Anti Theft Devices

Several years ago, out for a ride on the MK3 my drive chain broke. As far as I could tell it was original to the bike. I was about two miles from home and was standing there scratching my head, when a guy in a van pulled up and asked if I needed help. We lifted the commando into the back of his van, and I stood in the back to steady it while we headed to my house. The whole operation took less than thirty seconds. I considered myself pretty lucky....
Later I got to thinking just how quickly a bike can "disappear". I don't generally go places and leave the bike out of my sight, but I did last weekend, (Laconia) and it was on my mind that I would return to find no bike. I was wondering if anybody here has any suggestions or experiences with security devices, alarms, GPS etc. I guess there are no sure ways to secure a bike, but a little peace of mind would be nice.

Terry

tban52 said:

Several years ago, out for a ride on the MK3 my drive chain broke. As far as I could tell it was original to the bike. I was about two miles from home and was standing there scratching my head, when a guy in a van pulled up and asked if I needed help. We lifted the commando into the back of his van, and I stood in the back to steady it while we headed to my house. The whole operation took less than thirty seconds. I considered myself pretty lucky....
Later I got to thinking just how quickly a bike can "disappear". I don't generally go places and leave the bike out of my sight, but I did last weekend, (Laconia) and it was on my mind that I would return to find no bike. I was wondering if anybody here has any suggestions or experiences with security devices, alarms, GPS etc. I guess there are no sure ways to secure a bike, but a little peace of mind would be nice.

Terry

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Unless you own a Colorado Norton Works or Holland Norton Works rebuild Commando who wants to steal an old Commando as any new Harley, BMW etc. is easier to find and get rid of again :?

A Aussie Blue cattle dog tied to your bike, no one will get close enought to even think about stealing your bike :lol: or a heavy duty harden chain that can't be cut with bolt cutters and a harden container lock that also can't be cut with bolt cutters plius a bag to carry it and the extra 50/60 lbs of weight on your bike and make sre its long enought to go around a power pole :roll:

Ashley

You touch Redhot Norton, Bisquit takes your leg.

Unless passing Neanderthal likes bike & dog, as package deal..
What about a discrete 'Taser' type anti-tamper electrickery device -"its just the Lucas switchgear shorting , they all do that".

[quote/]Unless you own a Colorado Norton Works or Holland Norton Works rebuild Commando who wants to steal an old Commando as any new Harley, BMW etc. is easier to find and get rid of again :?[/quote]

I don't know where you live, Nortonspeed, but out here in the San Francisco Bay Area, there are places where they will steal your shoes, while your still in them.

I like Bisquit, but I was thinking Rhodesian Ridge back.

Take an electric engraver to hidden areas of valuable pieces then maybe you can get lucky with your new career as a detective in swap meets etc. I had a police officer tell me on this subject , "If they really want it they'll get it." He also offered these words of wisdom , " Once it's gone, it's gone." But I know enough to park under streetlights at night and around other people if possible ,no dark corners to avoid trouble. Garage it if you have one ,I do not ,so she sits out streetfront with a cover all night or more when not in use. If you look at REAL theft statistics. , the crooks want brand new superrockets to joyride then sell/strip/give over-part-out to other young speed demons. Not some dinosaur old Norton, believe me. I leave the keys in the ignition believe it or not sometimes depending on where we find ourselves. Bar drunks have been the only sorry types to mess - sit on her for their fun,and he got off when asked to. My 2 cents.

If they want it, they'll get it, dog or no.

All you can do is keep it in sight, and that's no guarantee.

Dave
69S

I've given some thought to this when spending nights run aground in Texas rivers watching the moon rise, cross the sky then set - before tide came in - to find my van broken into at deserted boat ramp. ID engraved ain't a bad Idea but can also can make it more valuable to just destroy and hide instead of tracked down punished.

Most practical sensible security device is like Micheal Tagileri does in NYC, very heavy chain stored around the front down tubes, but unless around a big post, it still just a a couple guys and a PU truck disappearing act gone... and even chain would not be a hindrance to me it seen twice in same sport - and bolt cutters or back pack Actyl/Oxy torch on board.

Poor M. T. has had spark plugs stolen by coke & crank heads for the procelien to make pipes. There's some evidence that crooks are soft hearted towards cute pets and kids so some put a child's stuffed animal in rear shelf to make crooks soften mood and harden it towards someone else's loss.

My first desire is stun gun guts or electric fence shocker or like S.Africans do, put a explosive air bag in seat or bars like some stereos mount, but illegal. Tunk Monkey's are being recalled for similar reasons.
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Takes some layers of delaying devices to stand a chance if your's in a target.

