On Street Parking (Office Hours) - Security Tips? - SV650.org

30-04-12, 12:10 PM

We're going to be moving offices soon to a city centre location (Nottingham). This means that I'll be parking my bike on the street in designated bays etc.

What's the best security I can apply to keep it from getting pinched? I've got a big chain & lock (with additional cable) but would anything else help? I reckon that if anyone wants to nick it they probably will, and I can't be bothered lumping 25kgs of additional security each morning.......

SoulKiss · 30-04-12, 01:28 PM

If you can chain it to something then do so.

Failing that, any chain is just going to be a disc-lock in effect, so you might as well just get a disc-lock alarmed is an option, which you can carry under the seat with more ease.

Its what I do in Central London - nowhere to chain to, so the chain stays at home.

30-04-12, 01:30 PM

Almax chain, chain to something, even another bike, or a colleagues car tow bar etc.

pookie · 30-04-12, 02:21 PM

After a friends gsxr got physically lifted into a van from liverpool station on a weekday morning. He leaves his hefty chain around a lampost / railings and locks up when he arrives in the morning.

30-04-12, 03:59 PM

Where about in nottingham city centre? I know there are bays just of made marrien way ( castle side) with places to loop a chain round.

Mark_h · 30-04-12, 05:36 PM

If there's nothing fixed to chain my bike to I'll put my chain round someone elses chain. Then we're both protected until the other person goes home. If there's absolutely nothing about to chain to I put the chain on the rear as I assume it's easier to wheel a bike into a van by lifting the front than the back.

At the end of the day it's impossible to make your bike scrote proof but all you need to do is make it more awkward to nick yours than another one in the row. Or failing that get a nasty scooter than nobody wants to nick anyway.

mep · 30-04-12, 07:48 PM

I keep hearing that SV's are not that desirable to nick!. But jesting aside you should do the best you can. The hassle of having it taken isn't worth it.

02-05-12, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kilted Ginger

....or a colleagues car tow bar etc.

Until said colleague forgets about it and drives off towing your bike along on its side.

jonny.boyd · 02-05-12, 11:32 AM

I used to have to commute to Nottingham, on Convent Street (behind Oceana) is motorbike parking, with a metal rail to chain to.. It's pretty close to the centre so if no-where else has something to chain to then it might be the best option....

andrewsmith · 02-05-12, 02:20 PM

Rabid dog!

As SK says if there is nowhere to anchor to, I'd use a alarmed disc lock

30-04-12, 12:10 PM	#1
pie_master Guest Posts: n/a	On Street Parking (Office Hours) - Security Tips? We're going to be moving offices soon to a city centre location (Nottingham). This means that I'll be parking my bike on the street in designated bays etc. What's the best security I can apply to keep it from getting pinched? I've got a big chain & lock (with additional cable) but would anything else help? I reckon that if anyone wants to nick it they probably will, and I can't be bothered lumping 25kgs of additional security each morning.......

30-04-12, 01:28 PM	#2
SoulKiss Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunny Croydonia Posts: 6,124	Re: On Street Parking (Office Hours) - Security Tips? If you can chain it to something then do so. Failing that, any chain is just going to be a disc-lock in effect, so you might as well just get a disc-lock alarmed is an option, which you can carry under the seat with more ease. Its what I do in Central London - nowhere to chain to, so the chain stays at home. __________________ Sent from my PC NOT using any Tapatalk type rubbish!! █╬╬╬╬(•)i¯i▀▀▀▀▀█Ξ███████████████████████████████)

30-04-12, 01:30 PM	#3
Kilted Ginger Guest Posts: n/a	Re: On Street Parking (Office Hours) - Security Tips? Almax chain, chain to something, even another bike, or a colleagues car tow bar etc.

30-04-12, 02:21 PM	#4
pookie Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Essex Posts: 938	Re: On Street Parking (Office Hours) - Security Tips? After a friends gsxr got physically lifted into a van from liverpool station on a weekday morning. He leaves his hefty chain around a lampost / railings and locks up when he arrives in the morning. __________________ "an unedifying exercise in postmodern, operatic grunge" Was - 2000 Candy blue sv650s -2003 Sonic silver sv1000s Gone - 2007 Wildfire Orange Ninja zx6r Now - 2010 Triton blue sv650s -Back to the future

30-04-12, 03:59 PM	#5
BBadger Guest Posts: n/a	Re: On Street Parking (Office Hours) - Security Tips? Where about in nottingham city centre? I know there are bays just of made marrien way ( castle side) with places to loop a chain round.

30-04-12, 05:36 PM	#6
Mark_h Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fleet, Hampshire Posts: 2,448	Re: On Street Parking (Office Hours) - Security Tips? If there's nothing fixed to chain my bike to I'll put my chain round someone elses chain. Then we're both protected until the other person goes home. If there's absolutely nothing about to chain to I put the chain on the rear as I assume it's easier to wheel a bike into a van by lifting the front than the back. At the end of the day it's impossible to make your bike scrote proof but all you need to do is make it more awkward to nick yours than another one in the row. Or failing that get a nasty scooter than nobody wants to nick anyway. __________________ Don't want to be the quickest; don't want to be the best; just want to be the one having the most fun. XL125Varadero -> Curvy SV650N-Y -> SV1000N-K3 -> Multistrada 1200s Twin-tastic stuff. Minister for Sustainability *Aliquid prudentissimus delectabiles et intelligentes in adamasset lingua.*

30-04-12, 07:48 PM	#7
mep Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Torquay Posts: 208	Re: On Street Parking (Office Hours) - Security Tips? I keep hearing that SV's are not that desirable to nick!. But jesting aside you should do the best you can. The hassle of having it taken isn't worth it.

02-05-12, 11:32 AM	#9
jonny.boyd Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Bedfordshire Posts: 215	Re: On Street Parking (Office Hours) - Security Tips? I used to have to commute to Nottingham, on Convent Street (behind Oceana) is motorbike parking, with a metal rail to chain to.. It's pretty close to the centre so if no-where else has something to chain to then it might be the best option....

02-05-12, 02:20 PM	#10
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: On Street Parking (Office Hours) - Security Tips? Rabid dog! As SK says if there is nowhere to anchor to, I'd use a alarmed disc lock __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

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