It is my opinion that bikes are expensive adult toys and shouldnt be used for everyday transportation..

Less service and wear parts too..Less tires,oil,brake pads...yada yada..

I bought a Subaru Legacy 3 years ago for 400 dollars...I just sold it with a burnt engine for 300 after putting on 10k mileage on it and only putting gas and oil in it...That car didnt cost me jack shit.Just some advice from an old fart..

Sure, any measure you take to prevent theft is good but if a thief really wants to steal your bike it's as good as gone.


For someone who says he's left this site you sure post here alot.

I don't have the money to afford a house with a garage. I locked my motorcycle in the parking garage and it someone cut off the lock. And if you go back to saying why I have a bike without having a place to keep it; then I have to tell you that I DID have a place to keep that bike before I LOST my JOB and ended up in this crappy apartment that I am able to afford!

and some would argue that you are being a irresponsible human on this planet buy driving a vehicle that took way more resources to build than you as an individual actually needs

now take out the fact that you may have a family to provide for.....thats not where this is going.....but soley for one person and one person alone....a motorcycle is far more than enough one would need for transportation

you can get yourself around for less money per gallon than the average car

you can fit enough groceries on your person and strapped to the bike for yourself

the bike takes up very little space...so when you live in crowded city areas....parking is less of a pain in the ass


yada yada yada



i would be willing to put money on the fact that yearly maintance on an everyday commuter bike is cheaper than an everyday commuter car

oil is going to be a wash if you change them at the same intervals
the average person can have all the tools necessary to change brakes and oil on a bike easier than a car
you dont need a jack or jack stands with a bike.....but to change oil and brakes safely on a car...its quite the initial investment to get the appropriate tools to start doing so

tires are only really expensive if your buying the superport tires all the time
otherwise the initial investment for a good set of long lasting road tires might sting a bit.....they go on for thousands of miles beyond the tires you put on your sportbikes

so you are not compairing the average everyday commuter bike compaired to the average everyday commuter cars



this is your personal experience and i would bet its not the opinion or a realistic experience with most people......but good job at keeping an old car going and going until its final death.....cars like that are rare these days....and imo are priceless

a "inexpensive" motorcycle has a better chance of getting you more mileage than a gamble on a car

reason being.....most people who buy motorcycles do so either as
a. a sole, cheap, fun, reliable piece of equipment as transportation
b. are enthusiasts

both of which you will find as respnsible people who will do everything they can to perform regular maintanence

not so with cars.....people think cars are a necessity....and items in this world that are a "necessity" are abused and often mis-treated




dwschultzy
(just in case you dont understand....i put my name at the bottom of the page as a mockery)

I simply think its smarter to be an enthusiast..and if you cannot be one.I think you should save your money untill you can be..That is how I wished I had done it in hindsight..

^^ wait, you dont feel sorry for him because he parked his bike where he was suposta, and someone stole it? acting like it is his fault and he should have had it inside his house or a nice garage? really? daaaamn, thats some fucked up shit right there.

some opinions are of that the ones who soley rely on a motorcycle as their main mode of transportation are the real enthusiasts


i understand your arguement on the fact that parking a motorcycle outside or in a "secured garage" is a danger........but to tell people that owning a motorcycle without having the means of storage via a garage is just as ignorant as someone complaining about washingtonians posting in oregon threads.....seems kinda silly dont you think?

Maybe you could have stored it at a friends if you had a car as well?? hindsight is 20/20 and it blows your bike got stolen..It is a bit hard for me to feel sorry for you...but I do nonetheless.I hope you get your bike back

It sucks people steal..I hate it..

I personally am not in the postion to spend thousands of dollars on shit and leave it outside, at the same time nobody deserves to get their shit swiped regardless where it is. I also feel way shitty for anybody thats had their bike ripped off, I'd wanna kill..and mines a POS

I hate it when people steal too but the way you started this thread does sound harsh to people like me. If I really do have a better place to store this bike, then it definitely will be at that location. However, the parking garage of my apartment was the 'safest' place I have for the bike. Not only was the bike locked, it was also sandwiched between the wall and my truck. However, the thieves still managed to get the bike out. I do believe that someone else in this building has something to do with the lost of my bike and I want that person put to justice! BTW, none of my family and friends have a garage.They all live in an apartment with street parking. I am lucky enough to even have a parking garage space at the apartments. And there is no possible way for me to get my bike up to my apartment on the 10th floor.

Those thieves can burn in hell!

if we had more harsh penalties for theives than we currently have in place.....things might, and i say "might" loosely, be different

but..
Would you get a dog if you were homeless??

True thieves wont mess with a bike because its risk to reward ratio is too low compared to stealing cars..Do you really think a thief is going to break in a garage to steal a bike when he can steal a car worth 5 times more??Why even go to the trouble of breaking and entering?? Thats another charge and there is enough expensive cars in far more vulnerable situations.

Petty thieves are taking these bikes,and they are doing so because it is easy in most situations.The most recent post I saw was someone left their bike unattended in a parking garage for more than 2 days..Its only security was a cable and hope.Both werent enough.This person couldnt even be sure what day their bike was stolen on..Its honestly really hard for me to feel sorry for this person.

I am willing to be that most bike thefts are from fellow bike owners..I hope I am wrong,but that is my gut feeling.

No..I didnt say anything like that..

You people really need to slow down and read shit..and STOP reading shit INTO things that are not there..

You act as if I said I dont feel sorry for them and that I am implying that it is his fault..That is all on you..I didnt say anything like that..

Here I will say it again..THis time perhaps you could read what is actually written...

I ALMOST (key word being almost) dont feel sorry for them because THEY CANNOT EVEN TELL YOU WHAT DAY IT WAS EXACTLY STOLEN ON..

Does that say I dont feel sorry for them??
Does that say I think it is thier fault??

No it says what it says..It IMPLIES THEY WERE NOT WATCHING THEIR BIKE VERY CLOSE..Which they werent if they cannot tell you what day it was stolen on in a 3 day window.

This could have totally been avoided..saying that makes me an insensative prick though right?

...Maybe someone has a bike in a parking garage right now who is reading this..Maybe they can learn something from it.Maybe there are others who park their bikes outside..Maybe they are now seeking other alternatives after reading this..

I know my delivery is blunt and not very tactfull..but all I am doing is trying to help people.I am not trying to brag,or tell people what to do,or come off as smarter than anyone.

IN the situation with the parking garage..It is not their fault,but they made their bike pretty easy to steal..

"Oh but I couldnt afford to get a place with a garage"
"I cant get it in my apartment"
"I thought it was safe there"
"I was only gone an hour"
"my friend said it was cool"
"But the neighborhood is a nice one"

These are all excuses..If you dont want your bike stolen,dont leave it unattended unless its locked up inside somewhere.Your chances will greatly decrease.

I can hear your back up alarm going off.