Beware, your WC GSA is VERY easy to steal.....

The bike was keyless.... the key fob thingy was in his pocket.

Hes aware that he should have put a disc lock on it, but more concerned that the supposedly impregnable BMW electronic security was bypassed in under 60 seconds without using a single tool, by a lad that looked about 16.

Hes owned GSs for 20 years BTW.

Ive just spoken to him, somebody from BMW is coming to see him apparently..... Bad news gets around.
 
trickytree said:
Think people are missing the really important question here......wtf is Wapping on about with his pound of butter in the fridge?
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IIUC, he reckons a pound of butter in the fridge is as effective a bike-security measure as anything else on the market.

I could be wrong. He might just be very fond or proud of his butter. Or maybe he has an amazing butter story he's trying to goad Tossers into asking him to recount?
 
Maybe, as an insurance bod (They don't make any profits they tell us on vehicle insurance) he knows that as insurance companies will do anything to duck out of paying claims, you might as well have a pound of butter in the fridge.

Inside information !
 
trickytree said:
Think people are missing the really important question here......wtf is Wapping on about with his pound of butter in the fridge?
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I keep a pound of butter in the fridge to deter elephants. It works. It also repels casual and organised bike thieves. I cannot commend it too highly.
 
Dozer said:
The bike was keyless.... the key fob thingy was in his pocket.

Hes aware that he should have put a disc lock on it, but more concerned that the supposedly impregnable BMW electronic security was bypassed in under 60 seconds without using a single tool, by a lad that looked about 16.

Hes owned GSs for 20 years BTW.

Ive just spoken to him, somebody from BMW is coming to see him apparently..... Bad news gets around.
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Was he sitting close to the bike? Could the key fob have enabled the bike to be started?

As an aside I really think all the bike manufacturers should make their steering locks stronger. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to design a mechanism that can't be snapped by a skanky 16 year old!
 
Dozer said:
The bike was keyless.... the key fob thingy was in his pocket.

Hes aware that he should have put a disc lock on it, but more concerned that the supposedly impregnable BMW electronic security was bypassed in under 60 seconds without using a single tool, by a lad that looked about 16.

Hes owned GSs for 20 years BTW.

Ive just spoken to him, somebody from BMW is coming to see him apparently..... Bad news gets around.
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Maybe there's something more to it as mentioned here

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-ne...s-uncover-major-security-risk-to-keyless-cars

BMW coming to see him? ........ I bet they've got a sales brochure :augie
 
Hes already looking at a Ducati Multistrada. No more BMWs!
 
WaterMonkey said:
Was he sitting close to the bike? Could the key fob have enabled the bike to be started?

As an aside I really think all the bike manufacturers should make their steering locks stronger. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to design a mechanism that can't be snapped by a skanky 16 year old!
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They can't be too strong. Imagine what would happen. Somthing has to give. Break off the headstock? JJH
 
In the early eighties Kawasaki brought out a version of the Z1100a1 shaft drive that a centre stand lock feature to allow you to lock the centrestand in the down position.
A bugger to get the bike off the stand or drag away if locked down and it would need to be lifted away, got to be better than a steering lock and more use than some of the useless sh*t they put on new bikes .
 
Wapping said:
I keep a pound of butter in the fridge to deter elephants. It works. It also repels casual and organised bike thieves. I cannot commend it too highly.
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..........and if they [1] DO make it into your fridge you can tell they've been there by their footprints in the butter.

A win, win situation :)

Andres

[1] Elephants that is, I can't comment on bike thieves.
 
Sorry to hear of you friend loss. It's just a thought, but you could put a strong but light weight chain or cable from the locked near handle bar to the passenger crab handle ,so that the scrotes can not break the steering lock.
 
Neil W said:
In the early eighties Kawasaki brought out a version of the Z1100a1 shaft drive that a centre stand lock feature to allow you to lock the centrestand in the down position.
A bugger to get the bike off the stand or drag away if locked down and it would need to be lifted away, got to be better than a steering lock and more use than some of the useless sh*t they put on new bikes .
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That centre stand lock was a brilliant idea.

When new.
Or kept clean and lubricated.

However,when old and worn....and typically full of road shite and corroded to buggery...it was something else entirely.
 
Tarka said:
That centre stand lock was a brilliant idea.

When new.
Or kept clean and lubricated.

However,when old and worn....and typically full of road shite and corroded to buggery...it was something else entirely.
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I've said it myself a few times about the centre stand lock. Never knew about the Kawasaki one. All you would need is 2 lugs to line up when the centre stand is down and put a padlock trough them. JJH
 
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