if possible, try not to let the chain be slack as it is at these points that thieves have more access to use stronger tools.

[ogden]

I use an RGV250 as an anchor for my GSXR, and a GSXR as an anchor for my RGV.

This may sound dull but do I need a 0.7m or 1.5m chain to lock up via the back wheel/swingarm?

[ogden]

Depends what you're locking it to. 0.7m really is very small - think of the circumference of the wheel and tyre and see how much you have left.

[Dave20046]

As said almax chain is a must (if funds allow), but your padlocks also a weak point almax recommend closed shackle squires I think.

Where can you loop it round the swingarm that it won't slip off when the wheel's removed dd?

I'd floormount the anchor and then park the bike over the anchor so they can't access it easily and have little room to work.