Even if it coorilates with the "most bought' the R6 still has impressive figures.  It wasn't just stolen more than any other bike...it was stolen more than any other MAKE.

oh i'm not arguing the point, its just those stats tend to change from year to year a lot.

Quote from: RVertigo on May 29, 2007, 03:37:02 PM

Yeah... that's gonna be my second purchase..  The first is a new bike.




I called the insurance claim agent.  She told me that they give it 30 days (standard) to see if the bike shows up.  If not, they write it off as totalled.

Either way, whatever damage that is done, I'm getting $500 less because of the deductible.

The only trouble with one of those is that someone might consider it a suspicous item & call the bomb squad & they'll come & blow up your bike. 

   Not if you replace the batteries!!!   





I have two of those Xena locks...  Nothing like having Xena protect your bike....

the real problem with those is if you happen to have a thief as equipped as I am...I have a set and bolt cutters that would rip the thing right off.  It'd probably bugger up the rotor, too, but oh well.

Friend of mine had his R6 stolen...he had a real beefy, high dollar disc lock on the bike and he had a chain going through the wheel and rotor tying it to a post or a tree I can't remember.  The thief picked the lock on the chain, took the front wheel off and unbolted the rotor, then locked the rotor back to the tree with the chain.

If they want it, they're gonna get it...locks only stop honest people.  Best you can hope for is to slow down a thief, but you can never count on that.

The cheaper Xena locks are easier to break off, but it's still hard to get a hacksaw between the disc and the lock...  Much less bolt-cutters.  The newer ones have a 18mm double locking pin (locks top and bottom).  And...  The alarm attracts unwanted attention.... 

But, it still holds true.  If someone wants it bad enough, they WILL get it.  But, a good disc-lock might just make them look for an easier bike.


And the real question is...  Is it worth $80-$100 to make a thief think twice about stealing YOUR bike?