Bike security?

[81xsproject]

I am getting ready to move with my beloved XS to a fairly large city and am concerned about my the security of my bike.
I was looking at some Xena disc lock/alarms on ebay. With our older style rotors, though, I think I will have to drill a couple of special holes in a rotor to use one. Any thoughts or suggestions?

[Dragonrider]

My disk lock does not go though the braking surface, but rather it is deep enough to go through the "spokes" of the rotor.

[81xsproject]

I haven't found one that sounded like it would have a long enough reach (even though I haven't taken a measurement. maybe I should do that). Looks like about 2.25", that's shorter than I thought, I'll keep looking. Still appreciate any suggestions.

[greywolfe555]

try a poor mans security lock. a long shank master lock on the rotor. then u can keep the key with bike keys

[Czekus21]

One big, long logging chain and a big mean ol' dog, also on a big long chain.

[Ron]

Chain or cable lock will keep away joy riders. pros are not interested.

[fredintoon]

Thieves

Never say "pros are not interested" Remember Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady?"
"There's them as would poison you for a 'at pin, never mind a 'at!"
Similarly with an XS11 "There's them as would steal it for the gas in the tank - - - "
Besides, XS11s are becoming collectable.
I was reading about the techno-war between bike owners and bike thieves. Merely immobilising the bike may put off joyriders but 4 strong men will simply pick it up, put it in a truck and take it away. This means chaining the bike to a lamp-post or other immovable object.
Now the techno-war.
Bolt cutter defeats chain.
Hardened chain defeats bolt cutter.
Instant-freeze-in-a-can & club hammer defeats hardened chain.
Cryo-Steel chain defeats freeze-in-a-can but will the thief still carry a bolt-cutter?
Just like those anti-virus updates one keeps paying for.
Saw a thing the Swedes use if they don't have a garage.
It's a half-drum shaped welded steel bar bike cage that's rock anchored to a concrete pad. It's in two 90º segments and opens by one segment hinging up over the other and it is held shut by federal bank sized padlocks. Takes an oxy-acetylene cutting torch to defeat it.
Fred Hill, S'toon.

[RS Thornton]

Man am I lucky.

Here in smalltown USA I have actually left my bike in the parking lot with the key in it. At end of day I going nuts looking for my key in my office. Found it in the ignition, and the bike was parked all the way at the end of the lot, closest to the road.

About 2-3 times a year I forget to close the garage door and everything is always there in the morning. My 4 bikes, kids bicycles, tools.

my fear is one day I will move to a real city and I will get cleaned out in the first month.

[Pat Kelly]

Way back when I parked my bike in the backyard under a tarp. I dug a hole, bolted a heavy-duty chain to a junk car wheel. I buried the wheel in the ground (about 4 feet deep) with the chain comming out of the ground. I cut a hole in 1 inch thick sheet of plywood and ran the chain through the hole. I'd park the bike on the plywood and chain the bikes frame.
There was also a Doberman and a German Shepard in the backyard. My bedroom window was 2 feet from the bike.

My XS's are very vulnerabe right now. I'd like to get the alarmed disc locks for all 3 bikes.

[garyrc]

use the club in the front wheel... also i have yet to meet a person who can pick up the xs and move it..also put use the built in lock on the bars.

[GNEPIG]

... when you get there try to get an apartment/condo/house that is on the ground floor and just park your baby in the living room or inside the back door, i have done this just about everywhere i have lived for most of my life since i was 16... i am now 41 and have a garage with a pitbull tied in front
.. i have always owned full sized chevy vans the g10 or g20s and i have parked my bikes in those when i lived at places i couldnt take them inside with me, just drive the van to work if the weather is nasty, unload the bike when its nice
.. the vans also makes a good place to stay if or when your in between places to live or if your too drunk to drive home from that killer party