what lock?

I am wondering what you guys use to lock your Norton..
Unfortunately any disc lock may work as the Lockeed disc has no holes and at the same time I am pretty scared to carry anything heavy as a chain or anything fixed to the bike when I am riding..

Many say that if someone whats it, they're going to get it. I have used a small cable but I have been thinking about something to go on the drive chain. I have a riveted master link and it would be rather difficult with out proper tools. But then again, if they want it, they're going to get it.

18 volt angle grinder or a sharp whack to the disk with a ball peen hammer and it's in pieces and the disk lock lays on the ground left behind.

Anyway, if they want it, they will get it!

pvisseriii said:

Many say that if someone whats it, they're going to get it. I have used a small cable but I have been thinking about something to go on the drive chain. I have a riveted master link and it would be rather difficult with out proper tools. But then again, if they want it, they're going to get it.

18 volt angle grinder or a sharp whack to the disk with a ball peen hammer and it's in pieces and the disk lock lays on the ground left behind.

Anyway, if they want it, they will get it!

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of course, I know.. but in the end we all have to use some form of deterrent.. we cannot leave the bike open!

"lock your Norton"?

let's see
1. unfold kickstart lever while leaving rider footpegs and passenger footpegs in down position for kick lever clearance
2. fold up rider and passenger footpegs for kicking lever clearance
3. tickle amal carbs just right or risk flooding
4. kick lever several times with ignition switch in the off position
5. turn key to place ignition switch into the correct one of four positions (none of the others will start the bike)
6. kick lever after first finding TDC or risk breaking your knee (then your head as it throws you over the bars and onto the street)
7. hold throttle just so in order to warm bike up to take off (if it starts!!)
8. repeat steps 1 and 2 in reverse
9. wooo hoooo, ready for takeoff
10. add a couple more steps if you decide to use the steering lock - I think they would fit somewhere between steps 4 and 5

seriously? lock it? I can barely start it myself; usually messing up one of the steps or getting them in the wrong order.
My Norton is definitely NOT a getaway vehicle unless you pay a small boy to stand beside it and rev the engine while you
commit whatever crime you have in mind.

They say if your Norton is missing just look for it in the lowest part of the village or the bottom of the next hill.

I don't suppose a lock will keep a coupla hefty lads from lifting it into a truck though..............

Take the fuse with you. But 3 guys can still throw it in the back of a truck.

Dave
69S

Don't leave it anywhere it will get stolen or have it where you can keep a eye on it and never tell anyone that you don't know where you live, I have a chain and lock that can't be cut with bolt cutters and you would need a few cutting wheels on a grinder to cut it, but useless at home with the oxy set beside the bike and at work it is parked in my workshop out of site, with the Joe Hunt maggie I only have a toggle switch for on/off and as they say it only takes 2 big fellows to lift it in a truck, so if they want it badly they will get it, you just got to make it harder for them to steel it.

Ashley

The key won't come out of my ignition, so until I get time to replace it I just stick a krytonite lock on the front wheel. Like everyone says, if they are serious, it will be gone. If they are not serious, they can't start it, key or not. Besides, it looks kind of tatty...

Greg

A .303 .

Used to leave a large steel strop around the lampost whicjhwas the work parking spot, for the 61 T120 .
Opposite a major bus stop.Fiddling in my pocket one day for the keys after work , I looked down .
Theyed been in the padlock all day . :roll:

The dreaded mercury switch motion sensor set to go on as the bike came off the sidestand wa said to be o.k.
a lot of far more sophisticated devices about these days.

hook up the mercury switch to a smoke bomb ! :lol: 8) :shock:

gjr said:

The key won't come out of my ignition, so until I get time to replace it I just stick a krytonite lock on the front wheel. Like everyone says, if they are serious, it will be gone. If they are not serious, they can't start it, key or not. Besides, it looks kind of tatty...

Greg

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Hi Greg, where do you carry that kriptonite lock on your bike when riding?

Model 686 Theft Deterrent... by S&W. And don't let your bike out of your sight.

Lorenzo said:

gjr said:

The key won't come out of my ignition, so until I get time to replace it I just stick a krytonite lock on the front wheel. Like everyone says, if they are serious, it will be gone. If they are not serious, they can't start it, key or not. Besides, it looks kind of tatty...

Greg

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Hi Greg, where do you carry that kriptonite lock on your bike when riding?

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Lorenzo,

I have a Craven rack for the back with a small Britsih Army surplus bag attached.

Greg

Do what you can to deter them....and make sure you have theft insurance (replacement cost).