A opinião de um polícia e….a opinião de um "ladrão de motos".
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Este tema julgo que vos será bastante interessante de ler, pois percebe-se - sobre um mesmo assunto (motos, claro…) - aquilo que é por um lado a opinião de um polícia londrino e por outro lado a opinião de um "gatuno especializado" no furto de motos nos Estados Unidos. ;)
As perguntas colocadas a ambos darão lugar a respostas que de certeza vais achar bastante interessantes, e que vos convido a ler no artigo completo (https://rideapart.com/articles/ask-a-motorcycle-thief) da publicação RideApart.com. :nice:
Mas de qualquer forma deixo-vos aqui um excerto para vos despertar a curiosidade…
Estas foram as várias perguntas (que deixo na língua original) colocadas ao gatuno. No caso do polícia as questões abordavam de alguma forma o mesmo tema de cada uma das questões.
"- what type of motorcycles did you target and why?
- what's the best type of security system we can get for our motorcycles?
- how and where should we position chain locks on our bikes so you don't take bolt cutters to them? how easy is it to cut high quality locks?
- what deters you the most? as in when you see a motorcycle and analyze it for a steal?
- what makes you go "no, not that one."
- what does a gallon of bleach taste like after you swallow it?"
Esta foi uma das resposta (à 2a questão) do malandro que se dedica ao furto de motos e que acaba por dar o seu conselho. E olhem que ele sabe mesmo do que fala... ;)
“Never, ever, never never never, NEVER leave your bike outside at an apartment complex. Especially one with a gated parking garage. The gated parking garage in a mid to high rise apartment building in the nice part of a large city is the number one place for bike thieves to go ‘shopping.’”
“As far as passive devices go I like the NYC fughetaboutit chain/lock from Kryptonite, the thicker of the two. It needs to go through something like a braced swingarm whenever possible. If you absolutely have to put it through a wheel put it through the rear wheel. It takes much longer to swap than the front wheel. Any $100 disc lock will work well, again, rear wheel, locks on the front are more easily defeated, take my word for it. Cheaper disc locks can be quietly, well, we'll leave it at that, cheap ones can be defeated in silence.”
“Lo-jack and Lo-Jack w/early warning are pretty good at recovering the bikes from amateurs and semi-pros, but someone who knows what they are doing will remove the lojack system quickly after clearing the area. Still someone even more professional (surprisingly rare) will have somewhere to check/store/breakdown the bike that is rf shielded. The problem with lo-jack is that it doesn't keep someone from stealing the bike. Even if you get it back in one piece without the police crashing into your bike to catch the thief you'll still likely have a broken upper triple, damage to the neck of your frame (Steering lock), damage to your ignition, damage to the tank lock, possible damage to the tank itself (rareish) possible damage to the trunk lock , and then your insurance company might fuck you too. It's much better to not get the bike stolen in the first place. So in addition to lo-jack you want some sort of VISIBLE passive devices to make the thief move on. The paging alarms are somewhat effective, but they aren't linked to the police. Removing electronic devices is obviously more of a mental challenge than a physical one. The quality of the install is a huge factor here. Hide the lo-jack or alarm in or under the airbox and all the wiring within the factory looms and you'll have a good set up. However, almost NO dealer tech is this thorough. It's not his bike, why would he go the extra mile?”