Travel Security

[Fastfckr]

A thing that I always have wanted to add to my bike that might also help protect you stuff is, a well used wore----pistol holster ----- in plain sight, but with no pistol in it!!

That would make a thief think??? where and who has the "Heat"....

Just a thought.

I always carry a 6' cable and lock that I can string through all my stuff, (Jacket, Aerostich, etc) and attach to the bike thats doesn't fit in a saddlebag.

ZZZZZ

 

[wambow]

On my western trip back in June,which was a little over 6K miles. I had a tank bag along with camping gear strapped to rear rack. I didn't worry to much about someone walking off with anything. I rode mostly two lane highways and stopped in small towns to eat,fuel up and sleep. If staying in a motel, I carried my tank bag in at night along with helment and clothes, but left everything else strapped to the bike under my cover. Around big cities I would have been more cautious. I figured if someone stole the tent , sleeping bag etc, I could just stop at the next Walmart and buy another. If staying in a motel I would ask for a ground floor room so I could park my bike right out front. Several times the motel clerk would let me park my bike out side of the lobby under the roof and lights and would keep a eye on it for me. No problems at all.

 

[SickDog]

Bring a friend or two for safe traveling.

 

[RonC]

I use a cable gun lock to secure my helmet to the bike, throw the GPS into the tank bag and take it with me into the restaurant or any short stop location. If a bad guy really wants my used helmet, it's easy enough to cut the cable, but it's there to keep honest people honest.

At a motel, my side cases, top case, any other bag and helmet goes with me into the room. All I have to secure is my bike.

I carried a firearm with me on one trip (I have my state's concealed carry permit). As said before in this thread, it was a pain. I'd go from one state with concealed carry reciprocity with my state to another without. I'd then have to separate the magazine from the pistol and lock them in different cases when I hit the border. It even had to happen in my own state, Colorado, when I went into a restaurant that served liquor - so out of the tank bag (with no one seeing, sometimes no easy feat) and into a locked case.

Yup, it was a real pain.

Ron