Re: How do you feel about random people touching your bike?

i suggest u get a front wheel lock. it is slightly cumbersome to put on, but it will give u a higher peace of mind...

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The only thing I would touch on a rc is the seat, I always wondered what it felt like.. Otherwise its indecent to sit on the bike, fiddling is just being a ungrateful ass.

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@Divyanshp150

For my old Unicorn bike, I was trying to start my bike (parked at a narrow alley where there's full public view and a lot of people at evening 4PM near the railway station!!!!) my bike won't start..

guess what's missing?? the spark plug.. someone stole my spark plug!!! WTF!!!!! but that was almost 5 years ago.. but still!!!!

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HAHAHAHA!! That's funny.

I can only imagine your expression when you realized someone stole the spark plug. lol.

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I had my bike's rear footrest stolen in 2011 in Chennai. Such is the level thieves have stopped to these days.

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Now they raised their standard

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Hahaha. And here I was thinking about buying Xena disc locks.

Apparently after reading these posts I have realized that India has so much of 'Skilled Labour' that I would not be amazed to see the front wheel balanced on a rod so as not to fire the alarm, and the rest of the bike missing!

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Can relate to this topic. My baby p150 was all polished and parked at the corner of a road, with me admiring it from a distance. Suddenly a lady with 'L' sign on a red activa comes out of nowhere, hits my bike making it fall into the trench nearby and speeds away ! I could not follow since I got wound up checking damages caused. Ended with a dent on tank, a big scratch on the tail section, and a damaged exhaust metal cover, damaged end weights of handle bar. Damn !

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Most of them just start rotating the throttle,thats very irratating

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I have a real concern about this. I may be coming back to India in the near future, and if I do, I'll be bringing my Super Tenere with me. I have no doubt it will attract a lot of attention, and I am concerned about people fooling around with it while I can't see what's happening. I don't want anyone climbing on the bike or pretending to ride it while I'm away. First, the bike is huge. I'm pretty tall, and even I have trouble touching the ground with both feet while sitting on the thing. Second, it's heavy, and somewhat top-heavy at that. The bike weighs over 250kg. If it falls over, it's going to be a pain to lift, and would injure someone if they got pinned under it. Third, it's expensive. The comparable cost of the bike in India would be around 20lakh. I have to worry about the cost of both accidental damage from idiots who misjudge the bike, and deliberate vandalism from jealous bystanders.

I'm thinking I may have to carry a full-bike cover with me; one that I can lock onto the bike. That may prevent at least most of the trouble. With the cover on it, it will be hard to get at the bodywork to damage it, or to remove parts or otherwise vandalize the bike. It also makes it unworkable to get on the bike, and with the cover, there's no point in taking pictures. It'll have to be a heavy cover, though, because a thin nylon cover would be easy for a miscreant to cut through.

Additionally, such an expensive bike can also prompt a more VIP-level of treatment, which means I may be able to park in areas that are normally off-limits to the public, and which are under better surveillance.

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Today I noticed some outside relative of member of society pressing clutch lever and fiddling with gears in building even with cctv .Many in my area try to fiddle with it , thinking to add autocop security system .Even kids try to sit on it and fiddle (don’t blame them ).One day I was waiting on signal which long , a guy came and tried to touch mirror to check hair , I was so pissed , I was like dude really.

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thats very irratating though
I am thinking of installing a anti theft alarm in my bike,saw it on a ducati panigale,when the bike handle is locked and if anyone rev's the throttle,press the clutch or brake it would raise a loud alarm to scare off the person unecessary trying to fiddle with the bike.

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Me too thinking same , I will go for autocop brand , saw a video of motovlogger who fitted it on its Enfield

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there are many available online
most of their name start with auto
autopro,autosec,autogear.
Ducati had one imported from japan.

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Ya that might be costly and better one