I've never been to Daytona and had no idea that theft was that big of an issue. Thanks for sharing these products and ideas. And the riders at the end of the video... wow! Never seen that!
Checking your policy is a good thing. Bike covers are a good idea. I was on vacation with my wife and I got a ATV cover for my Ural sidecar motorcycle. Where we were staying there were allot of kids. The cover kept them from climbing on my rig. Urals are magnets for people and I’ve had a couple of instances where I’ve come out of a store and people were sitting in my rig. One time a drunk girl was sitting in my rig and when I approached she said,”Is this your bike?” I said,” Yep”. She then said,”I’m not wearing any panties.” I said,”That’s nice, could you please get off my bike!” I’m a happily married man and I have enough B.S. in my life. Not only is theft a problem but there’s more chance of knuckheads messin’ with your stuff. Too many people out there who never got lumps for their stupid actions.
Great points and yes theft at Daytona is huge Rotor Lock is fantastic, Also changing your code for the ECM only you should know what it is people cant start it and the bike is useless ECM, Many times its the Big Wheels that get taken too!
Nice. I’m going to be during the same time. Look forward to meeting up with you and the other RU-vidrs I follow. Going to be hitting up Traveling Tall’s event and I’m sure they’ll be a lot of you over there.
Love your videos shipmate! Love it when I find a clean and respectful channel, that has guys who really want to focus on usable products and content! I’m using Volunteer Audio because of your videos!
I really appreciate your comment. From my very first video, I wanted people to feel comfortable playing my videos if there are children around. You won't hear cussing (unless I miss it during editing) or any other "adult" content on my channel. Thanks again!
I find having a kill switch in a hidden spot helps, also buy a tempered chain and lock and wrap it around a post in case they want to throw it on a pick up truck
How is it a deterrence? Do potential thieves somehow know your bike has GPS Tracking and then they just skip over yours?? Do you have signage on the bike that tells potential thieves that the bike has GPS tracking?? Not sure how it actually deters. It surely can help in recovery though.
I have that same seat lock on my la pera my buddy also had one too we were out riding upstate New York and someone just hit it with a hammer or something and it snapped right off and stole his seat so it’s still technically easy to steal it happened super fast too. A lot of scumbags out there. Last year at Dayton a guy had his whole truck and trailer and bike stolen right at a hotel. Just be very cautious and careful people will be there for that reason alone just to steal bikes. I’m done with rallies and shows I stay away anymore I just like crushing miles doing little vacation here and there. Be safe brother
Back in 98 a few of my buddies and I where there at Hooters maybe for an hour, the thieves pick the bike up and loaded on a pickup truck and off they went. And this was a custom bike.
@@RidingandWrenching the front wheel is easy to take off. It takes no time at all so if you have a rotor lock on the front wheel, someone can just take your front wheel off. Taking off the rear wheel is more difficult.
I use a lot of these items with one exception. I have no interest in an Apple tag or LoJack because IF they get my bike I’d rather not get it back. Nothing is irreplaceable and I’d rather not get a half stripped bike back or one whose ignition system has been ripped out
Q, regarding the Apple Air Tag. If you open them up before install and remove the speaker (looks like a watch battery) Thieves will not hear to know one is installed.
We have been using the rotor alarm for years. Indian... Absolutely no one wants to steal a GoldWing lol. Yeah out of sight out of mind. Yeah, we will be at the meet-up, rain or shine.
Cue I have GPS trackers very accurate ones, cost for a year coverage is about $103.00 I have them on all my 5 Harley’s, I also have AirTags on all of them, but when going to a rally I never take the bikes, I will drive my regular cars, I also put kill switches hidden on all the bikes, so it would be hard to take one of them, I will be getting the rotor locks next, retired law enforcement here, I did a few rally’s helping local law enforcement as sometimes a van or trailer with a few big guys the just pick up the bikes manually and load them and go, they part them out right away, then dump what they don’t want, for the thief’s the rally’s are a candy store for them, guys keep your bikes safe, hopefully you don’t end up being a victim, the insurance won’t give you what the bikes are really worth, so you loose twice,
If theft is a problem there that’s a great opportunity for say veterans to get paid to watch over your motorcycle say 100 bucks a day and if a veteran looks after 20 bikes he’s going okay see if you can start it up see I’m a ideas 💡 man
And they could even have a parking area there and look after say a hundred motorcycles look into and ask the American hero if there interested in doing something like that 😂god looks you
@@RidingandWrenching yes that’s always a concern. I’m bad about park under the canopy at check in. I know sometimes that’s not possible during large bike events
please do. I've considered a GPS tracker for my CVO. I'm not as worried about my 18 RG getting stolen. It's got quite a few miles....can't imagine anyone wanting to steal that one
I have Autosky gps tracker. You can set a geofence and get notified if it leaves the area. Very accurate showing location. It's like $18 a month for service. Very small and magnetic easy to hide somewhere. Battery lasts awhile before needing recharge.
What a shame we have to worry about dirt bag Losers who don't want to earn anything for themselves but will take what you have worked so hard for and think nothing of it! Blows my mind.
Agreed. I'd rather not think about things like this, but that's just not reality. That's the primary reason I'm taking my older bike. Hopefully, it won't be as much of a target
