What will you do to protect your trike?

[hotroddal]

What I am wondering is how far will you go to protect your trikes?
This one time there was 3 dumass kids throwing snowballs at my 1985 250es big red while i was drivine it and one of the kids hit my machine and hit me, so i stopped the machine got off, and walked over to hime and asked him why he threw that snowball and he didnt answer, so i waited for about 10 seconds-still no response he just stared and giggled at me, so i whaled a punch at him smack dab in the side of the face, never agian did i get snowballs thrown at me, after that i just said thats for throwing snowballs at me and my big red, and dont mess with my big red.

[triz25o]

When I grow up I want to be just like you. your soo cool

[84honda 200X]

Id do everything i coudl to protect my 200X!!!!!!!!! Its my baby and only my closest friends get to drive it and it gets cleaned regularly and repaired right away when somethin breaks and has more than regular matenance.

[jeswinehart]

i thought you might be asking what some of do to protect our trikes ( + other goodies ) from the theiving sorts ,,, lol.
i reckon if i was a younger age i might get away with something like wacking a weirdo kid up along side the head ,,,, but to be honest,,, @ 49 years old i'm sure i'd be in jail with in the hour.
okay ,,,, as far as trike ( and goodies ) protection ,,, theiving scum sucking bottom feeders will hafta make alot of noise hacking upon tripple clamped/lock slider doors after they disable the secrurity-motion detectors + get by the dog. item #4 still might send me off to a place i ain't been in awhile but will justify with my own self so long as i only wing them.

other then that ,,, i think i'd just return a few snowballs and call it good.


john

[Dammit!]

Snowballs? You passed up a great oppurtunity to simply roost them into oblivion. Punching a kid for a snowball sounds... well retarded if I'm being honest. Then again, I have no idea how old you are. If you're a kid too then it's fair game I suppose.

[Pistonhead]

I second the roosting into oblivion, that sounds simply awesome!!!!! Heres my stance on thieves: Don't beware of dog, Beware of owner! Run your fingers over my trikes and I'll run my trikes over your fingers!

[BigGreenMachine]

Protect it? Hmm...my neighbourhood is quite tame so no need for any real protection. Our 99 Kodiak sits outside as I type with the key in the ignition (its 1am). The Tecate has a tether kill switch so as long as I have the lanyard nobody rides it. Prollay get a nice set of chrome chains to wrap through the sprocket hubs and wheels so it cant be driven and it would be put away inside my shed. Also what is everyone doing to protect their bike when its left outside, I'm talking protection from the elements. I'm going to find a nice cover for it.

[Dammit!]

Whatever you do, DON'T COVER IT WITH PLASTIC!!!!

My brother did that to my R back in Ohio after I moved to AZ. That's why it's got so much rust on it now. Covering something with plastic in a humid environment like that, you might as well store it in a swimming pool. I freaked when I came home for a visit and saw it out there like that, soaking wet. A week later it was in AZ.

[MTS]

I second the roosting into oblivion, that sounds simply awesome!!!!! Heres my stance on thieves: Don't beware of dog, Beware of owner! Run your fingers over my trikes and I'll run my trikes over your fingers!

couldent have said it better...as for protection when im not rideing it, they both sit outside right now..we have a dog...and where kinda in a vally so i hear anyone that comes into our yard at night...all the kids around hear are too stupid to figure out how to start it...not to mention they know if they did i would wring there necks and hang em out to dry...some of my friends..well not really..cousins...they took it out one day when i was at school and the had a day off....good thing my buddy works on the farm we live..he gave em trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro..and when i got home i seen it parked elses where...boy did they get a yellin at ....havent had a problem since...

[AirDonk]

I have roosted people to the buggery for ripping off my trike before (usually banshee boys). As for protecting it from theives, if they can actually get into the shed (past the various locking mechanisms), get the trike around the two cars and the boat, get the chain and lock off it and do all this without setting off the alarm or waking me or my two 110 pound Alaskan Malamutes they can have it!!!!

[bigredhead]

2 x 110 lb malamutes ? cool. got any pics of them? i love nothern breeds..... I bet i can walk in there with a 1/2 a BBQ'd chicken and they'd show me the keys and tell me how to start your trike !!! LOL...

I agree with the roost factor, i'da pulled a few donuts and given them a gravel shower, rotten idiots..

And , i lock my garage door, and have a 6ft wood fence, a 40 lb samoyed alarm ( useless as defence, but a hell of an alarm !! ) and a bad temper/agressive personality with thieves.

[threewheelin-feelin]

i just lock mine up in the shed. mine isnt worth getting into a fight over maybe if i had a 350x.

[atctim]

I keep mine locked in a garage. I am looking to get a couple of crazed baboons to keep in the garage with the wheelers though. That should deture any potential preditors and vile scum that would even consider laying a finger on my prized possesion. Baboons have very sharp teeth you know!!! And red rears.

[ATC crazy]

I dont own a trike anymore...but when it comes to just about all of my possessions....I am willing to shoot someone. If they tresspass onto my property to take something of mine without asking....yes, I will pull out my rifle and give them a few warning shots if verbal communication doesn't get through to them.

[AirDonk]

RigRedHead, here is a pic of one of them, cant seem to find a pic of the other. last time he was weighed he came in at 50kg. hahaha i bet if you gave him a bbq chicken he would run inside, grab the keys, unlock the shed, move the cars and the boat, unlock the trike, disarm the alarm, start the trike and help double you away to safety. But they would make a hell of a noise if anyone came inside the yard so i feel safe knowing they are roaming the yard and protecting my trike.