What are the chances of getting a bike stolen?
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Re: What are the chances of getting a bike stolen? (J_Cruz)
uh theres really no telling. my 954rr was stolen from an underground parking garage on a very busy street patrolled by police at all times of the day.
get a lock, get a cover, get a garage....do what you can to prevent because someone out there will take it someday.
get a lock, get a cover, get a garage....do what you can to prevent because someone out there will take it someday.
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From: San Francisco, CA, The Machine
Re: (CBRF4i)
get multiple locks.. maybe an alarm. lock it to something.. put it in your living room/bedroom. put it in the back yard and lock it.. put it in the garage.. lock it. cover it..
When locking it to something.. lock it through the frame!
if it's a nice bike.. someone wants it.. it will get stolen almost no matter what you do. just like a car, if someone wants it bad enuff, they are going to take it, make them work and make sure it's not an ameatur.
When locking it to something.. lock it through the frame!
if it's a nice bike.. someone wants it.. it will get stolen almost no matter what you do. just like a car, if someone wants it bad enuff, they are going to take it, make them work and make sure it's not an ameatur.
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Re: (GoodKnight)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GoodKnight »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">All it takes are 2 guys, a van, and a few seconds.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Scary but absoluelty true... been done a thousand times before
Scary but absoluelty true... been done a thousand times before
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Re: What are the chances of getting a bike stolen? (J_Cruz)
I never thought it would happen to me. I had an old *** '97 YZF1000R, and I lived in BFE Wyoming and I thought no one gave my bike a second thought.
I learned my lesson.
I learned my lesson.
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Re: What are the chances of getting a bike stolen? (The_Head)
a pickup truck and 2 guys is all it takes man. the best solution is to keep it inside or garage the thing. if someone wants your bike and you keep it outside(regardless of what protection you have on it) you can bet your *** that it will be gone.
its the sad but true truth
its the sad but true truth
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From: Cincinnati, OH, USA
Re: What are the chances of getting a bike stolen?
Install an alarm with a mercury switch. Wire the output of the alarm to a 25lb explosive. If someone messes with your bike while the alarm is armed, you will probably find out about it. 
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Re: What are the chances of getting a bike stolen? (__37__)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by __37__ »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Install an alarm with a mercury switch. Wire the output of the alarm to a 25lb explosive. If someone messes with your bike while the alarm is armed, you will probably find out about it. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Hahah, sounds like a potential Darwin-award in the making...
</TD></TR></TABLE>Hahah, sounds like a potential Darwin-award in the making...
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From: Gainesville and Sarasota, FL
Re: What are the chances of getting a bike stolen? (marmaladeboy)
The best precaution is parking it in a highly visible area where you or plenty of people can see it.. Dont park it in a parking garage, thats the worst place.
And try your best to lock it to something..
And try your best to lock it to something..
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Re: What are the chances of getting a bike stolen? (DrunkNRacer)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DrunkNRacer »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The best precaution is parking it in a highly visible area where you or plenty of people can see it </TD></TR></TABLE>
I would rather park it in a deep, dark, underground dungeon surrounded by tigers and **** that nobody knew about. But that's just me.
I would rather park it in a deep, dark, underground dungeon surrounded by tigers and **** that nobody knew about. But that's just me.
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From: DETROIT DA DIRTY D, MI, US
In Los Angeles its common to get a bike stolen. It happens everyday all day. I know this is bad but i know a couple of guys not personally but they get bikes for people depending on what for like 600 to 1000 dollars. I work at a bike shop and yeah really isnt safe unless you keep in your house honestly. If a would be thief saw you had an alarm and a lock on your rotor or your bike chained up they would go for something alot easier.
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Re: (kaoss_11)
use 4 men.. 2 on each end.. run two steel bars between the frame, one guy on each end of the bar.. lift.. and follow up a ramp into a truck/van.. I would personally use a business style econo van.
Or you can just lift the bike and put it on rollers (like those square roller crates that you move furniture with).. and just have a few guys roll that bitch on a ramp.
Or you can just lift the bike and put it on rollers (like those square roller crates that you move furniture with).. and just have a few guys roll that bitch on a ramp.
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Re: (DrunkNRacer)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DrunkNRacer »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">use 4 men.. 2 on each end.. run two steel bars between the frame, one guy on each end of the bar.. lift.. and follow up a ramp into a truck/van.. I would personally use a business style econo van.
Or you can just lift the bike and put it on rollers (like those square roller crates that you move furniture with).. and just have a few guys roll that bitch on a ramp. </TD></TR></TABLE>
that scares me
Or you can just lift the bike and put it on rollers (like those square roller crates that you move furniture with).. and just have a few guys roll that bitch on a ramp. </TD></TR></TABLE>
that scares me
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From: Las Vegas, nevada, usa
Re: (EGlovr)
When I had my 99gsxr6, I moved into apartments and requested downstairs, and every night I would pull it into the living room. (if you do this get a 3'wide by 6' long or so strip of carpet from somewhere and use it to get the bike in and out.
Just don't let management catch you, they kick you out for things like that.
The second place I lived they never caught me, but I moved out about 5 weeks later.
Just take off mirrors(who uses those), and you may have to fanagle it in if the handle bars hit.
Just don't let management catch you, they kick you out for things like that.
The second place I lived they never caught me, but I moved out about 5 weeks later.
Just take off mirrors(who uses those), and you may have to fanagle it in if the handle bars hit.
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Re: (DrunkNRacer)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DrunkNRacer »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">use 4 men.. 2 on each end.. run two steel bars between the frame, one guy on each end of the bar.. lift.. and follow up a ramp into a truck/van.. I would personally use a business style econo van.
Or you can just lift the bike and put it on rollers (like those square roller crates that you move furniture with).. and just have a few guys roll that bitch on a ramp. </TD></TR></TABLE>
No ****... nothing like posting so the uneducated can become so
Or you can just lift the bike and put it on rollers (like those square roller crates that you move furniture with).. and just have a few guys roll that bitch on a ramp. </TD></TR></TABLE>
No ****... nothing like posting so the uneducated can become so
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Re: (EGlovr)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGlovr »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do they even make lojack for bikes? </TD></TR></TABLE>
Lojack is for anything.
Lojack is for anything.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spoonfed95 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Lojack is for anything.</TD></TR></TABLE>
