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[Jim Douglas]

I have never, knock on wood, had anything stolen while camping, while living in LA for 20 years and camping at least 1.2-2.0 hours away from the criminals. The bike is in the garage as there is a spot for it there, otherwise it would be in the driveway with a tarp on it, I guess. Robert Waters wrote:

> > >> Just taking a survey of how many in the group keep their bikes in a > >> garage or at the curb...or? > > > >Curb. > > > Wow that's crazy , unless you're looking for an insurance claim. Even > when I travel, I won't leave my bike insecure overnight. If I can't > get it indoors, I keep it within 12 feet away from me, or under > someone else's watchful eye. Mark > > > Keep my in the garage when at home, but mainly to keep it dry an the > sun off it. > Just got back on a trip from Arkansas to Silverton Colorado. Let the > bike out in front on motels with some stuff in the saddle bags. > Nothing was bothered. Left the bikes in a camp site, along with all > our gear, for a day of 4x4 riding. Nothing was bothered. > > I have a Power Point presentation of the trip. Will it attach or do I > need to upload it to the web and provide a link? > > Oh, BTW, my bike is an 07 KLR 650. I traded in my 1100 Shadow for it. > The KLR is much more suited for my needs and a more fun bike to ride. > The Shadow got 39 mpg and I get from 45-65 mpg now. > > Robert Waters > Huntsville, AR > > TotalHealth.bz > Focus On Truth > > --------------------------------- > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. > Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >

[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

At 3:07 PM -0400 7/25/07, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

>*shrug* I parked my KLR on the street in New York City for 4 years. It >was knocked over a few times with minimal damage and some idiot tried to >cut the chain exactly once. I also had a lock and chain stolen when I >left them locked to something I didn't realize was portable while the >bike wasn't there. > >But overall, I'd say I'm not too concerned about it. > >Thor

Some of you may remember Ryan Kelleher. IIRC, I think he had 2 or 3 KLRs stolen over a period of time, and he lives on Manhattan:

>RYAN wrote: > > >Well Folks, I guess it was only a matter of time. The dark forces > >stole my A-18 last night off the street in front of my apt here in > >NYC. Due to previous theft attempts I always kept it in a parking > >garage but left it out because I was not finished working on it. > >Eventhough the bike was mostly disassembled, covered, wheel lock in > >place and motion alarm set apparently they still wanted it. My alarm > >went off and in the 60 seconds it took me to descend the 19 floors > >they were already gone. The good news is that I had just reset the > >valves, so they should be good for a few thousand miles or so. Enjoy > >my motorcycle you thieves, sorry the ride is a little stiff as the > >seat is still in my apt. > > > >Ryan > >KNEVLKLR

And there was also Manhattan resident Steve *Steve-O" "The Mule* Miller who had his stolen from in front of his place. Bill Monahan (RIP) kept his in his livingroom. Mark

[John thomas]

In a northern special tarp shed cabled to my 85 BMW. Parked behind the shop at work about 30 feet away. Always lock the handlebars. In the motel room if possiable, or cabled to a staia case or something. Jim Douglas wrote: I have never, knock on wood, had anything stolen while camping, while living in LA for 20 years and camping at least 1.2-2.0 hours away from the criminals. The bike is in the garage as there is a spot for it there, otherwise it would be in the driveway with a tarp on it, I guess. Robert Waters wrote:

> > >> Just taking a survey of how many in the group keep their bikes in a > >> garage or at the curb...or? > > > >Curb. > > > Wow that's crazy , unless you're looking for an insurance claim. Even > when I travel, I won't leave my bike insecure overnight. If I can't > get it indoors, I keep it within 12 feet away from me, or under > someone else's watchful eye. Mark > > > Keep my in the garage when at home, but mainly to keep it dry an the > sun off it. > Just got back on a trip from Arkansas to Silverton Colorado. Let the > bike out in front on motels with some stuff in the saddle bags. > Nothing was bothered. Left the bikes in a camp site, along with all > our gear, for a day of 4x4 riding. Nothing was bothered. > > I have a Power Point presentation of the trip. Will it attach or do I > need to upload it to the web and provide a link? > > Oh, BTW, my bike is an 07 KLR 650. I traded in my 1100 Shadow for it. > The KLR is much more suited for my needs and a more fun bike to ride. > The Shadow got 39 mpg and I get from 45-65 mpg now. > > Robert Waters > Huntsville, AR > > TotalHealth.bz > Focus On Truth > > --------------------------------- > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. > Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >

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[Norm Keller]

Garage at home, beside the woodshed at the cottage. Security is better at the cottage because we have a guard rabbit there. (VBG) Norm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[drewcasci22]

Park under a carport which is locked behind perimeter fence that surrounds the house. Also have a mutt dog that likes to bark at strangers and the Police Commissioner lives on the same block so cops are always crusing the area. Someone would really have to be an idiot to try and steal it, but then again, there are alot of idiots out there. Did catch some teenagers siphoning gas from my IMS Tank in a public parking lot right in the middle of the day with all kinds of people around, but they didn't get much and just ran away. Unfourtunatly, I was too much of a puss to go after them. In a foriegn country you never know what they would do if you caught them and who would back you up, no reason to risk it over a little fuel. Guess I get to buy that Acerbis Gas Cap! Andrew Penang, Malaysia

[Thor Lancelot Simon]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 06:08:38PM -0400, Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote:

> > Some of you may remember Ryan Kelleher. IIRC, I think he had 2 or 3 > KLRs stolen over a period of time, and he lives on Manhattan:

