Not having a good way to secure my bike yet, this thread have given me some good ideas. I know with snowmobiling, they are hard to move around, and securing a few together seems to work really well, or securing it to a post. Bikes seem harder, especially the lighter one, dirt bikes, etc.
I'm probably going to use the disc locks, fork locks, and a cable when there is something secure to attach it to. But for the other times, I wonder about the alarms, how well they would work, and which ones are the best to get. I don't like the idea of an ignition cutoff for hijack, just in case I press the button by accident while its in my pocket or jacket, and kill the engine in a dangerous spot. But the motion, perimeter option, ignition kill, and paging options seem worth while. Any other recommendations besides those already listed? Anyone loose their bike while alarmed?
While at home, the dog, AR-15, Sig P229, and keen ears seems to keep things in check
I also feel the need to side comment on this;
Woah no racism intended but definitely expressed. South African white talking about no problems with stealing because only whites have interest in bikes other than lowly (black) delivery men. That is a pure racist statement though not surprising.
If we changed those words from black and white to party and Jew lets see how fast this would be come offensive. Next you are going to tell me Apartheid was not as bad as it sounded.
What if we changed his words and substituted majority and minority of the population rather than his factual description of the population base, and also not add in our own terms like
lowly (black) that weren't there in the first place. It would look exactly like this;
In my country biking amongst
the majority of the population has not yet caught on, there are a few but most guys on bikes are delivery riders. So most bikers here are
in the minority and make up a small community and talk alot. Even the guys that can afford them just are not into biking, so we are lucky, even though we still get nailed by the insurance companies that insist on security. Very popular here is a thing called Tracetec. its a credit card chip which we hide or fibreglass into the bike. There are beacons all around the country and the chip talks to them when we ride past. very hard to get the bikes or even the parts past the border posts. Also lot of new bikes with transponder keys. I have yet to hear of a biker being hijacked, which is a very popular crime here.
Racist? Hardly... Anytime anyone mentions black, white, Jew, party, et al, we can always find ways to read something into it. I try to look for the real meaning or a post or statement by using generic terms. If it still sounds racist, it probably was. If it doesn't, it probably wasn't meant to be in the first place.
