Living as I do in central London, it’s a good idea to have some decent security. Not the full blown fortress affair (at a cost of potentially thousands) but just enough, should the thieves move my alarmed and tracked car enough to open the security bolted garage door, to delay them sufficiently to hopefully send them away empty handed.
Having read some half decent reviews (and already possessing some pretty good chain locks) I bought myself a Litelok Core Moto 150 cm lock.
Thoughts:
1. It is lighter, apparently, than a similar length chain. I haven’t been anal enough to weigh them, nor will I bother to.
2. It is well made, for sure. That it locks without a key, is a (maybe) a nice touch.
3. It is still bloody heavy at 3.4 kg
4. Due to its construction, it coils up much larger than a similar quality chain.
5. I think it’s too heavy / unwieldy to carry on a trip or even commuting on a regular basis but it would be very good for a fixed spot, like a garage at home. I can’t fit it too easily into the large top box on my 1600 and it’s a tight fit, even on the pillion seat.
6. Comes with three keys.
I also bought a Litelok One Moto, just to compare the two.
Thoughts:
1. At just over 100 cm and 1.5 kg it’s both shorter and lighter than the Litelok Core Moto
2. It doesn’t coil like a chain (nor does the Litelok Core Moto) and is sort of permanently in the oval shape. It is though fairly easy to pull it open as it were to affix around a wheel or to loop around a security post.
3. Lacks the ‘No key required to lock’ feature of the Litelok Core Moto.
3. Being lighter and shorter than the Litelok Core Moto, it would be fine for everyday use.
4. It too comes with three keys.
Both locks come pretty well classified for ‘security’ with the Litelok Core Moto, achieving the highest level. I don’t put a huge amount of credence to these ratings, believing that a determined thief - if they want it badly enough - will have it away anyway. That and the honest recognition that a bike just chained or secured to itself, is just, well, just secured to itself. My only thought is that, if my bike is secured, it might slow thief down or, hopefully, they’ll (more likely, perhaps) just pinch someone else’s. There is no shame in schadenfreude in my world. Not least, the bike is in a garage, with enough power tools (not locked away) and a lump hammer / cold chisel, ready for a thief to use. There is even a bloody big crowbar, ready for them to bash me with, should I be stupid enough to approach them in my boxer shorts, mid-heist; curtain pole not withstanding.
That does for my 1600, plus its alarm and very good Vodafone tracker. My Royal Enfield, which sits behind my 1600, relies on ‘just’ a Krytonite New York disc lock. Again, it’s pretty well rated. But, more importantly perhaps, they’d have to get the 1600 out of the way to pinch it. I have got a ground anchor I could attach the bike to but it’s now in the wrong place, it being from when I had five bikes in the garage. I should get the anchor moved really but then I’d probably just trip over the bloody thing.
Above all this, I do of course have a pound of butter in the fridge. It seems to work so far…..Touch wood, which is about all you can do, other than trying at least to lock your bike up and regularly tending to the freshness of the butter.
PS Have I declared all this security to my insurer? Have I feck.
Having read some half decent reviews (and already possessing some pretty good chain locks) I bought myself a Litelok Core Moto 150 cm lock.
Thoughts:
1. It is lighter, apparently, than a similar length chain. I haven’t been anal enough to weigh them, nor will I bother to.
2. It is well made, for sure. That it locks without a key, is a (maybe) a nice touch.
3. It is still bloody heavy at 3.4 kg
4. Due to its construction, it coils up much larger than a similar quality chain.
5. I think it’s too heavy / unwieldy to carry on a trip or even commuting on a regular basis but it would be very good for a fixed spot, like a garage at home. I can’t fit it too easily into the large top box on my 1600 and it’s a tight fit, even on the pillion seat.
6. Comes with three keys.
I also bought a Litelok One Moto, just to compare the two.
Thoughts:
1. At just over 100 cm and 1.5 kg it’s both shorter and lighter than the Litelok Core Moto
2. It doesn’t coil like a chain (nor does the Litelok Core Moto) and is sort of permanently in the oval shape. It is though fairly easy to pull it open as it were to affix around a wheel or to loop around a security post.
3. Lacks the ‘No key required to lock’ feature of the Litelok Core Moto.
3. Being lighter and shorter than the Litelok Core Moto, it would be fine for everyday use.
4. It too comes with three keys.
Both locks come pretty well classified for ‘security’ with the Litelok Core Moto, achieving the highest level. I don’t put a huge amount of credence to these ratings, believing that a determined thief - if they want it badly enough - will have it away anyway. That and the honest recognition that a bike just chained or secured to itself, is just, well, just secured to itself. My only thought is that, if my bike is secured, it might slow thief down or, hopefully, they’ll (more likely, perhaps) just pinch someone else’s. There is no shame in schadenfreude in my world. Not least, the bike is in a garage, with enough power tools (not locked away) and a lump hammer / cold chisel, ready for a thief to use. There is even a bloody big crowbar, ready for them to bash me with, should I be stupid enough to approach them in my boxer shorts, mid-heist; curtain pole not withstanding.
That does for my 1600, plus its alarm and very good Vodafone tracker. My Royal Enfield, which sits behind my 1600, relies on ‘just’ a Krytonite New York disc lock. Again, it’s pretty well rated. But, more importantly perhaps, they’d have to get the 1600 out of the way to pinch it. I have got a ground anchor I could attach the bike to but it’s now in the wrong place, it being from when I had five bikes in the garage. I should get the anchor moved really but then I’d probably just trip over the bloody thing.
Above all this, I do of course have a pound of butter in the fridge. It seems to work so far…..Touch wood, which is about all you can do, other than trying at least to lock your bike up and regularly tending to the freshness of the butter.
PS Have I declared all this security to my insurer? Have I feck.
