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Any ideas for safely locking a motorcycle in a condo parking lot? |
I am moving into a condo from a house. I used to have my motorcycle safely stashed in the garage at the house, but now it will be out in the open. I use my car to go to work usually so the motorcycle will be left alone during those days. But I am also concerned about it at night. I have seen wheel locks with built in alarms which seem like they would work in conjunction with a heavy chain. There are no light poles or anything sturdy to lock the bike onto, and I think the condo assoc. will make me keep it in a parking slot, so I can't chain it to a tree on the lawn. Does anyone have any creative solutions? Anyone have experience with LoJack? I will be so bummed out to come home one day to have it gone because a couple of guys lifted it into the back of their truck and took off... keep it at a friends house or somewhere, where you can lock it will a good sized chain. it only takes a couple of sec to load that thing in the back of a truck or trailer and its gone. LoJack is about the only way to go. You can chain it all you want but a good pair of bolt cutters will go through chain easily. Your handle bar lock and or a wheel lock will keep lazy theives from taking the bike, but the industrious guys will just pick it up and toss it in. Do some research what is the theft in the area like? What are the most stolen bikes in your area? Is there a lit area you can park the bike? since ya dont ride it as much a ya take your car...i would say it would to good to find a friend that ya trust and park it in their garage...or maybe rent a garage in your new neighborhood to store it in or maybe a parking garage? dont leave it un-attended...it will be gone..depending on where ya live.. good luck The most effective anti-theft devices I've ever seen is a piece of tow chain with motorcycle on one end and a German Shepard on the other. Apparently, keeping a cover on the bike really puts thieves off. I live in a condo, but I can get the bike round the back of the condo and lock the bike to the A/C units, its not ideal but that and the fact that it cannot be seen from the road have prevented theft. Are there any drain covers that the bike can be locked to or can you put a ground anchor in - this would involve digging up a section of concrete and repairing with the ground anchor inplace. If you can afford the LoJack system by all means do that but if not you should get some insurance that covers theft and at least try to monitor it with a camera hidden somewhere watching it because you WILL be bummed out if it can't be replaced and you have no way of finding out who took it... |
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