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park the bike... and people go sit on it!?
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2001 10:48 am
by Eric Knight Holbrook
Am I the only one who parks their bike for the day, and comes back to
find it not exactly the way you left it (mirrors slighly shifted or
something else "a little off" that make it a dead giveaway that
someone was "trying" out the bike by sitting on it or leaning against
it.
Is there anyway to stop this?... or heck.. maybe charge for it!
Seriously though, I don't like the idea of someone sitting on the
bike while I'm off at work.
Any suggestions? Should I get one of those little spy cameras? (half
joking but the more I think about it...)
park the bike... and people go sit on it!?
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2001 10:55 am
by elcapitanuno31@hotmail.com
I've had the same issue several times, I've even caught the culprit a
time or two as well....
I've been considering one of those disk locks with an integrated
alarm. they cost about $60 and if someone tries to move the bike or
sit on it, it lets out a screetch. only problem is you don't want
anyone soiling their britches while sitting on your bike....
el capitan
- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Eric Knight Holbrook" wrote:
> Am I the only one who parks their bike for the day, and comes back
to
> find it not exactly the way you left it (mirrors slighly shifted or
> something else "a little off" that make it a dead giveaway that
> someone was "trying" out the bike by sitting on it or leaning
against
> it.
>
> Is there anyway to stop this?... or heck.. maybe charge for it!
>
> Seriously though, I don't like the idea of someone sitting on the
> bike while I'm off at work.
>
> Any suggestions? Should I get one of those little spy cameras?
(half
> joking but the more I think about it...)
park the bike... and people go sit on it!?
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2001 11:10 am
by Leon Droby
You could try covering the bike. When I use to park my bike in NYC, I kept
it covered.
The only time I had a problem was when someone saw me use the helmet lock
with my helmet. They lifted only that part of the cover, cut the chin strap
and stole the helmet.
Other than that, no one every touched the bike.
Leon
Gherkin - A14
park the bike... and people go sit on it!?
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2001 11:11 am
by ATO137528@aol.com
In a message dated 6/21/2001 11:01:15 AM Central Daylight Time,
eric@... writes:
> Am I the only one who parks their bike for the day, and comes back to
> find it not exactly the way you left it (mirrors slighly shifted or
> something else "a little off" that make it a dead giveaway that
>
I can top that. I went out to our "guarded" parking garage a while back only
to find my KLR on the ground! Soneone had been playing on it, dropped it and
left it laying there! I thought I was in the clear when it started, but the
drop on the left side had broken the shift lever. (Yea, I know...it needed
replacing anyway, but I had to use pliars to shift into second and ride all
the way home like that!)
Last week, I was told by security that a Surburban had backed into the poor
KLR and dropped it in the same "guarded" garage. This one cost me a set of
grips and some handle bars.
What next?
Lamar
A14
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
park the bike... and people go sit on it!?
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2001 11:57 am
by Devon Jarvis
First off, why did it cost YOU a set of grips and a handle bar? Didn't
the garage have the plate# of the Suburban?
Second, as far as keeping people from sitting on your bike, in the past
I have used a long cable lock to go through the frame and the opening in
my full face helmet, locking the helmet on top of the seat.
Maybe use textile paint to carefully paint a big, fake blob of bird sh*t
in the middle of the seat.
Devon
A15
78 SR500
81 SR500
ATO137528@... wrote:
park the bike... and people go sit on it!?
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2001 12:05 pm
by elcapitanuno31@hotmail.com
the last time my bike was knocked over while at work, the guilty
party, hoisted it back up and then tried to "hide" their guilt by
taping my broken front brake lever lever together! the nerve! as soon
as I touched the lever it fell off!
-- In DSN_klr650@y..., ATO137528@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 6/21/2001 11:01:15 AM Central Daylight Time,
> eric@e... writes:
>
>
> > Am I the only one who parks their bike for the day, and comes
back to
> > find it not exactly the way you left it (mirrors slighly shifted
or
> > something else "a little off" that make it a dead giveaway that
> >
>
> I can top that. I went out to our "guarded" parking garage a while
back only
> to find my KLR on the ground! Soneone had been playing on it,
dropped it and
> left it laying there! I thought I was in the clear when it
started, but the
> drop on the left side had broken the shift lever. (Yea, I
know...it needed
> replacing anyway, but I had to use pliars to shift into second and
ride all
> the way home like that!)
>
> Last week, I was told by security that a Surburban had backed into
the poor
> KLR and dropped it in the same "guarded" garage. This one cost me
a set of
> grips and some handle bars.
>
> What next?
>
> Lamar
> A14
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
park the bike... and people go sit on it!?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 7:59 am
by jimkeal@hotmail.com
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., elcapitanuno31@h... wrote:
> I've had the same issue several times, I've even caught the culprit
a
> time or two as well....
>
> I've been considering one of those disk locks with an integrated
> alarm. they cost about $60 and if someone tries to move the bike or
> sit on it, it lets out a screetch. only problem is you don't want
> anyone soiling their britches while sitting on your bike....
>
I have one of those locks and have watched it deter persons from
molesting my bike on more than one occasion. They are not extremely
loud, but get the attention of people in the neighborhood. I have not
experienced any false alarms. But I'm not sure it works in the rain -
seems to fail when wet (Ok when dried out).
-Jim
curtis mayfield live at the bitter end...nklr
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2001 3:09 am
by Conall O'Brien
I was checking out John Lee Hookers Bibliography and seems he did a show
with Canned Heat that is supposed to be pretty good. Backroad Bill did you
see Hookers last show in Santa Rosa last weekend?
Conall
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