choke on it

[eddiebmauri]

Do any of you all have any recommendation for a good (strong, hard to cut) lightweight chain or cable to carry when traveling to protect the KLR? My thinking is to chain the bike up at night to help deter theft. I want a good quality chain or cable to secure my KLR, but I don't want to carry a ton of chain with me. I am looking for lightweight quality. Any suggestions? How do you all secure your bikes at night when on the road? Eddie (KLR-650 "la poderosa")

[E Hines]

I carry a heavy duty cable and it is wrapped up and locked on the back luggage rack.  It is long enough to lock the rear wheel to another bike or the two wheels together.  If someone really wants the bike a lock and chain are not going to stop them... [b]From:[/b] eddiebmauri [b]To:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Sun, August 22, 2010 9:09:36 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] Travel Lock - Cable - Chain Question   Do any of you all have any recommendation for a good (strong, hard to cut) lightweight chain or cable to carry when traveling to protect the KLR? My thinking is to chain the bike up at night to help deter theft. I want a good quality chain or cable to secure my KLR, but I don't want to carry a ton of chain with me. I am looking for lightweight quality. Any suggestions? How do you all secure your bikes at night when on the road? Eddie (KLR-650 "la poderosa")

[Jeff Khoury]

#ygrps-yiv-626669658 p {margin:0;}I may be a little more insouciant than others.  I make sure my insurance is paid up, and don't worry about it. Statistically, the KLR is one of the least stolen bikes out there, hence the low premiums we are charged for full coverage.  Around here anyway, the most stolen bikes are sport bikes and Harleys.  People steal them to part them out, and there's a huge secondary parts market on craigslist because of it. The thieves have figured out which bikes there are markets for, and they are the ones targeted.  BMWs, for instance aren't stolen very much at all because most BMW owners are quite happy to purchase their parts from the dealer and pay the associated prices.  Sport bikes are commonly stolen because there is a huge demand for cheap repair parts after Jimmy cracks up his crotch rocket. Those are my thoughts, anyway... -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: "eddiebmauri" To: "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 7:09:36 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Travel Lock - Cable - Chain Question   Do any of you all have any recommendation for a good (strong, hard to cut) lightweight chain or cable to carry when traveling to protect the KLR? My thinking is to chain the bike up at night to help deter theft. I want a good quality chain or cable to secure my KLR, but I don't want to carry a ton of chain with me. I am looking for lightweight quality. Any suggestions? How do you all secure your bikes at night when on the road? Eddie (KLR-650 "la poderosa")

[RobertWichert]

I suggest a disc lock.  Pretty hard to move it with the disc locked. If they can lift it, they can have it! Robert P. Wichert P.Eng +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ========================================================

On 8/22/2010 7:09 PM, eddiebmauri wrote:   Do any of you all have any recommendation for a good (strong, hard to cut) lightweight chain or cable to carry when traveling to protect the KLR? My thinking is to chain the bike up at night to help deter theft. I want a good quality chain or cable to secure my KLR, but I don't want to carry a ton of chain with me. I am looking for lightweight quality. Any suggestions? How do you all secure your bikes at night when on the road? Eddie (KLR-650 "la poderosa")

[dougtyrone@aol.com]

I agree, our KLR's are not high priority items. If you can lift it, you can have it - that's what we have insurance for.   Doug San Diego

[mark ward]

[guymanbro]

As said before, if they want, nothing will stop them (but making it harder for them is good). My rally-prepped KLR was stolen in 2002. I had a Kryptonite chain looped around a wrought iron fence, through the rear wheel of the KLR and attached to the KTM's rear disc with a kryptonite lock. The crooks cut the KTM disc to free the chain, pulled it through the KLR wheel and took off with the KLR. That said, the best theft deterrent I've come up with is keeping the mud on my bike, not fixing the scratched rattle-can paint job, and making it look like a burly dude with a mohawk owns it. ;') A bike cover also makes it harder to identify what model you've got in case the thieves are on a specific mission. da Vermonster (still use a lock and chain on the road)

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, RobertWichert wrote: > > I suggest a disc lock. Pretty hard to move it with the disc locked. > > If they can lift it, they can have it! > > > > Robert P. Wichert P.Eng > +1 916 966 9060 > FAX +1 916 966 9068 > > > > > > > > > > ======================================================== > > > On 8/22/2010 7:09 PM, eddiebmauri wrote: > > > > Do any of you all have any recommendation for a good (strong, hard to > > cut) lightweight chain or cable to carry when traveling to protect the > > KLR? My thinking is to chain the bike up at night to help deter theft. > > I want a good quality chain or cable to secure my KLR, but I don't > > want to carry a ton of chain with me. I am looking for lightweight > > quality. Any suggestions? > > > > How do you all secure your bikes at night when on the road? > > > > Eddie (KLR-650 "la poderosa") > > > > >

[Jim Tegler]

Howdy, I carry a short cable lock and run it through the wheel/frame. I figure it makes the bike more of a hassle to steal. I like Eddie's idea of locking it to another bike. That means just one lonck per 2 bikes. Locking it to a post/fence/rail seems smart, too. Seems bikes tend to be avoided by thieves to me. Jim A5

[k650@verizon.net]

Here is the Magnum brand aftermarket cable at Dennis Kirk.

http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/product_catalog/Product.jsp?productId=p1900308

 

Or walk into any Harley dealer it should be in stock PN 29238-92 may have an A, B c, or D on the end.  I think the one I bought had a C but they are all the same.  About $20.

 

Walt

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mechanizeinc

Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 09:49

To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Choke on it

 

Say y'all,

 

I want to put a choke knob right on the card or maybe mount it with a bracket on the frame near the card instead of running it up to the bars.

I think I want a Harley Sportster part but I'm not sure if it would serve me better than something else someone has adapted.

 

What's the part number for the Harley Choke? Any suggestions for other components?

 

Thanks,

Mechanician