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Posted by: DeuceRooster
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Originally posted by: TheTurtle
put a for sale sign on it and put "year and model of your quad $1200 bad motor and tranny" in huge lettering and make sure its very visible.
Haha, thats actaulyl a good idea. Just don't put your phone number on it
Posted by: Beefy400
put the quad out side ur window of your house and chain it to something and invest in a high powered pistol like myself.
Posted by: 04RaptorLE
Get one of those locks that you cant cut through with bolt cutters and put it through your sprocket and over the chain.This way it wont roll making it harder to get. Best way is to put it inside. I would rent a storage unit before leaving my raptor outside.
Posted by: MeYHymN
I try to avoid keeping the bike outside. When I have to though I keep it on the trailer, backed up against our teramite, chain from teramite to trailer, from teramite to bike, and from bike to trailer. No lock is thief proof, remember that. Oft times a lock can be picked quicker and easier than cut. You have to give them multiple obstacles and make it as difficult as possible. Sure this is more time consuming to you, but safety 1st. Secondly, get insurance. It's not expensive and highly recommended. Consider disabling the bike. Disable ignition system, put in gear and remove the shifter, remove the valve cores out of the tires. Most bikes are stolen by shoving them off, or atleast I would think anyway. There are more options obviously. How much piece of mind do you want?
Get a good quality tarp for the bike too as it's better if they're not constantly exposed to the elements.
Posted by: ss97
Rather than a chain, use a cable lock. The thicker the cable the better, but they are much harder to cut than a link chain. Steel cable is at least twice as strong as steel chain pound for pound. I have a teflon and titanium coated cable, it can be cut but not easily, and not with an small tool. I tested it with 20-inch cutters and it just slides out over and over again. If you had a pair of the big 30+-inch firemans type cutter you could cut it.
Oh yea....the BEST thing to do is.......get insurance. It's well worth the price to know that you'll get some cash if some dope steals your ride.
Posted by: Exrider22
.357 or a 7mm if he's on the run.
Posted by: weevil
Buy yourself a good quality floor anchor. Buy the best one you can possibly afford. They aren't totally theft-proof but it takes a lot of planning and effort to defeat the really good ones.
Stuart
Posted by: yubslow
If you had to keep your quad outdoors, what is the best way to keep theives from taking it? A friend just had his Raptor stolen and would like to know if there is anything he could have done differently to avoid this tragidy.
Posted by: DavidLT250S
buy a small shed or put it somwhere no one can see it like ehind bushes or somthing
Posted by: Steveo10
i had a great big chain.... try that
Posted by: Hillbilly920
land mines, just remember where you put em.
Posted by: 87250xman
I would buy a thick chain from a hardware store and wrap it around the frame then to a pole or something like that and lock it with a good master lock or brinks outdoor lock. And add a motion alarm to it so it they try to move it will go off and alert you.
Posted by: Olrider
Got this from a guy who got tired of people stealing stuff out of his boat shed.
Rig up as many LOUD 12V car horns as you can around the area/bldg where you keep the quad. set up trip wires (use your imagination) and contactors as needed so that anyone moving anything, opening a door, or moving your quad will set these things off. It will scare the crap out of them and get alot of attention. Wire it so it can't easily be disabled and the only choice is to hightail it.
More horns the better, and if you can make it to turn on lights I would think it would be even better.
The guy with the boat shed said it worked so well, he found skin left behind on the dock. Some one wanted to get away fast.
Alternate idea, put a PIT BULL in the shed.
Posted by: TheTurtle
put a for sale sign on it and put "year and model of your quad $1200 bad motor and tranny" in huge lettering and make sure its very visible.
Posted by: Kevin108
Until I build a lean to, mine stays outside. I keep it in the bed of my truck with the doors locked on the truck, parked under the light mounted on the garage and backed up to a chain link fence. I figure the bike's too heavy to pick up out of the bed and too close to the fence to unload off the tail gate.
