schwager@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (03/06/86)
> This recently came up in net.cycle: > /* Written 8:17 pm Mar 3, 1986 by picard@h-sc1.UUCP in uiucdcs:net.cycle */ > > ...(eg. kryptonite is good but you can't tie the > bike to something with it).... > > thanks. > /* End of text from uiucdcs:net.cycle */ I have a related question: when I get my new bike, I thought I'd get a Kryptonite and when the occasion warranted, I could put the lock around a wheel. Am I under the mistaken impression that a motorcycle thief doesn't try to start and drive away a 500 pound machine? Do they instead simply hoist it up on their shoulders and put it in the back of a truck? I know there probably aren't too many motorcycle thieves here on the net, but perhaps somebody has read something about theft prevention. -mike schwager -- {ihnp4,convex,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!schwager schwager%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa University of Illinois, Dept. of Computer Science
mazlack@ernie.berkeley.edu (Lawrence J. Mazlack) (03/11/86)
>> >> ...(eg. kryptonite is good but you can't tie the >> bike to something with it).... >> > >I have a related question: when I get my new bike, I thought I'd get a >Kryptonite and when the occasion warranted, I could put the lock around >a wheel. Am I under the mistaken impression that a motorcycle thief >doesn't try to start and drive away a 500 pound machine? Do they instead >simply hoist it up on their shoulders and put it in the back of a truck? >I know there probably aren't too many motorcycle thieves here on the net, >but perhaps somebody has read something about theft prevention. I have a BMW R100 and use both (on occassion) a Kryptonite lock and a Cobra vibration alarm. The lock because cables and chains are easy to cut, the alarm because it may stop the shy. I run the lock either through the front wheel or the crash bar and then around a pole. Works well - especially in places where it is OK to park on the sidewalk (most places - maybe not legally, but practically). Most big bike thieves steal to part the bike out (i.e., take it apart and sell it for parts). Indeed, they do use pickup trucks and if the bike is not attached - good bye. Larry Mazlack UUCP {tektronix,dual,sun,ihnp4,decvax}!ucbvax!ucbernie!mazlack New style mazlack@ernie.berkeley.edu ARPA | CSNET mazlack%ernie@berkeley.ARPA BITNET mazlack@ucbernie.BITNET telephone (415) 528-0496 snail CS Dept, 571 Evans, U. California, Berkeley, CA 94720