How does a 450 lb. motorcycle get stolen?

Only way would be chain it to a Pit Bull, then stay up all the time, with shot gun in hand, just sitting there buggy eyed loading and unloading...lots of coffee, or other stimulants...and praying they come back to steal the replacement Busa ??? but hey thats me...
 
Roadlok and alarm. But if somebody wants it, nothing is going to stop them.
 
Reality, in this case, sucks!

Ya know, in some parts of the world, if ya get caught stealin', you wind up losing the body part that best disables you from stealin' again. There are places in the mid-east where street vendors can leave all their wares unattended when it's time to do their mid-day prayers and NOBODY steals a thing.

Meanwhile, here in the US, thieves steal for the fun/thrill of it, for a little extra cash or just b/c the opportunity arose.

Hmmmmm. It seems our permissive justice system may need to get a bit more strict on the penalties - especially the penalty for stealing a Hayabusa!

:mad:
 
Dosen't Lo Jack operate on the bikes battery? So, 2 bolts to get the seat off and 1 cut to the battery cable kills it? They are stealing it to part it out most likey, so I'm thinking most could disable it in less than 5 mins if thats their business.
 
Pardini said:
Dosen't Lo Jack operate on the bikes battery? So, 2 bolts to get the seat off and 1 cut to the battery cable kills it? They are stealing it to part it out most likey, so I'm thinking most could disable it in less than 5 mins if thats their business.
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The Lo Jack does have a back up battery that is still functional if it is disconnected from the bike's battery. They say it is good for up to 24+ hours. Of course if the theives find the actual unit and discard it, it may just lead the LEO to a dumpster.
 
brendanp said:
They have been known to put the wheels on 2 scateboards and wheel it right off...
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Furniture rollers works better coz you can move them side to side in any direction. I use GEICO locks,lol. You can pretty much say bye-bye to all your after market goodies. My friend's R1 got stolen right after spending 500 bucks on tires and maintenance last Christmas Day.
 
I was told that the lojack for bikes consist of 20 or so transmitters ( i think) that are randomly placed throughout the bike and cannot be easily seen. Each weighs about 1 ounce and work off a seperate power source. The guy told me that while all of them, in theory, could be taken off the likelyhood of the thieves finding all of them before the bike was tracked is unlikely.
 
Chosen One said:
I was told that the lojack for bikes consist of 20 or so transmitters ( i think) that are randomly placed throughout the bike and cannot be easily seen. Each weighs about 1 ounce and work off a seperate power source. The guy told me that while all of them, in theory, could be taken off the likelyhood of the thieves finding all of them before the bike was tracked is unlikely.
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This is completely untrue. Lojack is a single unit, about the size of a deck of cards.

Lojack does come with a battery backup, independent of your battery. The newer Lojack units come with an early warning paging system. So hopefully you're alerted fast enough to not have them find and remove the setup.
 
one of the guys i know had "dots" put all over his bike by the dealer. apparently you buy a package of these tiny dots and place (hundreds of them) all over the bike so it coats the parts. you are assigned the serial number for the dots and then if the bike is stolen and parted out (ideally) the parts come through someplace and they track the number.

not sure how well it works, but he used it as an anti-theft requirement for his insurance.

i really like the opengpstracker.org option for some of my things.
 
Here in NYC.. The easieast way to steal a bike is to what till you start it, OR are riding it and stop at a light or stop sign then you get a GUN put in your face and ya get asked to step of the bike, leave it running and walk away...

Because we have some of the craziest gun laws in the USA only crooks and cops have legal guns here in NYC..
 
Hayabusa Fury said:
All it takes...


Fast forward to the 3:00 mark
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Uh... ::11 :puke:

That only took 20 seconds from the time they touched to the bike to the time the van drove off. And that was on a busy metropolitan sidewalk in plain view in the middle of the day.

OK, that's it - penalty for theft MUST be DEATH, with an immediate trial and sentencing to enforced no more than 30 days from the date of the incident. Time to stop effing around!!!! :mad:
 
Mine stays locked in my wooden storage shed/shop at home(only because my wife wont let me park it in the living room,lol) and when I travel out of town, I always get a ground floor hotel/motel room and it sleeps in the room right next to my bed. If I cant get a ground floor room, then I'm going to another motel..period! When i go out to eat, it usually gets parked in the yellow slashes at the front window and yes, I'm always packing! Smith and wesson airweight 38 special...so there better be more than 5 of you! thats all the theft deterent I got and hopefully all I need although I do run to my bedroom window everytime I hear a noise outside to make sure the shed doors are still shut. Damn I'm paranoid!:errrr:
 
I'd never do that.....

Bad neighborhood motel room (Medium).JPG
 
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