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Spitfire:
I went down the large cloth covered chain route, it lives in the box under the seat hump (CB750F1) but if someone really wants the bike they will just bung it in the back of a van. Plus how many people actually take any notice of an alarm going off these days, not many !
Cheers
Den
totty:
I'm just aiming to put off the opportunist really, I doubt anyone would make a serious attempt to nick any of my bikes as they're all worth less than a grand.
I've got a cheap alarm, alarmed padlock and short chain on order now. It's all a bit wasted at the min though as I can't get it running right to take it anywhere.
Yoshi823:
When I was leaving my 550 in a bike bay in a back street in West London while I was in work I was paranoid about someone nicking the bike. I reckon that the best thing that I did was to cover the bike with a proper waterproof cover as well as securing it with a big 'U' lock through the back wheel & swing arm, & ordinary padlocks through the front discs. I also put one of those shackle locks around the throttle & front brake lever.
totty:
The alarmed padlock I bough doesn't fit through the disk so it's being used with a short chain. Hopefully this will be adequate for this area as it's parked outside, but it is next to a much more valuable bike.
totty:
I wouldn't recommend the cheap alarmed padlocks on ebay, the ones where the the lock barrel sticks out to one side that are sold under several brands. Mine has now started clicking loudly when disarmed and it's sensitivity is all over the place when armed, sometimes breathing on it would set it off other times shaking it wouldn't.
The Krall disk lock I've bought to replace it doesn't fit through the disk either.
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