Security Tips

Some tips to keep your Bike safe

• When you’re not on it, make sure your bike is secured to a fixed object at all times.
• At home, keep it in a locked shed and chained to a fixed object.
• Chain it around the frame rather than the front wheel.
• Use steel hardened chains and locks as these can’t be cut with bolt cutters, thieves will need an angle grinder or an oxy welder.
• Make sure you are not being followed home – drive a different way each time, if you think you are being followed, drive around the block.
• Wash your bike at a car wash, not out the front of your house.
• Take your bike around the back when you get home, don’t leave it out the front for all to see.
• Try not to start up your bike at home as you only advertise you have one.
• When advertising your bike for sale, give a mobile number, not your home number as your address can be traced by your home number.
• Get their number & call them back – keep their number in case something happens.
• Meet them somewhere else and take a mate with you – make sure you are not being followed home.
• Don’t let them take it for a test ride – as you may never see it again.
• Get a dog! The yappier the better.

By trying to prevent YOUR bike from being stolen, we can keep the cost of insurance down.