Securing your helmet
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From: The Desert SouthWest
RE: Securing your helmet
I carry it in with me -too paranoid to leave it on the bike I guess. In a restaurant it sits on the table or seat next to me and at the store it's in the shopping cart. Never lost one yet... 
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From: Punta Gorda,FL
RE: Securing your helmet
I have a full face helmet thatI put over the backrest, on the sissy bar, than secure it withthe homemade, plastic covered, cable, I made up. Cost about $5.00 in parts.I lock the cable on the outside of my saddle bag when I am riding, so it is easy to get to and doesn't hit up against a paint or chrome surface. It's a good enough setup to keep the average low life from walking away with the helmet. You can see the cable hanging off my saddle bag in my signature picture.
Tom
Tom
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RE: Securing your helmet
If I am going to be somewhere where I can keep an eye on the bike, just set it somewhere on the bike. If a new helmet or somewhere I'm not sure of, I use this cable-on-a-hockeypuck thing I picked up at some bike shop. Rolls up like a tape measure and the lock is built in. I can use the same device for the helmet and the jacket
Like others have said, it would stop a casual thief but not a determined one.
Like others have said, it would stop a casual thief but not a determined one.
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RE: Securing your helmet
ORIGINAL: harley0711
I saw several post where people lost saddle bags and someone even lost a detachable tour pac.
I saw several post where people lost saddle bags and someone even lost a detachable tour pac.
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From: Montana & Arkansas
RE: Securing your helmet
I use the gun lock cables too. Every so often local orgs. give them away.
Nightglide, just where did you get your bobblehead moose? They ain't any in Oklahoma!
Nightglide, just where did you get your bobblehead moose? They ain't any in Oklahoma!
ORIGINAL: nightglide
I worry about this with the quick detachable tour pak and saddle bags I have. I was wondering if I should perm. mount them. that would slow them down if they try and steal em.
ORIGINAL: harley0711
I saw several post where people lost saddle bags and someone even lost a detachable tour pac.
I saw several post where people lost saddle bags and someone even lost a detachable tour pac.
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From: Punta Gorda,FL
RE: Securing your helmet
ORIGINAL: nightglide
I worry about this with the quick detachable tour pak and saddle bags I have. I was wondering if I should perm. mount them. that would slow them down if they try and steal em.
ORIGINAL: harley0711
I saw several post where people lost saddle bags and someone even lost a detachable tour pac.
I saw several post where people lost saddle bags and someone even lost a detachable tour pac.
Tom