Best Physical Security

[dizzyblonde]

I got one of these for when I'm at work, and an alarm too. Don't use it at home,as I've two dogs to keep me informed if theres somebody there....however if I did catch someone, if i lobbed this at em,its so big and heavy its likely to give them a large indentation of the cranium
when i bought mine it was thatcham approved, and expensive. They do a couple of different ones I think, as this ones a few yrs old. Think they do an alarmed one too

and if its as good as this chain is, its good enough for me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ArSW...eature=related

Keep the chat to the megathread please.

Ta

not great for the paintwork tho

i got an xena alarm disklock, with out the alarm. I had bad experience with them 1st one kept goin off for no reason so did the second one and i ended up takin its guts out! good for if you forget to take it off tho

[bigup]

Oxford hardcore


Oxford Bruteforce


Front Wheel; Motrax Guvna (only one!)


Also told insurance company bike has no security on it what so ever and is parked outside in back garden. (was no difference in money to having it locked in a brick garage)

this on a CBR125 mind! il use the same when i get my SV650s

[lazymanc]

Originally Posted by bigup

Also told insurance company bike has no security on it what so ever and is parked outside in back garden. (was no difference in money to having it locked in a brick garage)

this on a CBR125 mind! il use the same when i get my SV650s

Wish I'd done that

Originally Posted by wyrdness

I've looked at the anti-pinch pin and am worried that it could be sawn through more easily than a chain could be cropped.

I agree that it probably could, particularly on the padlock end. The other end would be a bit harder to do. I think this weakness is largely mitigated by:
1. Putting the bike leaning towards the wall and put the chain tight enough that it would be exceedingly fiddly to get an angle to cut it on the "weak" side.
2. Unless someone had hydraulic cutters/a big angle grinder (in which case the chain becomes a moot point anyway), you'd take quite a while to hacksaw through it (too thick for most hand croppers).

Both of these would increase the amount of time to steal it to longer than it would take to remove the wheel (which is the alternative chaining point).

[yorkie_chris]

If the anti pinch pin has been case hardened to a reasonable depth then it would be a real PITA to hacksaw. I believe almax do a good job of surface treating their chains so wouldn't expect a shoddy through-hardening job on the pins either.

If you're out and about, a couple of disklocks would suffice. If you're away for any amount of time or leaving your bike in public for the day, you can just lock it up to a bike rack or something.

At home, ground anchor and alarmable disclocks. Normal alarm is pretty much for peace of mind. They take about £20 off your insurance and unless you have something like a CBR600rr.. in which case they take about £2500 (in my case! )