Home Security Question For Motorcycle

[Daniel777]

Hi,

 

I will be getting my first 125cc Bike and looking to secure it up driveway and would really like some guidance from those with experience on best ways to secure it please (See photos).

 

I will eventually be bringing the gate forward and storing the bike behind that which will add more security. 

 

In the interim I'm looking to decide on the best approach to secure it where it will be visible from the street view.

I am planning to hide it a bit behind 3 bins and it will be covered. 

 

My main dilemma is whether to:

 

A) Fit a ground/wall anchor to the house brick high up so the chain is not on the floor when secured.

B). Fit a ground anchor on the left side where the wall is which has sizeable holes I could also thread a chain through the wall as well.

C). Something different!

 

I'm looking at getting:

Hiplok DX1000 D-Lock

Hiplok XL Loop End Chain

ABUS WBA100 Granit Wall / Floor Anchor

Oxford Boss Alarm 16mm Padlock - Black

 

Thanks in advance,

 

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[ChrisBiggsUK]

I've got a wall anchor attached to the wall of the house, suitably high off the ground, through which is a big hefty chain wrapped around and through the rear suspension and wheel (so that if someone removes the wheel, it is still chained to the bike itself thus making it hard to steal), big hefty disk lock on the front, cover over the top, two cctv cameras pointing at it, a cheap (but very loud and effective) battery powered (little cell batteries, not wired to the bike battery) motion sensitive alarm hidden on the bike, tracker also suitably hidden on the bike, motion activated floodlight, gravel/pebbles on the floor around it and two guard dogs which will be alerted by any noise of gravel/pebbles being disturbed and several very 'curtain twitch' happy neighbours many of whom have doorbell cameras and one or two who have external cctv cameras bolted to their own walls covering the cul-de-sac.

I also have some of my old work body armour in the cupboard under the stairs, 'just in case'.

All this for a nearly 20 year old CG125.  I wish I were being hyperbolic.

Do whatever you can to secure your bike as best as you can within your budget.  Anything you can do to make your bike more difficult/awkward to steal, is a plus.  While nothing will stop the more determined oikery, it will certainly deter chancers, casuals or the local undisciplined 'yoof' who want to score a quick and cheap bike to tear round the roads on with their mates.  

With specifics regarding attaching the anchor to the bricks of your house or that wall in your pictures, if it were me, I'd do (and indeed have done) the bricks of the house.  Harder to knock down a house than it is a little wall.  Though, again, with determined oikery, anything is possible.

[Shepherd]

Yep, move the gate forward. Best security is to keep it out of sight. No room in that garage, I assume? Can you wheel around the back of the house, so it's further out of sight and more likely to be heard?

If anyone is behind you when you get near home, go round the block and lose them. Invisibility is key.

If you can get an anchor on to the wall behind them open blocks, loop the chain through so they can't slide it around and have the lock behind the bricks to make it harder to get a grinder in there.

 

[RideWithStyles]

Those little holed bricks wouldnt hold up to much and with them being so small and low down it’s easy to just get to one brick (they don’t give a shit if they damage your wall. get around the gate, The weakest parts of the gate will be either the so called lock, the middle panel and the joint to the posts, but id doubt it would put up too much of a fight. 

 
Best would be in the garage, cement in the floor, *middle of But between the bike and wall where your going to put the bike, if its a pain to get to then great, harder work for the thieves.
Again the weakest part will be the link or the wall.
personally I’d go drill into the ground rather than damage a good wall of the house or garage *, either what’s there already or cement it in, depending on your options.

 

being high up does make sledge hammer hard work if not impossible (but then might just knock your wall out) but slightly easier to angle grind.

oh and when you do go off on the bike don’t leave the chain and lock attached to the anchor, they could do a quick trip to weaken the chain or lock abit while your away, then return to finish it off in less time when the bike is back and locked up in be known to you.

[Daniel777]

Thanks everyone for the input, you've given me a lot to consider. A shame we have to go to such great lengths to protect our belongings!

 

I've decided to get the gate brought forward to conceal it (bought my cbf125 today delivered in a few days woohoo!!) when I temporarily store it behind there and for overnight I'm going with the garage suggestion. I didn't want to have to as I have decking raised from ground level at both the front of it to get onto the decking platform and then a step down before entering garage but I think I'll invest in a ramp that can be stowed away inside garage to make it even more of a pain to make a quick getaway. Not to mention being under a camera the whole time ha!

 

Thanks everyone and I'm glad to have joined this forum!

Edited February 24 by Daniel777