A concern of mine also. The bike is a Valkyrie tourer. Dressed out and loaded, it's beter than 900 lbs. With forks locked, it would present a bit of a challenge to steal. Yes I know it can be done, but it's going to take somebody with a trailer and a winch. There's little I could realistically do in that event. And even cars are at risk in that case. One thing that helps is that one of our loading docks is in this area. The lot has a fair amount of traffic. There will be one or two people passing through it every few minutes.JP171 wrote:the down side to me is that bikes are relativly easy to steal and break into
I'm more concerned about somebody just smashing the 1/8 inch of fiberglass the trunk and bags are made of. I'm thinking about a small car safe, inside the saddle bag, with a cable running as unobtrusively as possible to the frame.
So far, breaking concealment hasn't been an issue. I can just catch nobody around and quickly make the transfer. I've decided that if I ever get into a situation where I simply can't get privacy, I'll just "forget" something at home and ride out of the lot to a place where I can get enough privacy to make the transfer.