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muz wrote:same here, Mike. No steering/handlebar/fork lock at all. Our bikes were made in the kindler, gentler society of the early 80s, when maybe bikes just weren't stolen all that often?...

hmm, lets talk about the mid seventies. no steering lock on my bike, and when I needed a new key I was disturbed to find on searching through a tin of keys at the dealer one in about every five keys would kind of fit my lock and one in ten would fit really well (better than my original ) not to mention, a $70 part at the dealership will buy me any bike of my make and era that I come across, creepy.

... so can I get a "disk" lock that works for drums, and is there any way to switch my ignition to a newer type?

I rely on the fact that:

1. My bike is old
2. My bike is really gaudy
3. My bike is really identifiable
4. My bike weighs in at a shade over 500lbs

Praytell, what's the whoopty on your front fender?

totalmotorcycle wrote:The neat thing is Yamaha designed a bike lock to go with the Seca, it even has it's own special storage area on the bike for it.

Mike.

Really? You got me all curious now I suppose I should be lucky my steering lock works as intended.

Skier wrote:Praytell, what's the whoopty on your front fender?

Deer whistles. They're supposed to scare the deer away, but I'm not really sure how effective they are. All I do know is that I've had them on my bike since shortly after I got it, and I haven't hit a deer yet.

One day soon I'll get off my lazy butt and re-write my review of the combination of Kryptonite Stronghold and Master Lock Streetcuffs to keep my bike tied down at home. It was lost in the website hack.

Basically if the bike is at home I have it secured to my sidewalk by Streetcuffs attached to my Stronghold. I leave very little slack in the cuffs, and keep the bike covered. Out in the world I rarely leave the bike for very long. I will usually park it in a highly visible spot and rarely use a locking device. If I will be somewhere overnight or for several hours I will find a secure object to lock the bike to and if I planned ahead, put the cover over it too.

As said above, I think the best thing to do is make it hard for a crook to do the work of taking your bike. By keep the bike where anyone could see it and also making it look hard to get the job done, you will deter most theives. If they REALLY want your bike you won't stop them - even in your garage with bolts, guns, alarms and dogs.

scanevalexec wrote: If they REALLY want your bike you won't stop them - even in your garage with bolts, guns, alarms and dogs.

Devistatingly true - we can only deter, if a thief is determined enough, they're having your bike no matter what!