Ground anchors. Make or Buy?

You're probably defending against the semi professional thief who cases
the area and goes out with a shopping list, your bandit was prolly
required for the frame to replace a bent one, or for motor parts etc...
unless you have a totally unique bike the methods I mentioned will
still work, as their standard tools are "portable" power tools (battery
jobs) bolt cutters and crowbars.

CCTV and lighting helps a lot too, just make sure it can't be
vandalised prior to the scheduled theft.

since these thieves go around with shopping lists, you can also lose by
simply visiting someone overnight (happened to me in brum last year
with an xs11) it gets spotted and taken in the wee hours, so the
precautions I describe also make you friendly towards your guests.

BTW, in your case try google alerts, they even index ebay sales, you
never know it may turn something up.

cheers

 

Like this?:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...rev=/images?q=anchor+chain&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=

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My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

I've seen these at various shows. Nice piece of kit. Called the
something boot. I can dig out the flyer if you're really interested.

I was going to bolt in a ground anchor into the hardstanding, but then
threw out that idea in favour of chaining the bike to a large unwieldy
and heavy 5 feet square piece of box steel that sits behind my garage.

Easy to put in a tranny I hear you cry.

No, the chain passes through a hole in the garage wall, so they've got
to get the box steel through a 3" hole where the chain goes through. I
then chain the bikes to the chain.

Looks good (as it's hidden), and cost me a piece of chain and a FOAD
padlock. (which I already had)

Cheers

Paul.

 

Ok, so I are thinking of pre-empting the thieving cunts and putting in a

Anywhere that sells RSJs etc. A couple of lengths around 18" or so of a
hefty (You choose) size.
Hole at each end in the centre section of the "I" to enable concrete to set
through it and pass chain through other end.
A quality chain, insewerants approved should suffice from there, preferably
long enough to pass through substantial parts of the bike.
Big FOAD approved padlock.
The steelwork could be sourced from anywhere doing a bit of demolition for a
chip into the Tea Boat to the geezer doing the demolition etc.

Let me know if you want to go this route and I'll let you know when I am
over there


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Trophy 1200 1998
BotaFOF #19. E.O.S.M 2001/2002/2003/2004.
B.O.S.M 2003, 2004, 2005
FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449
PM#7
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it, sunk below the surface of the concrete so they can't saw the eye bolt
is the method I used. I cut an old plastic bottle to shroud around the bolt
when set in concrete so that there's a tunnel large enough for the chain to
loop through the eye bolt after its all set nicely.

 

http://www.securimax.co.uk/ looks good if you have lots of room.
But expensive.

 

wrote

Please.

 

Dan L wrote

That's the badger.

 

R obbo wrote

Let me pass it through babelfish first eh?

 

google groups doesn't give those options.

 

Ok, so I are thinking of pre-empting the thieving cunts and putting in

Put the 2 bits upright in the concrete 2ft apart with about a foot showing,
Ride bike between them.
Affix chain through 'oles in uprights and lock off.


Is *that* easier to understand?


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R o b b o

Trophy 1200 1998
BotaFOF #19. E.O.S.M 2001/2002/2003/2004.
B.O.S.M 2003, 2004, 2005
FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449
PM#7
..

 

Guy Fawkes wrote

Cut, paste and fucking edit then you twat.

Of course you could always complain to GG that there shit reply
formatting is getting you in trouble with the traditions of Usenet and
they are a bunch of cunts.

 

R obbo wrote

Oh yes. Thank you.

 

you get your bike stolen, you get bloody good advice on how to prevent
a repeat, and you call me a **** for replying via google groups.

charming.

 

Guy Fawkes wrote

Who ever said it was good? Just because half an hour has passed and
nobody has ripped you to pieces doesn't mean to say that when the night
shift come on they won't.

No, I called you a twat and that was for not doing the cutting and
pasting thing, which makes it hard to follow the sense of some threads
especially when folks reading them don't. And it was Google Groups who
I suggested you should be calling cunts. Please pay attention.

You should see me wiv the wimmin.

 

Nah, you need one of these buggers...

http://www.bruceanchor.co.uk/images/chaser5.jpg

 

Zan (CBR1000F) - www.zanziba.prodigynet.co.uk/Pictures wrote

ROFL


May I refer you to the last line from Bear's post in reply to the
erstwhile M. Fawkes a little way up there ^.

 

Zan (CBR1000F) - www.zanziba.prodigynet.co.uk/Pictures wrote

The fixtures and fittings appeal.

 

I have seen this. That's why I like Steve so much - he makes me feel like a
luuuuurve God.

 

Make Big Al an offer he can't refuse.