Number of bikes stolen from condo garage - Anyone recommend a long chain/lock?

[crankcall]

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My moms condo will not allow attaching anything to the "building", short solution when leaving the bike there, bought two plastic pails and two bags of sackrete concrete mix, put chain into wet cement. Moving bike means cutting chain or slugging pails as well.

No stopping a motivated crook, but you can slow them up.

 

[nfq]

The idea is to make your bike invisible. Thats the first stage of protection. Second stage is to make it almost impossible to take your bike without waking up your security guard and neighbors.

I use the same concept from Computer Security as its my background.

A hyosung bike cover and a doberman. Done and done.

 

[RockerGuy]

What is it?

I'm getting pork blood spilled on the seat & put a sticker "I have AIDS"

 

[nfq]

I'm getting pork blood spilled on the seat & put a sticker "I have AIDS"

Why the sticker? It should be a surprise when they find out.

Maybe have a 'TAFB was the first owner' sticker on the bike/seat instead ?

 

[RockerGuy]

Why the sticker? It should be a surprise when they find out.

Maybe have a 'TAFB was the first owner' sticker on the bike/seat instead ?

I'm looking to deter the theft, hence the sticker.

Tafb will do well too

 

[JBizzle]

My bike had an alarm and disc lock -- but it was gone and in the back of a van in 30 seconds. I also live right down the street from OP.

My current theft deterrent is working nicely -- buy a rashed up older bike

 

[Zoodles95]

Hey,

You can only do so much. Take all the reasonable precautions you can and then hope for the best. I would consider documenting how you are securing the bike with pictures. That way if you have to make a claim you can show that you made a concerted effort to make the bike as secure as possible. Good chain, disc lock, locked cover, lock the steering. Outside of some obscure kill switch (like I had with my Chevelle) I don't know how much more you can reasonably do?

I guess I should consider some beefed up protection for my CB 750 when I am parked and out and about. Are these disc locks a reasonable thing to ride around with?

Best idea so far..

Regardless.. I think I'm going to get a nice thick long chain and chain it to the concrete barrier + a nice quality lock. I also have what it looks like to be a Scorpio i900 alarm system with proximity on it (I just have to figure out how the complicated POS works). Furthermore, I tend to park the bike up against the wall with my car close up next to it. There is no way in hell you can get the bike out without moving the car. My old 250 used to make it out of there due to the handelbars but nothing prepared me for the lack of steering radius an SS offered. Apart from all that - I have full coverage. If they manage to cut the locks, disable the alarms and then deadlift the 550 lb bike over my car and into a truck then they deserve it.

Thanks for everyone's help!

 

[油井緋色]

Lol - you need to show me how the damn thing works!

Hold top button to arm. Hold bottom button to disarm. Double tap top button to check the latest trigger. Hold top button while armed to enter panic. And....the range is utter **** lol =(

The great thing about the system, however, is that if you disarm the alarm, the remote will tell you your battery's voltage =D

I STRONGLY suggest you disconnect the proximity sensor. Not only is it douchebagish if you ever go to bike meets but it drains battery and IS NOT WATER PROOF. I don't know if this means it would short out the rest of your bike if it fubars but I wouldn't risk it.

And since you probably haven't read the manual, the proximity sensor and the alarm are two separate devices but the proximity sensor is attached to the main control unit.

 

[Deleted member 40275]

Hold top button to arm. Hold bottom button to disarm. Double tap top button to check the latest trigger. Hold top button while armed to enter panic. And....the range is utter **** lol =(

The great thing about the system, however, is that if you disarm the alarm, the remote will tell you your battery's voltage =D

I STRONGLY suggest you disconnect the proximity sensor. Not only is it douchebagish if you ever go to bike meets but it drains battery and IS NOT WATER PROOF. I don't know if this means it would short out the rest of your bike if it fubars but I wouldn't risk it.

And since you probably haven't read the manual, the proximity sensor and the alarm are two separate devices but the proximity sensor is attached to the main control unit.

How hard is it to remove and how much is it worth on the market?

 

[油井緋色]

How hard is it to remove and how much is it worth on the market?

I'm not sure how much it's worth. Check the website and list it like 25% off and go down every week. I tried selling my stock exhaust for half stock price until JohnnyP636 and his friends laughed at me; why would anyone buy a stock exhaust over aftermarket lol

The master unit should have two plugs, one is an accessory's plug that can be used to attach the proximity sensor and an ignition disabler, the other goes straight to the battery (if I recall correctly). It's pretty straight forward as I installed the whole unit myself last winter and I'm not mechanically inclined.

Tricky part is where the previous owner installed it, you might have to remove the tail piece if he put it behind the main seat.

 

[ZX600]

I don't know if you visit reddit and have already seen this...

But for what it's worth its an AMA (ask me anything) of a bike thief on the motorcycle subforum. You'll get alot of advice from a former thief about what works and what doesn't.

Some interesting tidbits:









http://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/t5shp/ex_thief_chopshop_operator_ama/

But as a TLDR: Safest option is to get a secured storage outside of your condo. If they can't see it they can't steal it. They would have to break open each lock inside the storage just to figure whats inside, not worth the time/risk if its not an expensive bike or some junk, plus the secured gates prevent entry or exit from random people, so if a bike does get stolen it HAS to be an inside job from a secured storage, not worth the risk for the facility either.

I used to live in a condo building, one morning I came back to see my chain cut, they stole 3 other bikes that night except for mine, not sure what happened but I am sure the chain somehow slow them enough to get spooked by something and leave without my bike..

the next month I moved, I knew they were coming back for it

 

[CafeRay]

I once caught two guys trying to jack my bike into a truck -brake disc lock, alarm blasting. No one pays attention to alarms. They can hault it up and out in seconds. Battery angle grinders takes seconds. Light bikes are the most vulnerable.

I would avoid all that and get a lojack chip on the bike. I also use a hidden electrical kill switch.

For a condo-tell the condo manager to put video cameras in the area. You can get very sophisticated systems for under $400 these days.

 

[油井緋色]

I once caught two guys trying to jack my bike into a truck -brake disc lock, alarm blasting. No one pays attention to alarms. They can hault it up and out in seconds. Battery angle grinders takes seconds. Light bikes are the most vulnerable.

I would avoid all that and get a lojack chip on the bike. I also use a hidden electrical kill switch.

For a condo-tell the condo manager to put video cameras in the area. You can get very sophisticated systems for under $400 these days.

Finish the story: I wanna hear what happened to the guys you caught? Cut off penis? Baseball bat? =P

 

[CafeRay]

Finish the story: I wanna hear what happened to the guys you caught? Cut off penis? Baseball bat? =P

No, it was more like, "hey , what the F***!!! that's my bike!!!" from a block away, and they let it go and took off. Cube van, around Liberty street ~2am. I lead a low-drama life.

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