just lost my r6 this weekend. stolen from my parking stall and it was chained to a railing. took them 3 minutes to burn through a kryptonite chain. next time i'm installing an alarm and two chains. make it as hard as possible and get full insurance. i am actually thinking of buying an old van and hiding the bike inside it lol.
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Do Ducati's get stolen much?
- Thread starter Melkiha
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hey doorsdude. sorri to hear about ur loss. my gf cbr got stolen and it was less than 3 months old with 400 miles on it. worst o all, she couldnt afford full coverage at the time so she had to eat the whole thing. A shame jap bikes r such easy targets for theives. hopefulli they wont grow sum class and start stealin more ducatis too. fingers crossed
stripedspider
New member
i hear you man.
A thief will steal anything if he has a call for it. A lot of theives take requests, so to speak. A thief will steal anything marketable. The best thing you can do is have good insurance, because there is no security that will stop a talented thief. Alarms, pagers, guns, dogs, none of it will stop a good thief that really wants your bike bad. The best you can do is make your bike harder to steal than the guy across town who has the same model.
You can buy big bolt cutters at Harbor Freight for $20 that will defeat most chains. A portable oxy/act torch set can be had for $200 that will defeat ALL chains. You can cut a chain, making almost no noise in less than a minute, and that doesn't trigger the alarm.
But a thief doesn't usually have to worry about such things. Eventually, you leave your bike somewhere, with your guard down. Maybe at a bike night, or at the store when you're just running in for a pack of smokes. A van rolls up, 4 guys jump out with 4 foot sections 1" iron pipe. They put the pipe through the wheels and the guys lift the bike like pall bearers at a funeral and put the bike in the van. Doesn't matter if the steering is locked. Maybe your alarm is going off. But it's tough to hear in the back of a well insulated van. Van is off and moving. Bike is already being stripped. Chances are, before they get where they're going, they'll have found and disabled the alarm. In well under a minute, the bike is gone. If you have an alarm with a pager, chances are by the time it tells you somethings up, it's too late. You'll be lucky to even come out in time to see the van driving away. You can write down the plate number, but it's plate they stole from a car in a parking lot around the corner.
I tell you this so you know that when parking in public, aim for a place that doesn't have easy van or truck access.
They don't care if your bike won't start without the key. They can sell the wheels, suspension, brakes, controls, and plastic and scrap the rest.
When I used to sell bikes, there was an epidemic of young people buying sport bikes and not getting full coverage insurance because it's expensive. It' a real shame, because so many bikes that end up stolen, belong to people who have no coverage. So they end up making 60 monthly payments on a bike they don't have.
Bottom line, get good insurance. If you can't afford to have your bike stolen, and you can't afford full coverage, you can't afford to ride.
You can buy big bolt cutters at Harbor Freight for $20 that will defeat most chains. A portable oxy/act torch set can be had for $200 that will defeat ALL chains. You can cut a chain, making almost no noise in less than a minute, and that doesn't trigger the alarm.
But a thief doesn't usually have to worry about such things. Eventually, you leave your bike somewhere, with your guard down. Maybe at a bike night, or at the store when you're just running in for a pack of smokes. A van rolls up, 4 guys jump out with 4 foot sections 1" iron pipe. They put the pipe through the wheels and the guys lift the bike like pall bearers at a funeral and put the bike in the van. Doesn't matter if the steering is locked. Maybe your alarm is going off. But it's tough to hear in the back of a well insulated van. Van is off and moving. Bike is already being stripped. Chances are, before they get where they're going, they'll have found and disabled the alarm. In well under a minute, the bike is gone. If you have an alarm with a pager, chances are by the time it tells you somethings up, it's too late. You'll be lucky to even come out in time to see the van driving away. You can write down the plate number, but it's plate they stole from a car in a parking lot around the corner.
I tell you this so you know that when parking in public, aim for a place that doesn't have easy van or truck access.
They don't care if your bike won't start without the key. They can sell the wheels, suspension, brakes, controls, and plastic and scrap the rest.
When I used to sell bikes, there was an epidemic of young people buying sport bikes and not getting full coverage insurance because it's expensive. It' a real shame, because so many bikes that end up stolen, belong to people who have no coverage. So they end up making 60 monthly payments on a bike they don't have.
Bottom line, get good insurance. If you can't afford to have your bike stolen, and you can't afford full coverage, you can't afford to ride.
odd1_4ever
New member
Well put nitsuj! I live in a military town and Soldiers come back from deployments with money saved up and buy bikes. They always think they can get away without getting good insurance. It's a shame.
kellyhuffaker
New member
all very good points. so now... do they steal ducatis a lot. i think the 600 class of sportbike get stolen a lot more than any other bike. ducatis are expensive bikes and not that plentiful (yet) so i think your bike would probably be safer than the guy with a cbr1000rr, r1 or other japanese sportbike. heck, the insurance on a 1098 is cheaper than a r6, which tells the story right there. (obviously you still need to make it hard for the thief to take your stuff).
Comrade Obama
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if your financing this machine, make sure u have gap insurance along with full coverage insurance. this way u won't be out if it gets stolen
Go rent a hammer drill and sink a couple lags in the concrete right against the wall. Then chain AND cable it up etc. Thieves only have about 60 seconds to do their voodoo. They don't have the time or tools to unscrew the 1/2" bolts securing the chain and cables to the floor.
They pull up in a van, four guys get out, cut a cable, lift the bike (even over your car) put it into the van and quietly split. Gone in 60 seconds.
Also as there likely is 110V in the garage for the door opener get a motion sensor to trigger a noisy siren and flashing lights. This has scared them off before.
But,,,,,,, They WILL be back in a day or two and first disable the motion sensor.
They pull up in a van, four guys get out, cut a cable, lift the bike (even over your car) put it into the van and quietly split. Gone in 60 seconds.
Also as there likely is 110V in the garage for the door opener get a motion sensor to trigger a noisy siren and flashing lights. This has scared them off before.
But,,,,,,, They WILL be back in a day or two and first disable the motion sensor.