Seat lock & theft...

[Syscrush]

Hey gang.  Yesterday I was hooking up a Battery Tender Jr. to my wife's M620, in storage for the rest of the winter.  At first I was upset because I forgot to bring the key to pop off the seat and allow the tank to lift.  Then I was happy because I saw that the exposed cable from the seat lock is so easily pulled with a flat screwdriver.  Then I was alarmed at how easily someone could steal the contents of the storage area under the seat, and particularly something like a helmet locked to the bike via that strap dealie which depends on the seat lock.

Anybody else concerned about this?  Anyone else even notice it? Anyone had anything stolen? Am I a bad person for posting this info in a public forum? Will the next person to get a helmet stolen blame me for empowering the criminals with this sacred knowledge? 

[minnesotamonster]

I don't think many people use the poor excuse for a helmet lock, that ducati provides.

As for stealing things that are in the "storage compartment," its the same deal. Not many people use it as storage since the most you could put in there is a deck of cards 

[He Man]

people kept stuffing things into my lock. i just took the lock out. most people however, will not try to steal something attatched to that lock anyway, cause im not dumb enough to put something there. :p

[ab]

Yeah I notice that too.  I rarely lock my helmet there anyhow.  Too paranoid.

I guess I better find another spot to stash emergency dinaro. 

[Syscrush]

Thanks folks.  I know that these things are never 100% secure, but even so I was shocked at how poor the setup on the Monster is.

[JDucati]

Our monsters have helmet locks?  Seriously

~JD

[Syscrush]

Our monsters have helmet locks?  Seriously

~JD

If you're serious, I think the answer is "kinda".  There's a hook under the seat, and there's a steel wire loop kinda deal that you can loop over the hook, through your helmet, and back onto the hook.  The seat locked in place keeps the loop on the hook.

Of course, the seat lock can be defeated in about 1 second by anyone who's ever looked at one.

[somegirl]

Our monsters have helmet locks?  Seriously

If you want to lock up your helmet, I recommend getting a short bicycle cable lock.

[Popeye the Sailor]

I'd never leave my helmet unattended, especially outside.

What if some drunk asshole comes and pees in it?

[corey]

I'd never leave my helmet unattended, especially outside.

What if some drunk asshole comes and pees in it?

takes about 30 seconds to steal a visor too...
only time i ever leave mine outside is at a large group meet where everyone is riding... i figure the people around that want helmets that bad, already have one.

[Statler]

I don't have a huge sample, but as far as I can tell any Duc key will open any other Duc monster seat.   The seat locks are just to keep the honest people honest...a reminder as it were.

[M900]

this is my helmet lock;

[NorDog]

I don't think many people use the poor excuse for a helmet lock, that ducati provides.

As for stealing things that are in the "storage compartment," its the same deal. Not many people use it as storage since the most you could put in there is a deck of cards 

Wow!  A deck of cards?  I wish my S4RS had that much storage space.  Heck, I wish it had ANY storage space!   

[Popeye the Sailor]

this is my helmet lock;

I have one like that too.


Doubles as my girlfriend.

[M900]

I have one like that too.


Doubles as my girlfriend.

she's been cheating on me!