Jim, I don't know what things are like over your neck of the woods.
But for years now the keys to my bikes never leave the ignition unless I have to get the seat off.
Maybe it’s the style of bikes I have, they just don’t draw the attention of bike thieves. They have their eyes on Harleys, the very latest sports bikes and of course the exotic European bikes.
And one of the main reasons I do not bring the keys inside into the house is, if some lowlife wants my bike that much to break into the shed, they can have it, the last thing I want is to be waking up to a goes banger in my face, or worse still the lowlife pricks terrorizing my family just for a efen bike key.
The bikes are insured, ok I will not get back what I’ve lost, and all the hours in customizing them, but I figure that sweat f#*# all to the damage of my family being terrorized. Yes I do have first hand knowledge of family members being terrorized by lowlifes with guns. My sister was a bank teller, and 20 years on, still has never got over an armed hold up.
And lets face it, they really don’t need the key in the first place. 2 blokes and 2 skateboards, and as we call them a ute, you guys call them pick ups, and your bikes gone.
Nine times out of ten your bike would never see the road again, it would be stripped down for parts and sold off. So not having a key really is of no consequence to a bike thief. Also your bike would have been picked out as a theft job well before you have forgotten to take the key out, a very low percentage of bikes stolen are for joy riding.
