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Bike Lock...Nice Idea

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  • #2
    Please Kill Me
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭Please Kill Me


    Wonda-Boy wrote: »
    Nice Idea but does not look very secure.....


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_1NkHRn4rA

    No way I'd just pull the bike into it and get off and leave it at that. I'd have the side stand down just in case. Not a bad idea though.


  • #3
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,013 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    No way....imagine the weight of an FJR1300 or that sitting in that no support! Although its prolly just for the video.


  • #4
    peckerhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,383 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    Here's a much handier DIY solution for bike security (although you do need a garage... ;))


  • #5
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    peckerhead wrote: »
    Here's a much handier DIY solution for bike security (although you do need a garage... ;))


    Typical BMW rider..........:D


  • #6
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,013 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    Careful now....down with that sort of thing!!!!!


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  • #7
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    peckerhead wrote: »
    Here's a much handier DIY solution for bike security (although you do need a garage... ;))

    Where can I get one of them ?


  • #8
    peckerhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,383 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    KTRIC wrote: »
    Where can I get one of them ?
    About 9 grand here. ;)


  • #9
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,307 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Wonda-Boy wrote: »
    Nice Idea but does not look very secure.....


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_1NkHRn4rA
    The driveway is a slope back, I'd say if you had a flat driveway, or it sloped anyway into the lock it'd be a bugger to get it out.
    Moving a bike over a bump from a standing stop when you've no momentum can be a bugger


  • #10
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,403 ✭✭✭positron


    Wonda-Boy wrote: »
    No way....imagine the weight of an FJR1300 or that sitting in that no support! Although its prolly just for the video.

    I have noticed that clamp set up used inside motorcycle garages as well, which are usually just wide enough fit the bike, so you wouldn't have room to stand on a side and engage main stand etc. I was even thinking of getting something like that fixed at the back of my house where I part the bike (but decided against it as it would be a hassle to turn the bike around in the morning on cold engine).

    I would love something like this (or a minimalist version that can be fixed to the base of a street lamp post perhaps) because the pavement where I park in town has slight slope foward, and it's really hard to get the bike on the main stand.


  • #11
    soccerbreaker
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭soccerbreaker


    a good thinking to lock ......


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  • #12
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,013 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    If you had this and a ground anchor in a perfect position it would be sweet.


  • #13
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,498 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    Cienciano wrote: »
    The driveway is a slope back, I'd say if you had a flat driveway, or it sloped anyway into the lock it'd be a bugger to get it out.
    Moving a bike over a bump from a standing stop when you've no momentum can be a bugger

    I'd say if your driveway sloped back towards the house you could back into it instead and then just drive out of it.


  • #14
    steveone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭steveone


    nice idea, if it were bolted into the ground it would hold the bike straight, I wouldn't leave it without the stand. it would stop scroats sticking a piece of plastic under the disklok wheel and sliding it up the road...


  • #15
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,013 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    True, as Tesco says "Every little helps".


  • #16
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    Wonda-Boy wrote: »
    True, as Tesco says "Every little helps".


    So this is you then..........................:D


  • #17
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,013 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    Max Headroom wrote: »
    So this is you then..........................:D

    Ha, near enough. That trolley looks a bit powerful for me all the same. ;)


  • #18
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,784 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Cienciano wrote: »
    The driveway is a slope back, I'd say if you had a flat driveway, or it sloped anyway into the lock it'd be a bugger to get it out.
    Moving a bike over a bump from a standing stop when you've no momentum can be a bugger

    ....ah, but Grasshopper, if your driveway sloped into the door, you'd spend a lot of time with pumps too...................for pumping water out of your house !!

    As for a flat one, nope, that sort of clamp will work fine. That type of wheel chock is used by everyone from the AA who recover you to dealers and garages in their workshops.

    You CAN'T use your side stand and a wheel chock - well, you can, but the sidestand won't touch the ground.

    I have two (simpler) versions of something like that, and they're dead handy.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #19
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,784 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Wonda-Boy wrote: »
    No way....imagine the weight of an FJR1300 or that sitting in that no support! Although its prolly just for the video.

    No, I've used them for my R1100RT, and they work - here's mine: http://www.bikegrab.com/

    Here's another: http://www.bumpstop.co.uk/products/bumpstop/

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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