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Fcbuell
Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 - 12:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Well, not the most elegant solution but it sure is handy! Got the lock for about $40 through daves, couple stainless bolts/washers from ACE, red-lock tight..









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Aldaytona
Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 - 01:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ztechnik # Z5505 locks 2 helmets to rear license plate.
www.ztechnik.com
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T9r
Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 - 01:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Neat but dang that sucker is pricey.
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Teddagreek
Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 - 08:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Did they match your buell key to the lock? I was thinking of something similar but in a different location
Once a Marine always a Marine!
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Dapope
Posted on Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 06:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

On the S models - Take your seat off. Take the strap of the seat (Put away for safe keeping). Slide the D-ring from your helmet over the post that the seat latch slides around and replace the seat. Instant locked helmet holder. Free.
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Ulendo
Posted on Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 11:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Dapope - great idea - but no so practical if you've got luggage on an S. ( Ditto using the little wire loop thing in the OEM underseat kit - not enough length to clear the luggage)

I've been toying with the concept of mounting a helmet lock somewhere down around the rear pegs - anyone tried that / have suggestions? ( NB: I usually ride solo, with tankbag, panniers, and the tailbag, so there's not really anywhere topside for a lock)
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Skyguy
Posted on Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 03:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Why bother locking a helmet at all? Thieving bastardos just cut the darn strap when they want it. It has happened to me before. I took to taking the GF's helmet and my own and locking them to the bike with a giant thumb thick Kryptonite braided cable. That one cost me TWO Arai Signets................. Darn theif cut the cable in a busy restaurant parking lot...................

Now If I am going somewhere I know I am going to have to lock up my helmet I take a Kryptonite U-lock and run that through the chinbar.

Doing that I figure it is a matter of time before some frustrated thief stomps my helmet into the ground................
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Ulendo
Posted on Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 04:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

'cause I go places where a) carry the helmet is a PITA, b) cant carry stuff in anyway ( backpack check, etc,) where I'm more likely to lose a helmet than locked to the bike.

helmet lock + city cover + proximity alarm makes sure things are where I leave them.

just out of curiosity, what did they use to cut the Kryptonite braided cable? That stuff is supposed to be almost un-cuttable, even using commercial bolt & cable gear. ( local fire dept has had issues with bikes locked down to hydrants with krypton cables)
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Skyguy
Posted on Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 06:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ulendo, I have no idea what they cut it with. It was a super clean cut with no heat discoloration. So I have to assume cable cutters. It was Krypto's biggest and baddest cable lock though. Sure did suck. It was at the Anaheim Motorcycle Show so If I had to guess, they were pros on a mission.
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Teddagreek
Posted on Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 07:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I use the cable trick my self now.. It works... It works... If anyone steals my helmet they would be pissed I have freaking huge head...
Once a Marine always a Marine!
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Rafartist
Posted on Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 08:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

A triangular file will cut a cable quick.
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Midmofirebolt
Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 01:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Harley makes a generic helmet lock that will attach to the passenger peg arms. Made to go on a tube frame, but it will fit around. What sucks is it's chrome, needs a different key, and it's a little tricky getting the helmet on and off...had to put it on the right side so I could get to it. But it worked very well when I couldn't carry my helmet around.
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Ulendo
Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 01:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Rafartist - the Kryptonite cables arent a regular aircraft cable, rather they're some sort of hardened ( and braided) tool steel / stainless. a normal file wont even scratch them, and even my carbide machinists files didnt do a whole lot to the one I tried.

the fire dept has had issue of not being able to cut them with their hydraulic cutter - thus my Q' about how it was cut.

FWIW, if I was umm, intending something illegal, I'd probably use a couple of big capacitors, and a pair of TIG rods, to build a portable carbon arc cutter for this stuff - thats how they shear tow cables on ocean salvage tugs, for example. not exactly what most grab artists have on hand, however.
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Rd3501
Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 02:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It has to do with what bolt cutters you have. I have Record 930HD 3ft professional bolt cutters and these things cut thought Kryptonite cables like butter. I am guessing that is what they used. They run around $150.00
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Metalstorm
Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 03:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Wasn't there a big thing in the news a couple years ago about Kryptonite locks being picked open with the cap of a Bic pen?
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Speedfreaks101
Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 04:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/17/news/midcaps/kryptonite/
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