Where do you park your ride ?
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Where do you park your ride ?
Is it just me or does anyone else find it frustrating trying to find somewhere to park in town .As I live in Durham ( UK )
it is possible to park for free at pay and display car spaces , but nothing to lock up to . Sunderland all multi story car parks you have to pay , still nowhere to lock up to . I think if you lock up to a cycle rack you are going to get a ticket.
There must be some councils that have ground anchors to lock up your scoot .. If there's a few of your mates you could
all lock to each other scoots that is !!! Anyone had similar problems , or better places to park ?
it is possible to park for free at pay and display car spaces , but nothing to lock up to . Sunderland all multi story car parks you have to pay , still nowhere to lock up to . I think if you lock up to a cycle rack you are going to get a ticket.
There must be some councils that have ground anchors to lock up your scoot .. If there's a few of your mates you could
all lock to each other scoots that is !!! Anyone had similar problems , or better places to park ?
Re: Where do you park your ride ?
Make sure you haven't notified any additional security devices to your insurer and you won't need to bother with locking it.
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Re: Where do you park your ride ?
Really don't think I would be happy just leaving a brand new pcx without having a heavy chain or something to stop some
thief just picking it up and putting it in a van , think of the insurance paperwork and no way would you get back what you
payed for it
thief just picking it up and putting it in a van , think of the insurance paperwork and no way would you get back what you
payed for it
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Re: Where do you park your ride ?
Sits in a locked garage. They'll have to go through my PCX to get to my Bonneville...
There is a relatively new PCX parked at the curb about a block from me. Gets used frequently, has no locks on it and, in over a year has never been messed with. Go figure.
There is a relatively new PCX parked at the curb about a block from me. Gets used frequently, has no locks on it and, in over a year has never been messed with. Go figure.
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Re: Where do you park your ride ?
Won't last long in my neck of the woods , if its not locked you lose it !!
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Re: Where do you park your ride ?
ive heard bike theft is really bad in the UK
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Yeah its pretty bad , thats my point ,local councils do nothing for bikers or. scooter riders . They want to keep heavy traffic
out of city centres but do nothing to help with the increasing theft of scooters ect . At the moment its all about cycling ?
We need safe / secure parking !!
out of city centres but do nothing to help with the increasing theft of scooters ect . At the moment its all about cycling ?
We need safe / secure parking !!
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Re: Where do you park your ride ?
It’s different here in Lancaster Pennsylvania. I’ve left my keys in my scooter overnight and nobody touched it. I live in a townhome development that’s mildly busy, but even when I park in the city, my scooter remains unmolested. Lancaster is very scooter friendly. I can park on the sidewalk and nobody says boo. I stand a better chance of getting shot than I do if having my scooter stolen.
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Re: Where do you park your ride ?
Docscooter2010 wrote:Yeah its pretty bad , thats my point ,local councils do nothing for bikers or. scooter riders . They want to keep heavy traffic
out of city centres but do nothing to help with the increasing theft of scooters ect . At the moment its all about cycling ?
We need safe / secure parking !!
I think you might just be talking about your preconceptions of your area of Durham. Unless your PCX has been stolen.
And it’s paid, not payed.
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Re: Where do you park your ride ?
You could be right , shouldn't tar everyone with the same brush .
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Docscooter2010 wrote:You could be right , shouldn't tar everyone with the same brush .
You’ll know your own area. Asses the risk and take your own precautions. Are you keeping the bike outside?
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Re: Where do you park your ride ?
Where do you park when your out on a ride , lampost , carpark ,on the pavement ect . When its at home its in the garage .
Please excuse any spelling mistakes , by the way its summer now time to get out from under the covers . What's your location
Please excuse any spelling mistakes , by the way its summer now time to get out from under the covers . What's your location
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It depends on where you are.big bear wrote:ive heard bike theft is really bad in the UK
Never use anything more than a steering lock where I live.
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Re: Where do you park your ride ?
A$$es are always risky.you you wrote:Docscooter2010 wrote:You could be right , shouldn't tar everyone with the same brush .
You’ll know your own area. Asses the risk and take your own precautions. Are you keeping the bike outside?
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Never trust a fart.jburner wrote:A$$es are always risky.you you wrote:Docscooter2010 wrote:You could be right , shouldn't tar everyone with the same brush .
You’ll know your own area. Asses the risk and take your own precautions. Are you keeping the bike outside?
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big bear wrote:ive heard bike theft is really bad in the UK
You’ve probably heard it from our Press.
The journalism is prone to be scaremongering. It controls what we think and worry about and how much.
Real issues are likely to be elsewhere.
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Re: Where do you park your ride ?
Docscooter2010 wrote:Where do you park when your out on a ride , lampost , carpark ,on the pavement ect . When its at home its in the garage .
Please excuse any spelling mistakes , by the way its summer now time to get out from under the covers . What's your location
Not a million miles away from you. Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. I know Durham well as I’m from the NE. Centre of Durham is lovely.
Where I live nobody is interested in a scooter. The only risk may be overnight from bored kids. As it’s garaged that’s not a problem really. I’m not really sure kids pinch bikes and run around the fields on them anymore. Shame on them
When I park I just plonk the bike anywhere that’s not obviously illegal and not inconveniencing people. I do tend to keep an eye on it though as I’m that way inclined.
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Re: Where do you park your ride ?
Bet there's some nice rides in North Yorkshire , A lot of old coal mining villages where I live , think the kids or just bored so I think taking a scooter or bike is nothing to them , it still happens . Durham city is not to bad to park your scooter but there is a lot more parking wardens about . Once I was sat on old elvet bridge and about 8 wardens got out of a van like a Swat team .
Be aware my friend , they are out there .
Be aware my friend , they are out there .
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That last bit is funny.Docscooter2010 wrote:Bet there's some nice rides in North Yorkshire , A lot of old coal mining villages where I live , think the kids or just bored so I think taking a scooter or bike is nothing to them , it still happens . Durham city is not to bad to park your scooter but there is a lot more parking wardens about . Once I was sat on old elvet bridge and about 8 wardens got out of a van like a Swat team .
Be aware my friend , they are out there .
(I once lived in a sketchy neighborhood in Mass.
Had my 67 Mustang convertible stolen and driven to Hartford 2 times. One night i saved a local family when I saw their house was on fire. The mother hugged me, "Mr., how can I thank you?!!"
I replied, "well ask your teenagers to ask their friends to stop stealing my Mustang."
NEVER had another problem after that night!
Just have to connect with the kids.
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Re: Where do you park your ride ?
I park my pcx on a driveway between my car and the front of the house (small UK driveway and home being in London). I used to always lock the bike to the tow-bar with a chain but lately stopped doing it as I use the bike 15 days a month for commuting (so bike semi-hidden by the car as it's facing the street)
A few weeks ago my neighbour came over and said she saw two young men eyeing my bike up - one came into the driveway and was looking over the bike, which is always covered, and then his friend came in to have a look too - they only ran away when they spotted my neighbour watching them from an upstairs window. If that had not happened I guess I would have come out to find the bike gone one day.
Now I always chain it to the tow-bar, far too many low-life scumbags around London and other cities now.
A few weeks ago my neighbour came over and said she saw two young men eyeing my bike up - one came into the driveway and was looking over the bike, which is always covered, and then his friend came in to have a look too - they only ran away when they spotted my neighbour watching them from an upstairs window. If that had not happened I guess I would have come out to find the bike gone one day.
Now I always chain it to the tow-bar, far too many low-life scumbags around London and other cities now.