Securing your bike on a trailer at a hotel

[slypig]

No. Use mercury switch from an old heating/furnace thermostat wired between battery and bike's horn. Add an "on/off" toggle switch in same line. Set the mercury switch to close the circuit when the bike is moved to vertical ... taken off side stand. That honks the bike's horn as long as bike is in a vertical position which keeps the mercury switch closed.  The "on/off" toggle switch either activates or deactivates the system. You only have to set the mercury switch up once so it closes when the bike is straightened to vertical rather than resting on it's jiffy stand.
The mercury switch is readily available for free from used home temperature thermostats .. just remove it from the housing. The on/off toggle switch costs a few $ at any automotive supply.. so it's a dead cheap solution that works. Each bike model is a bit different but there's usually a convenient obscure place for the on/off switch on the frame in front of the battery box ,and another place that's protected under a side cover near the battery box for the mercury switch.
Bike thieves are cowards who don't want to attract attention to themselves, and a continuous honking horn does that so usually they will run rather than be seen. The horn on most bikes is loud enough to awaken sleepers in rooms near the bike.
A thinking thief would probably pull the wire to the horn to stop it from honking but it usually startles everyone around immediately.
A few friends and I used this system for years when were doing a lot of traveling. It only takes a second to arm/disarm so I got into the habit of locking the bike and arming it whenever the bike was going to be out of eye-shot.
For bikes without a factory alarm system, this could work for you.
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I like it.....easy!

[harleyjt]

You might like to purchase a wireless door bell from your local Home Depot of Lowes and using a tilt switch from a electrical dealer and wiring it to trigger the door bell switch. Then take the door bell alarm into the Motel room with you. If the bike is moved, you might not be able to stop the thieves, bur you might be able to get a tag number or at least the description which you can call in to alarm the police that your bike has just been stolen so they can be on the lookout for it and maybe catch them before it gets stripped.
C

Great idea, but my experience with those doorbells is they have a very limited range.  I can barely get one to work 25 ft.  Very unreliable.  Might work if you are able to park the bike right square in front of your room but other than that I doubt it.
jt

No. Use mercury switch from an old heating/furnace thermostat wired between battery and bike's horn. Add an "on/off" toggle switch in same line. Set the mercury switch to close the circuit when the bike is moved to vertical ... taken off side stand. That honks the bike's horn as long as bike is in a vertical position which keeps the mercury switch closed.  The "on/off" toggle switch either activates or deactivates the system. You only have to set the mercury switch up once so it closes when the bike is straightened to vertical rather than resting on it's jiffy stand.
The mercury switch is readily available for free from used home temperature thermostats .. just remove it from the housing. The on/off toggle switch costs a few $ at any automotive supply.. so it's a dead cheap solution that works. Each bike model is a bit different but there's usually a convenient obscure place for the on/off switch on the frame in front of the battery box ,and another place that's protected under a side cover near the battery box for the mercury switch.
Bike thieves are cowards who don't want to attract attention to themselves, and a continuous honking horn does that so usually they will run rather than be seen. The horn on most bikes is loud enough to awaken sleepers in rooms near the bike.
A thinking thief would probably pull the wire to the horn to stop it from honking but it usually startles everyone around immediately.
A few friends and I used this system for years when were doing a lot of traveling. It only takes a second to arm/disarm so I got into the habit of locking the bike and arming it whenever the bike was going to be out of eye-shot.
For bikes without a factory alarm system, this could work for you.

I really LIKE that!!!!  And I have a couple of old thermostats laying around here....
jt

[runamuck]

my 09 bike will set off the factory alarm if you straighten up the bike without having the key.

[wavlovr1]

Next time someone needs to discard a dead pit-bull; take it to be freeze dried in a sleeping position. Put it next to your bike with a chain to the bike.... When travelling put it in a plastic bag with a bungie to your other packs....

Of course a live pit-bull would be best but then you would need a modified bushtec trailer with a pup seat and windshield for him...

I keep all my add-on reciepts and insure the bike with the max options allowable. I think my SG has $11,000 max on accessories.

jb

[ChromeWhore]

I got an idea if someone hasn't already said so. Take your beater bike and leave the good bike at home. A lot of guys have a "for the road" bike and a bling bike that stays local. Sounds like a good idea if the cashola allows for a second bike.

CW

[messed up]

I worry all night and hardly get any sleep. It has worked so far but as the bike gets older I'm starting to think that the insurance will take care of it. Buddy left his stroker chained to post and went in casino on cal./nv. border for 15 minutes. Had to call for a ride back home.

[moose]

not my idea I think someone here posted instead of the siren that h d sells it adds the siren to the security system on newer hd's touring

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[soggybottom]

with all the shootings of public officials, leo's, and the bombing in boston, putting any thing on your ride with a bunch of weird looking wires , switches and the like, you probably won't have to worry about a thief but some bomb squad blowing the chit out of your bike trying to render it safe.
hey it could happen.

[garyajaz]

i dont trailer.  whole other thread.
but a buddy of mine hauls his way more than rides it.
i have tons of t-shirts he gives out from his "runs"
he trailers to all the big events.  has all the harley stickers on truck and trailer advertising and all. i keep telling him to tone it down. he says insurance.
well yeah, but minus the deductable and hell, insurance wont give me my well tuned perfect bike back.
so anyway i told him my idea. '
have trailer done up in a company format.  bills fertilizer.  we deliver.
big logo and stuff.  who gonna steal that?
i used to just sleep here and  there next to bike.
now old and need bed and shower and stuff, it gets harder.
fxdx fits in some rooms, but they watch close for that.
i try to travel where i know people.  park inside at friends/acqantances seems the better plan. 

[messed up]

You've got some good ideas.

[mrmike]

Best idea I ever heard and it was on this site years ago, hang a baby moniter on it and cover it or put the moniter in one of the bags then just bring the reciever into the room with you.

Whenever I stay in a hotel or motel I take the mag-light that I carry in the saddlebag into the room with me, no sense going out empty handed,lol.

Mike