Theft

My 848 was stolen from my garage a couple of weeks ago. It is a gated garage and the bike was chained to a concrete post.

What could I have done to prevent it? What can I do in the future? What can I suggest?

First, I was using a bike cable. It's a deterrent, and nothing more. Considering a $13,000 bike, it's definitely worth investing a few bucks on giant pliers, so there's my first mistake. The chain that I had for it was too short to go around the concrete post to which it was tied to. I should've coughed up some cash and invest in a longer chain.

This is still a deterrent: chains can still be cut with torches relatively quickly. What else?

Investing on a GPS locator might have helped recover it, but I'm not so sure.

Alarm? also a deterrent.

The point is, you can throw all the deterrents you want and all you'll be doing is reducing the likelyhood that it gets stolen, but ultimately there is no guarantee. Sad story, but the most sensible thing to do is to not get too attached to it and make sure you have good insurance coverage.

What next? Triumph sent me a 6-month no-down, no-payments, no-interest deal on the Daytona 675. How convenient.