Bike Security - No Garage

[BLUEJEEPLAB]

Amen to what Newsome said. Sugar (the doberman mentioned above) was shown nothing but love by me and never trained to be anything but a great pup. The things Sugar did were what she thought were in protection of SWMBO (who she knew was important to me and probably thought was my property). I still miss that dog...

[mason79]

Originally posted by Pat Kelly
I read an interesting theft deterrent at Daytona bike week. Guy left an empty gun holster laying on the seat of the bike.

wonder which is cheaper to lose a bianchi holster or a 357 wad cutter round...

[knewsom]

Originally posted by mason79

wonder which is cheaper to lose a bianchi holster or a 357 wad cutter round...

donno, but the lawer to get you off would DEFINITELY be more expensive.

[mason79]

Originally posted by knewsom


donno, but the lawer to get you off would DEFINITELY be more expensive.

rather explain it to the judge than the coroner

[martialstax]

The side of my house is hidden from both the front street and the alley behind my house, so it seems parking the bike there would be best. However, it's all grass, and when it rains, it's pretty sloppy. And as some of you have mentioned, I need to protect it from salt air as much as I need to protect it from thieves. So I'm thinking about getting one of these:
http://www.cycleshell.com/
Does anyone have one?

[Crazcnuk]

get a piece of wood, or a piece of metal to put the kickstand on, so it won't fall over, and the rest doesn't care about grass.

As for 'salt air', there is no such thing. If there was, eveaporation wouldn't work to get salt out of the water!

Just don't ride in the surf. It isn't any salt in the air that casues trouble on the coast, it's the fact that everything is always damp. So if you leave dirt on your metal items, the dirt is always damp, causing rust.

[LoserShoes]

But you can definetly have an aerosol of salt water gettting blown off the tops of the waves.

Steve

[BLUEJEEPLAB]

All debate aside, a dry clean place is the best place to keep your baby. Periodic cleaning is a must, especially if it's an "Outdoor" baby. Wax and polish are definate factors in long life and are to appearance what oil changes are to engine life. If you have to keep you baby outside, keep it clean!!!

[Crazcnuk]

Heh, those never even make it to the beach, otherwise the beach would be white with salt...

Originally posted by LoserShoes
But you can definetly have an aerosol of salt water gettting blown off the tops of the waves.

Steve

[HobbyMan]

next one

[HobbyMan]

Known fact: vehicles run in cold areas where they salt the roads will rust FAST if not protected. Residual salt will not evaporate, but that doesn't mean that it isn't in the air. It can be in a misty form of salt water, or it can dry out and you have some salt-blasting going on. As for the grass, do you like your exhaust in a non rusted state? I wouldn't park it in the grass. Grass is made of plants, there is extra moisture involved that will rust your pipes over time. Notice how cars left in garages generally don't put out foggy moisture from the exhaust after a cold dewey night, and ones left out do The moisture intrudes the exhaust and works its way to the baffles, etc. this=rust. If you must, put some plywood down on top of the grass. The best would be an enclosed concrete slab or wood base, aka: shed Also cleaning, as said, is a must. Where dirt builds up, water is absorbe and remains on the surface longer than clean areas. If you leave it dirty, the dirt will absorb water and rust or pitt all of the chrome and other metals. So, in conclusion, theft aside, have protection from the elements above and below. The cover you posted would work. I would be afraid that it would attract attention from kids wanting to tear something up. Anyway, use your best judgment in deciding what to do.

[Crazcnuk]

I think if he mows the lawn once in a while he'll be safe from the plants!

BTW the salt that rusts your car on the road is NOT floating around in the air. It's put on the road by sanding trucks to get rid of ice.

It rusts your car because it mixes with the water on the road, which then gets all over your car and sits in the little recesses and lips underneath, possibly causing a rust issue.

The extra vapor coming out of the tailpipes has nothing to do with whether the vehicle is parked inside or outside. It has to do with temperature and dewpoint, so while the car parked in a heated garage won't vapor as much, it will rust faster because all the snow on it melts, mixes with the salt causing a problem.

I prefer to keep the garage about -5C, in the winter. This way the snow never melts, either on the car, or on the floor.

[HobbyMan]

Crazc: This is somewhat true, but my garage isn't heated or insulated. As soon as you would pull out of the garage, if it was just a tempurature and dewpoint issue, you would begin to see vapor as you pull out of the garage, because the warm moist air would then condense in the cooler ambient air. If there no moisture in the pipes to condense at the dew point, my case, you won't see anything cooming out. Keeping it in the garage keeps most of the ambient moisture from entering. I know there is some moisture in the pipe from the combustion reaction, but it shouldn't be enough to condense, making it visible on a cold morning. Also, I don't think just cutting the grass would do it. There is a layer of dense air laden with moisure close to the ground because of the grass. And if the salt didn't blow away on the road without moisture, it would sit there and build up all the time. In a sense, I am agreeing with you. Whatever isn't mixed with water when it is wet, is left over when it dries out. Then it blows away getting caught in your vehicle, waiting to absorb moisture. Salt is corrosive.

[posthuman]

Ok so them make a somewhat elevated platform with cinderblocks and plywood, seattle don't rain that much!

anyway I could swing out there to you part of town and we could get some ideas.

and you could check out my drilled out and popped ignition switch.

[HobbyMan]

Its nice to think that we discuss every aspect to keep these bikes protected. That just goes to show how great this site is All anyone can do is use their best judgment, the rest is out of our control.