Hi guys I’m looking for some help here

I have a Beta evo 125 (22) and looking to make it more secure in my garage. I bought a Datatag and an Oxford Beast ground anchor, lock and chain but my sheer stupidity didn’t realise it won’t fit through the frame unless I take the spark plug out .. I don’t really want to be doing that

its been suggested to take the wheels off which seems a good idea but I can pick the bike up then

Anyone recommended a good lock and chain etc or are their other trains of thought?

tia

Chains up to around 14mm will with some wiggling fit around the frame above the swingarm pivot on the left side.

Locks only stop honest people -> 'out of sight out of mind' 

Best way to secure a motorcycle in a garage area where it might be stolen from is to put the motorcycle inside a locking container.  

What about a high security cable instead of chain?

what you are aiming to do is slow down the scum, if they have enough time and the right tools your bike is gone.

a loud alarm and baseball bat will also help.

Edited June 6, 20251 yr by kevin2306

I use disc-locks too..., big chain whit U-lock true arm..

Most of the little $hit$ that steal bikes, are only equipped with simple tools, like a battery powered angle grinder, bolt cutters, and the like.
If you know a smith, have him make you a steel lock bar, that you can mount in the floor, make it 30mm diameter, as that's toothick to cut with a battery powered angle grinder. Secure it with a large (M20 and up) simple countersunk hex bolt, that requires a larger hex wrench than any of those monkeys has along. 
If you really wanna guild the lilly, wrap the steel rods in Kevlar or similar. That will make a mess of any angle grinder.

Not saying this will be 100% safe, but it will make most scum give up, and go steal somewhere else.

Making the garage a pain to get into, also helps. That's fairly easy to do.

In general, what seems to work, is something the monkeys are not familiar with. So anything the local smith can do, will beat the most expensive lock you can buy.

On 6/7/2025 at 10:16 AM, marky dee said:

I use disc-locks too..., big chain whit U-lock true arm..

I locked up the wife's Ducati with a disc lock when we went on holiday.  When we got back I couldn't get the thing to work - the lock barrel had failed and the key wouldn't open it.  I tried oil and all sorts but it would not come off.  A customer offered to cut it off for me which was an offer I accepted.  He had a small battery disc cutter/angle grinder in his van with a cutting disc on it.

The disc cutter took the lock off in about 15 seconds.  It was pretty quiet and my missus in the office 20m away never heard it.

Whenever possible, park your car or van right in front of the garage door. I have a couple of big blocks of wood fixed to the ground so I just touch them with the back wheels and the car is an inch from the door. And just in case the scum try to drag the car out of the way I park it in gear so that both front and rear wheels are "braked". I think multiple layers of security are better than just one super-high security device.

If your garage is like mine it’s got sawzall, grinders, etc for anyone with access to use. Lock your garage, put up cameras and take out insurance on the bike. Everything else is up to fate. 

Use a wall anchor and keep the bike as tight to the wall as possible. Keep the chain tight and as short as possible through a frame point and around the wall anchor. If you do it correctly, it should be as difficult to access as possible - even to lock and unlock. Keep an chains to ground anchors off the floor and tight, as that makes bolt croppers more difficult. A loose chain allows the cropper handles to be put on the floor and pressure applied to pop it, a tight chain means the croppers will need to be used with upper body strength alone, like an eighties Bullworker - star of many home video howlers. 

Good quality locks can be used to take the brunt of any attack. Abus do some good locks that are great for rear sprocket (discs not acccessible on most trials) - smart ones will notify you if they are activated, the Victory is just a PITA as it just spins - all of it, in all directions. All are grinder and impact resistant. A decent home chain is ideal, 16-22mm is best. Make sure it is hardened or tungsten carbide. Abus D Locks are tungsten carbide and both those and the victory/smart locks can be used with chains, making the chain alarmed. Kovix also do a similar set up with a cable designed as a 'quick' lock but will also work well with a smaller chain.

The essential advice, is be creative - use as many locks as you can be bothered to unlock and DO NOT trust your garage doors - they are torn open in seconds! You can look into reinforcing up and overs, using frame dead bolts to prevent this, but there is olnly so much you can do. Asgard Security Sheds are getting pretty good now and as expandable, as we all knows bikes multiply in the night through no fault of our own.

I am a police officer, so I’ve seen a lot of burglaries and I’ve had my own bikes stolen before. I use a Abus grinder proof d lock through the frame then attach an Oxford grinder resistant 22mm chain to both ends of the d lock and onto a floor anchor. The d lock’s material will blunt the grinder disk. Any chain needs to be hardened and ‘sold secure’ verified. A chain thick enough to resist a grinder attack for any length of time won’t fit through a frame. 
The weak link is the chain, not the lock. Even cheap locks are secure. 
Ultimately, you can only slow but not stop a theft. I’ve also put an additional alarm box inside the garage, which in such a small space is deafening. I have an electric roller shutter door which is as secure as anything. Normal garage doors can be bent open at the bottom. Scumbags used to use a car jack to force roller doors open from the bottom. The new roller doors have metal frames to stop this. I also park my car in front of the garage door.

A decent ‘sold secure’ door, ground anchor, chain, lock and alarm will deter most thefts. 

Edited September 19, 2025Sep 19 by beta rider

an airtag hidden somewere in bike is a good thing when everything else fail...

 

Trunk monkey theft retrieval system 👍