Home Security Systems

Dire Wolf asked:


I am moving into a condo from a house. I used to have my motorcycle safely stashed in the garage at the house, but now it will be out in the open. I use my car to go to work usually so the motorcycle will be left alone during those days. But I am also concerned about it at night. I have seen wheel locks with built in alarms which seem like they would work in conjunction with a heavy chain. There are no light poles or anything sturdy to lock the bike onto, and I think the condo assoc. will make me keep it in a parking slot, so I can’t chain it to a tree on the lawn. Does anyone have any creative solutions? Anyone have experience with LoJack? I will be so bummed out to come home one day to have it gone because a couple of guys lifted it into the back of their truck and took off…

9 Responses to “Any ideas for safely locking a motorcycle in a condo parking lot?”

1. mustang656 Says:
   May 16th, 2010 at 4:13 am

   keep it at a friends house or somewhere, where you can lock it will a good sized chain. it only takes a couple of sec to load that thing in the back of a truck or trailer and its gone.

2. ...mr2fister... Says:
   May 18th, 2010 at 6:22 pm

   LoJack is about the only way to go. You can chain it all you want but a good pair of bolt cutters will go through chain easily.

3. B R Says:
   May 20th, 2010 at 3:32 am

   Your handle bar lock and or a wheel lock will keep lazy theives from taking the bike, but the industrious guys will just pick it up and toss it in. Do some research what is the theft in the area like? What are the most stolen bikes in your area? Is there a lit area you can park the bike?

4. bluesharpman_642000 Says:
   May 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 pm

   since ya dont ride it as much a ya take your car…i would say it would to good to find a friend that ya trust and park it in their garage…or maybe rent a garage in your new neighborhood to store it in or maybe a parking garage? dont leave it un-attended…it will be gone..depending on where ya live..
   good luck

5. bluffmike Says:
   May 23rd, 2010 at 1:06 pm

   The most effective anti-theft devices I’ve ever seen is a piece of tow chain with motorcycle on one end and a German Shepard on the other.

6. fizz Says:
   May 23rd, 2010 at 10:26 pm

   Apparently, keeping a cover on the bike really puts thieves off.

   I live in a condo, but I can get the bike round the back of the condo and lock the bike to the A/C units, its not ideal but that and the fact that it cannot be seen from the road have prevented theft.

   Are there any drain covers that the bike can be locked to or can you put a ground anchor in – this would involve digging up a section of concrete and repairing with the ground anchor inplace.

7. barfoeng Says:
   May 26th, 2010 at 2:30 am

   If you can afford the LoJack system by all means do that but if not you should get some insurance that covers theft and at least try to monitor it with a camera hidden somewhere watching it because you WILL be bummed out if it can’t be replaced and you have no way of finding out who took it…

8. Jack C Says:
   May 29th, 2010 at 3:11 am

   Dont know where you live but you might consider renting a storage facility to store the bike they are fairly reasonable

9. polyesterfred Says:
   May 31st, 2010 at 5:56 am

   heavy cable through the rims and frame makes it not roll. lock your forks always. any electronic alarm will help but if lojack is available for a motorcycle then by all means get on that . often times you can get rebates or insurance breaks. OR you can do what my brother used to do. he pulled his bike right into his first floor apartment. he lived alone though. i have to admit as much as we love riding it was cool to see his 919 sitting in the dinig room.