Thats why you don't rely on steering locks!
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Thats why you don't rely on steering locks!
The bike was recovered, but the video shows just how quick it happens!
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Re: Thats why you don't rely on steering locks!
That was quite slow. I featured a BMW being pinched on my webcast a couple of years ago. Took less than 10 seconds. Manufacturers should be liable to claim-backs from insurance for thefts like this. That would encourage them to do something meaningful about motorcycle security.
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Re: Thats why you don't rely on steering locks!
I was telling my Dad that when I drive into work in Harrow I see scores of scooters with no locks and 90% of the time with no steering locks on either. All parked in groups, I assume it's a merry go round of stolen and re-stolen deliveroo scoots, no security at all. Often see the same with scoots/bikes parked in people's gardens in Harrow.
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Re: Thats why you don't rely on steering locks!
Plenty of leverage with those wide bars. Pillion thief must be weak as shite.
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Re: Thats why you don't rely on steering locks!
Popped into a pub for a pint a last summer and noticed the bike bay just along the road had council-fitted ground anchors... almost entirely ignored by the owners of the bikes parked next to them.Supermofo wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 6:35 pm I was telling my Dad that when I drive into work in Harrow I see scores of scooters with no locks and 90% of the time with no steering locks on either. All parked in groups, I assume it's a merry go round of stolen and re-stolen deliveroo scoots, no security at all. Often see the same with scoots/bikes parked in people's gardens in Harrow.
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Re: Thats why you don't rely on steering locks!
Always hilarious when some Brit tourists show up at the Rockstore on rental bikes. Out come the locks & cables etc as they spend a few minutes chaining the bikes to each other with cables through the wheels/frames etc (& helmets). Half the regulars there don't even remove the ignition key & no one locks their bike up. A couple of times I've walked over & said "What the hell ya doing? this isn't the UK".
Wonder if they get used to not securing the bikes, forget to lock up their bikes back home after the holibobs & get their bike nicked..?
Wonder if they get used to not securing the bikes, forget to lock up their bikes back home after the holibobs & get their bike nicked..?
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Re: Thats why you don't rely on steering locks!
My '83 GPz11 has a cable that that slides out of the left down tube on the frame. It has a D shaped steel doodad on the end of itThe Spin Doctor wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 4:14 pm That was quite slow. I featured a BMW being pinched on my webcast a couple of years ago. Took less than 10 seconds. Manufacturers should be liable to claim-backs from insurance for thefts like this. That would encourage them to do something meaningful about motorcycle security.
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Re: Thats why you don't rely on steering locks!
That was a great feature on the Speedfight scooter I had.


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Re: Thats why you don't rely on steering locks!
I like the reg.MrLongbeard wrote: Sun Apr 12, 2026 9:43 am That was a great feature on the Speedfight scooter I had.
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