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Ms Peel gets a proxmity sensing alarm that's programed to softly say in quaint cute British gals voice, "Caution, I'm armed sweetie" - then of course if touched the universitally ignored alarm sounds. This is just to keep the honest folks at bay of course and would not stop me, who knows i can get away with anything I don't get caugyht with.

2; Mostion detector or clipping cable/chain shoots off smoke and stink and dye spray bombs that both gets attention for onlookers and confuses crooks on value to continure. Would just piss me of course.

3. 6 hour delay tear gas canister and 911 auto dialer.

4. On Ole Blue Millinium Flacon van but not Peel, rockets hidden behind spare tire that go off one at a time till strangers gather for the show. Also had delayed ign cut off to leave van stranded in way of traffic to get quick attention. Would not want the place bike hidden in to burn down with bike in it too.

Great ideas Steve. You can purchase a "fake" security alarm flashing LED red LED thingy to put between the instruments because that is the first place scum look to before even touching your piece of undesirable Norton. After all you live in the U.S.A. More likely a bar drunk who wants to sit on it. Powered by a microbattery (watch). Bank robbers have to deal with baited cash wads with exploding purple dye when the scum try to take the bands off. Fun. Why are banks allowed to do this but not us ? No one really much cares about stealing your snorter, just meeting you and talking. Last time my Boyer croaked from a rusted ground , 3 motorcyclists pulled over to ask if I needed help and one came back fast with a S.U.V. and trailer to help take her back to a farm. A cop stopped by too with genuine curiousity. To help.

Why are banks allowed to do this but not us ?

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Because before the time The Christ kicked their cabblistic asses out of the Temple for money changing crimes selling shekels for absorbent trades - are the most evil globalist clan there is with a license to create and steal money out of you and our production as collateral and bail outs and inflation no one can avoid - but them and their hired agents that leave office before they are punished. Banksters are the lynch pin in military-industrial-petroleum-pollution-agricultural-medical-media syndicates. Dig deep enough and you run into Bankster-socialist-communist financial experiments that were a big factor in collapse of Brit Iron Golden Era.

You only need 3 things
1. 90kg black great Dane that loves his dad
2. Bentley 8shot pump action shot gun (aka riot gun)
3. Sidecar for the dog

Or a chick[as in the ads] to sit on it for you...

Steve,Alma just said it is all we know to be intuitively true but once you hear it stated we know it is. She says it is a concisely put and you are a genius. Quote unquote. We are drinking wine.

DKt 26 , Allergic to dogs, plus any thiefscum knows how to poison your doggie. Scum . Sic' em to such scum.

Steve,Alma just said it is all we know to be intuitively true but once you hear it stated we know it is.

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Just speculating on man's acts against others. I'm no longer a believer but pay attention to Scriptural insights. 1/3 rd of heavens angles stuck to their creator when 1/3 descended on Earth to cause misery to souls they preyed on. That leaves 1/3 as fence sitters, who go with the wining side or follow example of the meaner 1/3 at times. Its a real concern of mine as I have to leave bike in rural PU truck land with desperadoes and druggies out for kix. Only last 2 yrs have i packed heat but my buddy always has and high percentage of riders I ask do too. No help after leaving bike but may help when along waiting for help. But by and large its still mostly native folk and escapee's of Fla. of like mind out here so more likely to go out their way to help. I leave my clinic doors un-locked, people grab what they need and leave money in box on the counter.

The ticking LED is brilliant idea to confuse and delay a loss and maybe a GPS-alarm monitoring sticker. Ms Peel will have numerous motto's on her frame, one of em *Make my day Punk*

Haha, that's what the Bentley is for!!!!
Also teach the dog to only eat on command.
Allergies????
Clarinaise or phenergan. It's cheaper than a commando

Insurance is the only safeguard
Classic bikes (especially with historic rego) are reasonably cheap to insure in Australia. May be different OS?
You may lose your pride and joy but at least you can start again. As they say if they really want your bike they will get it.
A deadly snake under the seat is no less than a Norton thief would deserve

Jed

Very difficult to answer if you park it right out in the open.
I have had 2 old bikes stolen from me, so here’s my 2 cents worth;
1 bolt cutter proof chain and padlock around each wheel, one to something solid like another bike/lamppost/tree.
One disc locks, one with an alarm on it. One baby remote sensor alarm attached under the seat/side cover and with chain drive, a padlock into an hole on the back wheel sprocket.
Also a battery switch off switch, as used by the car racing boys, you need a key to turn main battery cable on, but this is just a deterrent.

Here in Flint, Mi if you have a dog they just send in their trained pitbulls. You never hear a thing.