Yes, but I note from his email which you quoted that he had a "wheel lock" on the bike -- in other words, not an effective locking device. A wheel lock does precisely nothing to keep three or four beefy guys from lifting up your bike and throwing it in the back of a van, which is how most bike thefts I've heard of around here lately have happened. Tumu had a bike stolen from in front of his building, where it was chained to an iron fence. That's actually the only case I've heard of from anyone on the list where a KLR that was chained to another large metal item was stolen. I generally lock to a steel light pylon. If they want to cut down a 50' steel pole with 480V three phase on it to get my bike, I suppose they can have it, and I'll file for the insurance. Thor

[Jacobus De Bruyn]

Yes,but there are big, huge powerful tools to cut thru your chain or cable, and with the same tool they killed my friend s Rottweiler. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz

[Thor Lancelot Simon]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 08:32:10PM -0700, Jacobus De Bruyn wrote:

> > Yes,but there are big, huge powerful tools to cut thru > your chain or cable, and with the same tool they > killed my friend?s Rottweiler.

I'm not entirely sure why I should care. I mean, by your reasoning, it's really no help to put the bike in the garage or even in your bedroom -- someone could, after all, burst into your house with a machine gun, blow you to smithereens, and take your bike from the side of your bed. It's all about what is an acceptable level of risk to you. Pretending either that there's any way to eliminate all risk or that no level of risk at all is acceptable is unhelpful. I personally consider a bike chained around its frame (or in many locations, through its rear wheel, particularly if another lock is used on the front wheel) with an appropriately hardened chain and lock, to an appropriately large metal object that's not easily cut (e.g. a city traffic light or illumination pole) to be at an acceptably low risk of theft. In fact, there have been a rash of garage cleanouts in the nicer suburbs around where I live and I suspect that a bike idly left in a garage with a disc lock on the front wheel is at a _greater_ risk of theft than a bike properly chained up in the city. The real risk to a bike left locked up at the curb on a city street is that it will be knocked over. Sure, there's the occasional theft, but all the bikes with _no_ chain, or chained to something easy to cut, are the low hanging fruit and they're going to go first. Thor

[Stephen Grisanti]

Right. Just remember that ANY bike can be stolen. You just need to make yours more difficult/less attractive for the thief than the next bike in line would be. That's about the best you can reasonably do. You could park it in a shipping container and then fill that with concrete. Virtually theftproof, but what happens next time you want to ride it? Stephen --- Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 08:32:10PM -0700, Jacobus De > Bruyn wrote: > > > > Yes,but there are big, huge powerful tools to cut > thru > > your chain or cable, and with the same tool they > > killed my friend?s Rottweiler. > > I'm not entirely sure why I should care. I mean, by > your reasoning, > it's really no help to put the bike in the garage or > even in your > bedroom -- someone could, after all, burst into your > house with a > machine gun, blow you to smithereens, and take your > bike from the side > of your bed. > > It's all about what is an acceptable level of risk > to you. Pretending > either that there's any way to eliminate all risk or > that no level of > risk at all is acceptable is unhelpful. > > I personally consider a bike chained around its > frame (or in many > locations, through its rear wheel, particularly if > another lock is > used on the front wheel) with an appropriately > hardened chain and > lock, to an appropriately large metal object that's > not easily cut > (e.g. a city traffic light or illumination pole) to > be at an acceptably > low risk of theft. > > In fact, there have been a rash of garage cleanouts > in the nicer suburbs > around where I live and I suspect that a bike idly > left in a garage with > a disc lock on the front wheel is at a _greater_ > risk of theft than a > bike properly chained up in the city. > > The real risk to a bike left locked up at the curb > on a city street is > that it will be knocked over. Sure, there's the > occasional theft, but > all the bikes with _no_ chain, or chained to > something easy to cut, are > the low hanging fruit and they're going to go first. > > Thor > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: > www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: > www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >

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[Terry Hamrick]

There is no correct answer and I think Thor nailed it. Acceptable risk is situational. One poster needs a lockable gas tank lid, another needs a logging chain. Safe is relative - I have slept beside my bike in rainforests and deserts, pushed it into motel rooms in certain places in the US, and paid a street urchin to watch it while i ate on the streets of Lima and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Parked on the sidewalk in Singapore, and on the bicycle pad at train stations in Japan. And I've been lucky thus far.... But that could change tomorrow and c'est la vie... Ride enjoy, park sleep eat, ride more and enjoy.. albatross tirade over

On 7/27/07, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 08:32:10PM -0700, Jacobus De Bruyn wrote: > > > > Yes,but there are big, huge powerful tools to cut thru > > your chain or cable, and with the same tool they > > killed my friend?s Rottweiler. > > I'm not entirely sure why I should care. I mean, by your reasoning, > it's really no help to put the bike in the garage or even in your > bedroom -- someone could, after all, burst into your house with a > machine gun, blow you to smithereens, and take your bike from the side > of your bed. > > It's all about what is an acceptable level of risk to you. Pretending > either that there's any way to eliminate all risk or that no level of > risk at all is acceptable is unhelpful. > > I personally consider a bike chained around its frame (or in many > locations, through its rear wheel, particularly if another lock is > used on the front wheel) with an appropriately hardened chain and > lock, to an appropriately large metal object that's not easily cut > (e.g. a city traffic light or illumination pole) to be at an acceptably > low risk of theft. > > In fact, there have been a rash of garage cleanouts in the nicer suburbs > around where I live and I suspect that a bike idly left in a garage with > a disc lock on the front wheel is at a _greater_ risk of theft than a > bike properly chained up in the city. > > The real risk to a bike left locked up at the curb on a city street is > that it will be knocked over. Sure, there's the occasional theft, but > all the bikes with _no_ chain, or chained to something easy to cut, are > the low hanging fruit and they're going to go first. > > Thor > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]