• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

Anti-Theft Devises

kjackbrown

kjackbrown

Keep on keepin on.
I was very bummed to see that the TR does not have a helmet lock. I was wondering if any of you have figured out a way to secure your helmets to the bike.
 
Yeah but here in Cali anything that is not nailed down is likely to walk off at some point! I own a Jeep Wrangler and at least once a year some azz-hat will get in it and find something to take (usually my work badge). Last time they left a really nice flashlight behind.

Anyways, having to carry my helmet with me everywhere I stop is kind of a pain....but there is no way I will leave a $400 helmet just sitting on the mirrors!
 
kjackbrown said:
Yeah but here in Cali anything that is not nailed down is likely to walk off at some point! I own a Jeep Wrangler and at least once a year some azz-hat will get in it and find something to take (usually my work badge). Last time they left a really nice flashlight behind.

Anyways, having to carry my helmet with me everywhere I stop is kind of a pain....but there is no way I will leave a $400 helmet just sitting on the mirrors!
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Man, that's crazy. I guess I've gotten used to being in the south as well. I leave my helmets on the bars all the time.
There are some aftermarket options that bolt up to the license plate bracket so you can lock 2 helmets....though you may not want more weight on that boat anchor. Another option might be to find something to attach the helmet clasp on, under the seat then lock the seat back down. There has to be something...if not make something :D
 
I just as soon carry my helmet in with me at work, but on what blaine was saying, I'd go to a hardware store, buy a foot length of 1/8 inch cable and a couple crimps. Make a loop in each end to slip over the seat lock, with the helmet in the loop. Should be able to find some vinyl coated cable as well to prevent scratches.
 
I use one of those short cable type gun locks. I set the helmut on the mirror. The cable goes around the handle bars and then through the chin bar on the helmet.
 
I thought a reason why they didn't install a helmet lock was due to the design of the exhaust system having mufflers on both sides. I sit the helmet on my seat, padlocked to the handle of my luggage bag where it can't rub up against the hot exhaust.
 
I use that thing:

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Super easy and can be locked to almost everything.

http://pacsafe.com/bucklesafe-100-backpack-buckle-lock-with-tsa-accepted-lock
 
Helmet theft is a crime of convenience. Someone walks past, sees the helmet left out in the open, picks it up and keeps walking.
When I leave my helmet unattended on my bike for more than a few minutes, I fasten the chinstrap onto the handlebar. It might not work as security for a helmet that has a clip on the strap, but as you'll find out if you try it, fiddling around trying to undo the strap through the D-ring fasteners is so bloody difficult that no would-be-thief is going to bother standing there trying to unstrap it from the bar. They'll give it a yank, it won't budge, and in all likelyhood they'll just keep walking.
 
I carry a small padlock on my Harley. When I stop, I snap the lock through a hole on the front rotor and grab the helmet buckle in the lock shackle. If any one wants the helmet they can cut the strap, but the helmet is no good then, and the lock keeps them from rolling my bike home. Having the helmet through the lock keeps my dumb ass from trying to ride off with the lock in the front rotor. Its a win win win! Security, Helmet Holder, and Reminder all in one 4 ounce hardened steel package. Haven't tried that trick on the Terra yet, but it should work. Of course Mr 1911 works well too...:naughty:
 
I use a small padlock attached to a wire too. But I once had a lock that clamped onto a round tube on the frame. It had a claw that fit through the buckle on the helmet and I could also lock a bag on through the handles. Wish I could find a new one.
 
I am thinking about anti theft stuff and wanted to see what you all use. I found this cool locking system called Roadlok and emailed them about making a tr specific device. Anyone else here using locks and/or alarms of any kind?
 
.45 Hollow Point. And a thick braided ruber coated cable in my pack and lock.. I try and go through the frame and keep the cable off the ground for less leverage if they try and cut it.
 
Had a YZF 600 (Sportbike) many years ago. It had a disk lock and a braided cable that went around a big tree. The thief cut the cable, but must have missed the disc lock. Found it the next morning a few feet from where I parked it over on its side. I proceeded to sink 160lbs of concrete in the ground with a loop of steel coming out of the top. Then I chained the bike to the concrete block every night. I was recently in the town where I did this, the loop is still in the yard of that rental house--Took a picture to commemorate the "good ole days".

Just thought of this from reading the "Key Cost" thread--Aren't our bikes chipped? Would it still be possible to hotwire a chipped bike without a key?
 
Terra Tom said:
Great article firecrotch! Made great reading.
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Yeah,liked his suggestion about taking clutch lever with you. Or how he was amazed how many people leave a spare key ,title ppwk (guilty)in a trunk or how many people dont lock the steering. Its definately an enlightening read
 
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