From a difficulty/time viewpoint how difficult is it to remove the rear swing arm from the 2012 onward MS ? Looking at security options - Pragmasis Anti Pinch pin - http://securityforbikes.com/anti-pinch-pin.php through the rear wheel hub and wondered if it will too easy for them to simply take off the entire arm to defeat the massive lock etc. I know if they really want the bike they will get it somehow - but covering it as best I can to make it a ball ache for any would be tea leaf.
Not sure about how long it would take but they'd have to disconnect the rear shock as well? That said, if they think they've got the time to remove the swing arm why would they worry about a few extra bolts? Buy a Rottweiler - they can be a real ball ache (especially when they get their teeth round your gonads! )!! Still, not very helpful but I agree making it as difficult as possible has got to be the best approach although the most determined tea leaf will always find a way..........feckers!:Finger:
Already have dogs But won't help if we are away on holiday and the bike is at home. Sounds complicated enough, not really much other option as a decent sized chain doesn't look like it will pass through any other part of the bike on it's own - would probably destroy the trellis frame putting a lock through it every night. I guess the insurance will have to take care of the rest...
Taking the swinging arm out would be a right nightmare, and make the bike a b@stard to move. Imo if you place the bike in a position that makes it difficult, a theif is unlikely to contemplate this. I like the look of these anti pinch pins. Its a good idea, but I cant help thinking it just needs a theif to grind a couple of flats on the end of the pin and the padlock falls off... Again, make it difficult for them by putting the padlock on the most difficult place to get at. Personally I use a concreted in ground anchor and a bunch of chains to various things. Plus the whole place is alarmed and CCTV'd. If someone wants it they will take it, but I don't want to give it to them. As an asside, a chap I knew through a car club put a long chain around the rear diff of his cdherished Lotus elan. Thieves turned up, couldn't get the car out of the garage, so torched it...
Cheers John, plan is to use a very short chain and get the bike up against the wall with the padlock up against it too. I have a bike mover skate, so easy to manoeuvre it into the corner of the garage walls, put chain and lock on the wall side without enough slack so that it can't be pivoted back out giving them no place to swing even a hammer or get access to the ground anchor. Then there is some other security on the doors and CCTV hooked up to the computer server (does email alerts motion detection etc)
Small cctv camera that links via web to your phone and alerts you when intruder detected (PIR). Plus forensic marking system applied all over bike. This makes it very very unatractive to the plankton as they have to check all over the bike if they want to sell on the broken up parts. Handling stolen goods carries a bigger sentence than the actual theft offence!!
Don't forget to change the 4 digit pin code too. Dealers often use a few obvious ones if changed from the factory one!
Yeah done that at the dealership. Made sure they reset it before I left, rather than waiting till I have left my key on the side in the garage or something
