two lads tried to steal my bike - caught in the act

Cienciano

After reading about that bike thief on Reddit, I now reverse my bike in and have the almax chain on the back wheel and the disc lock on the front. If I'm not using it for a few days, I'll put a cover on it too.

rat_race

Cienciano wrote: »

After reading about that bike thief on Reddit, I now reverse my bike in and have the almax chain on the back wheel and the disc lock on the front. If I'm not using it for a few days, I'll put a cover on it too.

Don't have my psychic hat charged today, can you tell me what bike thief you read about on reddit?

Cienciano

rat_race wrote: »

Don't have my psychic hat charged today, can you tell me what bike thief you read about on reddit?

I'll link you the post:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=90908464&postcount=317

It's a good read

Greenmachine

Thieving baxtards.

PLUG71

Put CCTV up!

I would try and get it into the house if at all possible.

hurricanefloss

I'm not sure cctv would do benficial, except get a video of them stealing it. I'll definitely be getting an almax chain and some form of alarm.


Anyone have an alarm/immob on they're bike? I had a beast of a clifford alarm on an old 180SX with proximity sensors and coded start, that i think would be awesome.

BrokenArrows

hurricanefloss wrote: »

I'm not sure cctv would do benficial, except get a video of them stealing it. I'll definitely be getting an almax chain and some form of alarm.


Anyone have an alarm/immob on they're bike? I had a beast of a clifford alarm on an old 180SX with proximity sensors and coded start, that i think would be awesome.

My bike has a factory immobiliser which gets disabled when you insert the key.
You don't need to spend mad money when just getting an alarm. Just get something that makes a lot of noise when it goes off. Mine is about 130db if I remember.
It does a short 2 second burst when its disturbed initially and if any movement occurs within 5 seconds of the initial disturbance then the alarm goes off fully.

The initial short burst is good because there are always kids playing on my street so the occasional ball rolls into the bike. When its windy you don't want the full alarm going off. Plenty of cats around so they jump on the bike from time to time. The initial burst sends them running. lol.

hurricanefloss

BrokenArrows wrote: »

It does a short 2 second burst when its disturbed initially and if any movement occurs within 5 seconds of the initial disturbance then the alarm goes off fully.
.

what alarm is it?

did you have it installed?

BrokenArrows

hurricanefloss wrote: »

what alarm is it?

did you have it installed?

Cant remember. Ill try and find the package when I get home.

I installed it myself but I didn't do anything fancy. Basically stuck the alarm under the seat and connected it to the battery.
It comes with loads of connecters so it flashes the indicators etc but I didn't hook any of that up.

neamhspleachi

I have one of these on my bike http://www.datatool.co.uk/home/products/S4C1, cannot fault it, Thatcham approved as well

You can pick them up a lot cheaper than retail on eBay

Dorsanty

I had an attempt on mine a year ago or so. They popped the seat and ripped out the alarm (DataTool S4). I assume this was done very quickly to prevent disturbance and in reverse engineering how they did that it is clear now how bad seat locks are. So alarms have very little protection if installed under the seat.

They also popped the ignition barrel to disable the steering lock and then tried to bypass the immobiliser. They failed to hot wire it (8 or more identical black cables in the loom so best of luck with that) and I ended up needing a new wiring loom which wasn't pleasant for my wallet.

I've come the the conclusion that out of sight and out of reach are the best options. Don't let anyone know if you have a banger or a brand new machine and then have layers of security that ideally keep them hands off the bike while an alarm is going off. I'm renting currently but if/when I buy a place I'll definitely be adding a bike shed, probably inside a normal shed to further keep it out of sight.

flutered

jeeze the trouble you guy have to go to, in order to hold on to your property.

KT10

Dorsanty wrote: »

I'm renting currently but if/when I buy a place I'll definitely be adding a bike shed, probably inside a normal shed to further keep it out of sight.

Bah hahahaha! I'm sitting here laughing at the mental image of the face of a scrote breaking into your garden shed to rob a lawnmower or something, only to be faced with a steel door once past the wood one! :D

BrokenArrows

Dorsanty wrote: »

So alarms have very little protection if installed under the seat.

That's true.
You can get alarms with an internal battery so it will keep ringing even after it has been disconnected from the main battery.

hurricanefloss

Kind of forgot about this post,

all very helpful. bloody nerve racking, I'm forever looking out my window and expecting to see it gone or almost anytime i come home, it's like PTSD or something.

Almost payday, locks and alarms on the way.

cerastes

BrokenArrows wrote: »

That's true.
You can get alarms with an internal battery so it will keep ringing even after it has been disconnected from the main battery.

Isnt the problem that the seat locks aren't up to much so an alarm can be gotten at and deactivated? damaged or removed as much as that it doesnt have its own power supply?
Its just one thing after another, but maybe seat locks can be upgraded? although even then if someone wanted to access an alarm located there, a crowbar is going to be more resilient than the tabs and lock that hold a seat in place.

Wossack

best if you can get the alarm under the tank (or even deeper) if at all possible - you can get under the seat very easily Im afraid