I live in Mexico City right now and THIS is the place to fear bike thieves
...but I have a system, and it works (at least till' nao).
Listen, the theory is easy: Just make it hard and unattractive for them,
thieves are LAZY, that's why their thieves in the 1st place
- Leave your bike in a safe, lit place.
- try to park it next to a hayabusa, R1 or something worth many times a'savage. srsly
- Use the handlebar lock
- I use a BIG lock on my front disc, the normal kind, not the bike kind,
the tougher looking the better; hey, works for me.
- I use a bike chain on the front and one on the back, the glorified
bicycle thick wire kind; tie if possible to a post or fence or something.
- Then, where the clutch starter was, now there is a kind-of-hidden
switch, you can't see it unless you look, I did this mod when the
clutch-lever-sensor failed all on it;s own, so basically nobody can
start the bike but me is switch is in the "off" position.
- Finally I use a presence alarm, meaning if the control is not 30ft from
the bike, the bike wont start, this keychain thingie goes in your pocket,
not keychain, this is mostly in the case of a bikejacking since the electric
system will die and kill the bike 10 seconds after the bike is 30ft away from me.
After months of daily practice, all this takes me about 10 seconds total
to take off and put in my backpack but it must look a mess to any
thieve and hopefully will focus on another, easier bike near by.
Good luck
CRASHES
Least Likely to be Crashed
# 1. Yamaha Virago Series
# 2. Honda Rebel Series
# 3. Suzuki Savage
# 4. Harley-Davidson FXR
# 5. BMW R1200C
Most Likely to be Crashed
# 1. Suzuki GSX-R Series
# 2. Kawasaki Ninja Series
# 3. Suzuki TLR
# 4. Yamaha YZF Series
# 5. Honda CBR Series
THEFTS
Least Likely to be Stolen
# 1. Suzuki Savage
# 2. BMW R1200C
# 3. Honda Rebel Series
# 4. Honda Shadow Series
# 5. Yamaha V-Star
Most Likely to be Stolen
# 1. Suzuki GSX-R Series
# 2. Yamaha YZF Series
# 3. Honda CBR Series
# 4. Suzuki Hayabusa
# 5. Kawasaki Ninja Series