[Ducati] Best method/equip for your Duc from being stolen is...?

[the Kid]

Damn Brian, that really sucks. I guess the only real preventative measure is 
to carry good insurance. It wont keep your bike from being stolen, get it 
back, but it can get you a new one. So you think they picked the lock? 
Isn't it funny when something like that gets stolen your first reaction is 
to think that a friend is messing with you. I have seen and heard of more 
cars and bikes being stolen from a secure, gated, parking garage.  Its 
really too bad. I hope all of you guys who had your bikes stolen got 
something better in return. Hope it never happens to me.
 Speaking of bad things happening to bikes, riders, and the outcome, Anyone 
hear what happened to the guy crossing the bridge in SF and getting 
sideswiped by the magnum?
  Charles Armstrong, aka... the KID
 '02 998
 '01 996
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian De Groodt" <bdegroodt at wheelhound.com>
To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Ducati] Best method/equip for your Duc from being stolen 
is...?


>I wish they cut the pipe.  That would have given them a nice  surprise.  I 
>left for business on a Monday, came back on a Friday  and, in a haze, 
>thought I was being messed with.  In any case, they  cut the chain or knew 
>how to get into those locks (my guess) and took  the bike from a gated 
>subterranean parking garage.  PD found the  bike, or what was left of this 
>one, a few weeks later when they  stopped some dudes with some frames and 
>engines in the back of their  truck at 2 in the morning.  I didn't run that 
>chain through the frame  because I don't really think there's an easy way 
>to get a chain  through the superbike without it being a real pain.
>
> I really thought the Krypto NYC lock was the way to go for when it  was 
> home, but there's no way I'd be willing to take it with me on the  road. 
> It weighed a ton.  Now my bikes are in a one car garage in  front of a 
> car.  I figure if they want to break into the garage,  steal the car, and 
> rip off the bikes they've earned it.
>
> Brian De Groodt
> President
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> On Oct 4, 2006, at 10:51 AM, the Kid wrote:
>
>> Brian, Did they cut the chain or the pipe? Was it in a high traffic 
>> area? What was the time period between when you locked it up and  when 
>> you found it gone? Just curious. That is really crazy, and I  would think 
>> it would take a while for a thief to get it. Did you  run the chain 
>> through the frame or a wheel?  Just goes to show a  lock only keeps 
>> honest people honest. Sorry about the bike.
>>  Charles Armstrong, aka... the KID
>> '02 998
>> '01 996
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian De Groodt" 
>> <bdegroodt at wheelhound.com>
>> To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 10:59 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Best method/equip for your Duc from being  stolen 
>> is...?
>>
>>
>>> I'll start with what didn't work for me on the last bike I had 
>>> stolen--one Kryptonite Fahgettaboudit chain (locked to a water  riser 
>>> pipe) and a disc lock.  Equaled one stolen 749s and a sad  day (sigh).
>>>
>>> I'd love to hear what's working.
>>>
>>> Brian De Groodt
>>> President
>>> WheelHound - Buy and sell motorcycles - Free!
>>> http://www.wheelhound.com
>>> http://www.wikimotorcycles.org
>>>
>>
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