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GeeMac 10-01-08 07:46 PM

secure-a-bike
 
Did a search, but not much mention of this thing.

http://www.secure-a-bike.com/producten.html

Anyone have any experience of this garage...or know anyone who has? Seems to be pretty much bulletproof and I am very tempted into getting for the following reasons...

1) Seems totally secure
2) Only one I have seen that can go across a slight slope (angle adjusters or something inside)
3) I live in London...with no garage...and want a new bike. It will get nicked in seconds, I'm sure of it!!
4) A 2008 cbr600rr will cost me an extra £293 on insurance as long as it's garaged...I daren't ask them what it would be without it!!

Just wondering if anyone has seen/touched/experienced one. I know they were at the NEC recently so got some exposure there.

Bad points...

1) It's £1650 :( (so if anyone knows any top notch alternatives, please shout!)

maultin 10-01-08 07:58 PM

Re: secure-a-bike
 
a mate has his gsxr750 in one of these garages & he swares by it

Paws 10-01-08 08:26 PM

Re: secure-a-bike
 
http://www.airflow-group.com/category.do?category=74

these do same job but are cheaper

pmapp 10-01-08 08:32 PM

Re: secure-a-bike
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Paws (Post 1383443)


That's what I've got (bikesafe). Great bit of kit.


I looked at the ones from secure-a-bike before I got the bikesafe. It;s not very high, so you can't really walk in it - i've got a little bench in at the end of mine so I can work on stuff inside, in the dry. Also, the pull our bed means you need the lenght of the shed again to slide it out - if that makes sense.

Hope this helps :cyclops:

454697819 10-01-08 09:21 PM

Re: secure-a-bike
 
try yard master sheds.. they are metal sheds.. not as secure, but some insurers will cllass it as a garage,

So you will get the insurance discount... call and ask though...

GeeMac 10-01-08 09:45 PM

Re: secure-a-bike
 
Thx all for the advice. The main reason I am leaning towards the secure-a-bike unit is that it can be fitted on a slight slope and also doesn't require ground anchoring as it's so damn heavy. All the other ones, as good as some are (esp. bike safe) appear to need anchoring and I can't do that where I am...and also look like they might be slightly lop sided on a slope of a few degrees, therefore unstable.

yorkie_chris 10-01-08 11:59 PM

Re: secure-a-bike
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by GeeMac (Post 1383519)
I can't do that where I am..

why not?

GeeMac 11-01-08 12:08 AM

Re: secure-a-bike
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris (Post 1383661)
why not?

rented property. hardly allowed to start bolting things to the ground in a carpark that's not quite mine I'm sure :)

yorkie_chris 11-01-08 12:09 AM

Re: secure-a-bike
 
You're parking a shed over it, they won't notice untill you move out :-P

GeeMac 11-01-08 12:15 AM

Re: secure-a-bike
 
haha yeah very true and perhaps that had crossed my mind a teeny bit :)

but I won't vandalise what is not mine. that would make me the same as the scum who nick bikes. sort of anyway. i'm just an honest kind of guy...annoying really :(


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