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Brammo Empulse Discussion => Brammo Empulse => Topic started by: jazz999 on February 15, 2018, 12:04:38 PM

Title: What do you do to secure your Empulse from being stolen?
Post by: jazz999 on February 15, 2018, 12:04:38 PM

What do you do to secure your Empulse from being stolen?   I have a disc lock and was thinking about a grip lock also.

Title: Re: What do you do to secure your Empulse from being stolen?
Post by: Richard230 on February 15, 2018, 05:35:36 PM

I like to use a cheap old motorcycle cover.  Out of sight, out of mind, is what I say.  :)

Title: Re: What do you do to secure your Empulse from being stolen?
Post by: Jay64 on February 16, 2018, 12:06:20 PM

Looking at the Brammo manual, it suggest to always take your key with you to prevent theft.  :D

Title: Re: What do you do to secure your Empulse from being stolen?
Post by: Jay64 on February 16, 2018, 12:11:50 PM

Reality is that if a bike thief really wants your bike, there is nothing you can do to stop them, aside from being right there and physically stopping them. You need to just make your bike more inconvenient for them to steal. Locks are good, locking it too something is even better. I once had 2 disk locks on my bike and an alarm, they picked it up and threw it in the back of a truck and drove off with it while cutting the alarm wires at 3pm in a busy shopping center parking lot. Luckily most bike thieves know nothing of electric bikes and the black market for electric parts is very small right now, so they have less incentives to steal an electric bike compared to a gas bike. 

Title: Re: What do you do to secure your Empulse from being stolen?
Post by: Shinysideup on February 16, 2018, 07:44:58 PM

Yeah, I never felt that this  bike was much of a target. Hell, they couldn't sell very many at half price!

I did get a nifty fork lock  (no alarm) which I use in sections of town that I feel are "questionable."

You can read all about it in this thread:

http://brammoforum.com/index.php?topic=2780.msg20621#msg20621 (http://brammoforum.com/index.php?topic=2780.msg20621#msg20621)

Title: Re: What do you do to secure your Empulse from being stolen?
Post by: HadesOmega on February 17, 2018, 02:07:02 AM

I got a Urban UR6 alarming disc lock and I bought the mount for it.  Close to $100 for the whole setup.  I've had the mount on the bike for a couple months and I was worried it would get loose and fall off but it pretty rock solid, it makes it so easy to store on the bike and lock the bike up.

Sorry the vids are pretty long sometimes I ramble
https://youtu.be/yfLxJ6TXj6o (https://youtu.be/yfLxJ6TXj6o)

Mount
https://youtu.be/iD0gdhmKnQ4 (https://youtu.be/iD0gdhmKnQ4)

Title: Re: What do you do to secure your Empulse from being stolen?
Post by: jazz999 on February 20, 2018, 03:25:08 PM

I just bought a grip lock and will use a cover at times.  Thanks

Title: Re: What do you do to secure your Empulse from being stolen?
Post by: MichaelJ on February 26, 2018, 11:26:47 PM

(friendly sarcasm)
Buy an insurance policy.  If the bike gets stolen, use the policy to buy a new electric motorcycle from a manufacturer that's still in the business.
(/friendly sarcasm)