Where is your bike stored?

Originally Posted by Viney

Mines in a residential parking area with a cover over it and the imobiliser on. Same for vernas.

Its fairly quiet where we live and they are hidden from the road by my car.

Same here. Mine's in the car park of the block of flats. I've installed a ground anchor and cover the bike. It can't easily be seen from the road (which is a dead-end so we don't get through traffic) and it's a very quiet area. I kept an unlocked and uncovered Harley and Ducati there for years with no problems, though my SV did get nicked. Which is why I fitted a ground anchor when I got the Speed Triple.

Anyway, where's the poll options for 'private car park'? I'm voting 'garden' as it's the closest option.

Originally Posted by pmapp

Have you any space at all off the road other than the pavement (as per yer other thread)?

If you have it may be worth looking at the BikeSafe kind of sheds. I'm sure you would have though if you did. (thats what I've got).

Sadly not. No access to the backyard at all and nothing at the front. Typical Cardiff townhouses. If the council won't allow me to park on the pavement is it too much to ask to put some kind of ground anchor in!? And they wonder why theft is so high.

[Stu]

Ground anchor - why ask?

[STRAMASHER]

Used to keep smaller bikes in the dunny/basement of a tenement flat. Evel Kneival 'd it up a wooden ramp to get out the back steps. Neighbours were cool.

Then I got the race-piped Firestorm

Luckily it was only for two weeks till we moved to a front and back garden, and a nice big bike-only garage

Originally Posted by Stu

Ground anchor - why ask?

Can you imagine what the council would fine you to 'fix' it?!

in small private car park behind my flat. under a cover. chained to lamp post. with a neighbour who works shifts and takes his pit bull for a walk at 3 am with a baseball bat and taser. next place will have a garage though

mine is on path chained to a lamp post, with a disc lock too, we have just moved house and are thinking of one of them metal bike sheds. needs to be big enough for two bikes tho

[Viney]

Neither bike is anchored or chained in either way.

gettin2dizzy, have you considered hiring a lock up(garage)? My mate had a similar problem and got hold of the council to see if their were any lock up's near his home address.

Originally Posted by SV PILOT

gettin2dizzy, have you considered hiring a lock up(garage)? My mate had a similar problem and got hold of the council to see if their were any lock up's near his home address.

there are none around here, wud like that idea tho, be cheaper and probably easier than trying to get a shed big enough to fit two bikes!