Going out of town.. What do you do??

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Tiki 10/8/2009 2:52pm
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I haven't locked a door on my house in years. The car however needs to be locked - damn tweakers.
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nc97 10/8/2009 3:04pm
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kaw rider9 wrote:
Some times I shut my garage door... But not always.. I'm fifty- fifty on shutting the door.. NEVER lock it, NEVER!! My ole lady will lock...
Some times I shut my garage door... But not always.. I'm fifty- fifty on shutting the door.. NEVER lock it, NEVER!!

My ole lady will lock her car, but I leave the keys in mine..Every time I come back from a trip that damn Porsche is still there, sitting in the driveway with the keys in it..

If I'm going to be gone longer than a few days, I'll shut the gas off on all the bikes.

I try to make an effort to shut the windows in the camper, but damn near always forget!

I'm mister safety!!!
If I locked my shop I wouldn't be able to get in it. Haven't locked it since I built it and have no idea where i put the key.Smile
DanDunes818 10/8/2009 3:19pm
10/8/2009 3:19pm Edited Date/Time 10/8/2009 3:20pm
Tiki wrote:
I haven't locked a door on my house in years. The car however needs to be locked - damn tweakers.
lol Tiki that's funny.. On the side of my house we keep a recycle can and we fill it w/beer and soda cans.Not that I cared that much but the cans were disapearing about every two weeks. Well about 6 months agoI caught two teekers stealing the cans. I was watching them do it from my window and I walked out side w/my gun and their hands were too full to run. They were shaking like crazy when they saw me(i'm not sure if it was fear or the drugs). I handed them a couple garbage bags to fill up with the cans and told them I'd give them to them this time but if I ever see them again the gun just might go off. Fuckin tweekers will risk their lives for $5 worth of cans.
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MX45 10/8/2009 3:19pm
10/8/2009 3:19pm Edited Date/Time 10/8/2009 3:20pm
Chain everything to everything else. I gotta put some bolts in the floor now that I'm not renting. Take the wheels off. Usually unplug and unscrew the spark plug cap.

My latest anit-theft device is a siezed engine. Pretty hard to get an 800lb honda pilot out of my garage with no engine.

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letsride785 10/8/2009 3:21pm
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The only reason I lock the garage door is so the repo man doesn't get it ; ]
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WSR 10/8/2009 3:33pm
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I cable lock all of my bikes together.
If they take one, they're going to have to take them all.
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kaw rider9 10/8/2009 3:43pm
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kaw rider9 wrote:
Some times I shut my garage door... But not always.. I'm fifty- fifty on shutting the door.. NEVER lock it, NEVER!! My ole lady will lock...
Some times I shut my garage door... But not always.. I'm fifty- fifty on shutting the door.. NEVER lock it, NEVER!!

My ole lady will lock her car, but I leave the keys in mine..Every time I come back from a trip that damn Porsche is still there, sitting in the driveway with the keys in it..

If I'm going to be gone longer than a few days, I'll shut the gas off on all the bikes.

I try to make an effort to shut the windows in the camper, but damn near always forget!

I'm mister safety!!!
nc97 wrote:
If I locked my shop I wouldn't be able to get in it. Haven't locked it since I built it and have no idea where i...
If I locked my shop I wouldn't be able to get in it. Haven't locked it since I built it and have no idea where i put the key.Smile
My shop is locked up big time!! I NEVER leave it unlocked, EVER... I have locks everywhere.. I just can't take the chance.. The shop pays the bills..

However, My house, garage, camper, cars, trucks, van, bikes, boats... Nothing gets locked up... I do have someone watch my stuff for me though and they are well armed..Smile

My house and shop are next door to each other, but I only lock the shop.

Like you, I have no clue where the keys are to my house and garage....
minidad160 10/8/2009 5:30pm
10/8/2009 5:30pm
What I do is lock everything up as you do. Then I call the person staying at my house watching everything and interrogate them every hour on the hour asking them if everything is ok! I drive home as fast as I can to make sure there not lying to me and worry my whole trip wondering if everything is really ok! Get home everythings ok and tell myself next time I am not going to worry. And then the next time I worry about not being worried and I start the whole process over again.
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mt798 10/8/2009 6:01pm
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I worry more about my '79 KX250 A5 more than the others. That would be hard to replace...
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CamP 10/8/2009 6:11pm
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My homeowners covers my bikes, but like mt798, I would be bummed if thieves got my '82 RM250.
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newmann 10/8/2009 6:45pm
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CamP wrote:
My homeowners covers my bikes, but like mt798, I would be bummed if thieves got my '82 RM250.
Well, you're in Texas so who is your insurance with?
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Pat327 10/8/2009 7:03pm
10/8/2009 7:03pm Edited Date/Time 10/8/2009 7:13pm
We live in a really safe, quiet city. Nothing ever happens here. I have the garage door windows covered so nobody can see what's inside, but that's it.
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YZBooster 10/8/2009 7:09pm
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Pit Bull (not the stand)
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kkertzman 10/8/2009 8:23pm
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When I go out of town, I pack up the truck with my bike and my dog and all the necessary provisions....and chain my wife to the garage floor with a weeks worth of laundry! Never had a break-in yet!
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CamP 10/8/2009 8:40pm
10/8/2009 8:40pm Edited Date/Time 10/8/2009 8:44pm
CamP wrote:
My homeowners covers my bikes, but like mt798, I would be bummed if thieves got my '82 RM250.
newmann wrote:
Well, you're in Texas so who is your insurance with?
Farmers. When I got my policy I asked my agent to include my bikes because I had a '87 CR500 stolen from my parents garage back in the day. He told me they were already covered but I didn't believe him until he showed me the line item and sure enough any any motorized item that isn't registered for the road, including dirt bikes, is covered under my homeowners policy. This is what you want to look for on your policy.

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