Disklock... arghhh
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I'd been told it happens to everyone eventually.
Obviously that didn't apply to me cos I've got a routine and a big red lead from the lock to the throttle and everyone else is nowhere near as clever as me. Eejit.
I so nearly dropped it!
Fortunately no harm done with the added bonus of no witness
Please tell me you only do it once.
Obviously that didn't apply to me cos I've got a routine and a big red lead from the lock to the throttle and everyone else is nowhere near as clever as me. Eejit.
I so nearly dropped it!
Fortunately no harm done with the added bonus of no witness
Please tell me you only do it once.
I did it again last Thursday, removed the chain that locks it to the ground lock and then went to push it out of the garage. As I pushed it I just saw the yellow disc lock rotating and stopped just in time. I think I have done it about 4 times over the years.
You are not a proper biker until you have done it a least once, at least you did not have an audience.
You are not a proper biker until you have done it a least once, at least you did not have an audience.
Leaving for the Dragon two years ago.
For some reason I loaded the bike then put the lock on. Hour later I went to ride off and went down like a sack of s
t on my CBF500. Don't THINK anyone saw. Gathered myself back up, removed the lock and righted the bike. Half way down the road I can't change gear.
Back home to bend the gear lever back again!
Also rode off a curb and got stuck with the lock on but didn't drop it.
For some reason I loaded the bike then put the lock on. Hour later I went to ride off and went down like a sack of s
t on my CBF500. Don't THINK anyone saw. Gathered myself back up, removed the lock and righted the bike. Half way down the road I can't change gear.Back home to bend the gear lever back again!
Also rode off a curb and got stuck with the lock on but didn't drop it.
I don't ride a motorcycle for work. A couple of weeks ago I took the motorcycle to work as I needed to attend an appointment in work hours. When leaving work later in the day after I'd placed the bike backwards in between tubular hoop stands in bike shed I rolled it forward leaning over bike shed hoops on one side and bike stopped going forward after about 8 inches. Yoyo reminder thread for ABUS granit disclock rewound itself into disc lock having managed to pull the thread from the bright yellow lever reminder hoop by rolling the bike forward with the disclock on.
It's too big to upcycle as a cock ring.
It's too big to upcycle as a cock ring.
Edited by carinaman on Monday 1st April 14:58
Did it last year. Leaving work and just set off even though the cord was still attached to the lever
What made it worse was that we had just taken on a new lad and it was his first day. He had to pick his bosses bike up on his first day - slightly embarassing! I've been 'Disc Lock Dave' for quite some time now!
What made it worse was that we had just taken on a new lad and it was his first day. He had to pick his bosses bike up on his first day - slightly embarassing! I've been 'Disc Lock Dave' for quite some time now!
Mine has got an alarm on it.
It goes off if I'm slow putting it on but honestly I use it so infrequently I haven't even tried to move the bike to see if it works.
That's what you get with a lifetime of riding bikes nobody would want to nick, it's a difficult habit to break now I've got decent bikes.
One with an alarm tied to the ignition would be a great idea. Rather like the side stand cuts the ignition if you put it in gear. That has saved me setting off with the stand down more than once.
In my defence yesterday I reckoned I had about a 30 minute window after finishing some household stuff before some very ominous clouds arrived. So was rushing a bit. Another lesson learned.
For the moment though I'm stuck with using one as it's a condition of my insurance. Although how they'd know I'm not sure.
In my defence yesterday I reckoned I had about a 30 minute window after finishing some household stuff before some very ominous clouds arrived. So was rushing a bit. Another lesson learned.
For the moment though I'm stuck with using one as it's a condition of my insurance. Although how they'd know I'm not sure.
Biker 1 said:
I'm amazed someone hasn't yet designed one with some sort of alarm - surely there's a way to remotely trigger such a device as soon as the ignition key is engaged??
Maybe I should sell such an idea to Oxford or similar!
I was coming on to say…. my Abus alarmed disclosure would start chirping as soon as you made a small adjustment to the position of the bike and go off fully a couple of seconds after. I can’t see how you could fail to ignore it and realise what it was. Works well for me and I’m the sort of person who fills his MV F4 with diesel. Maybe I should sell such an idea to Oxford or similar!
I removed the batteries from my Abus disc lock because the bloody thing would go off when it felt like it. It was too sensitive and when you were attaching it to the bike you had to be really careful otherwise it would just go off. Twice I heard it go off when the bike was in the locked garage and I only heard it as I was out in the garden, probably had gone off before in the past but never heard it as garage is a fair way away from the house. It once went off when one of my wife's pet rabbits thumped its back feet next to it.
Not a disk lock but a chain through the rear wheel when I was 16 (Honda MT5). My immediate reaction after following over was to check who had seen me.
A few months ago my wife’s colleague who owns (or did as he has just sold it) a BMW 850GS left his disk lock on in the centre of Edinburgh; he fell over with lots of people watching and pointing. He was mortified.
A few months ago my wife’s colleague who owns (or did as he has just sold it) a BMW 850GS left his disk lock on in the centre of Edinburgh; he fell over with lots of people watching and pointing. He was mortified.
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