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[QUOTE="Nestrick, post: 799397, member: 45162"] Hey Tom Been gone for the past few days so I didn't get to respond until now. Neal & I did discuss bike security for our UP trip and in fact had decided to bring along one of those Kyptonite ropes that can be passed through the frame and around the trailer, then locked securely. However ... after all the prelim troubles we experienced with flat tires on the truck and malfunctioning tail lights on the trailer, we managed to leave without the rope and locks ... amazingly, I think that is the only thing we really forgot to take. Note that we did have the trailer and hitch locked with appropriate trailer pin locks. As a result, we just parked the vehicle as close to the room as possible and kept our fingers crossed. In Cedarville they were in a very large, open and well lit parking lot along a main drive through town. In Trout Lake, they were directly outside our room. However, in both cases, after the first day's ride, I will tell you that someone attempting to remove our bikes using anything up to, and including: two full cases of dynamite, a pair of D-9 bulldozers and 200 feet of det cord likely would have gone unnoticed by either Neal or I. Can't believe how tired we both were after each days riding! I do believe that the situation of security is probably a bit better in the UP than in most LP locations ... the folks up there, what of them there are, seemed to be very friendly and interested in our well being ... they need the money and want our return business ... a good combination for us as tourists and riders. In either of these cases, taking the bikes inside the motel would have been essentially impossible ... the rooms were too small, and in the Cedarville case, the room was on the second floor with access through the office area. As the son of a fireman, and a retired chemist, I really can't recommend anyone taking a fueled, dirt bike into their motel room ... man, this is just way too dangerous a tactic ... and remember, you are not only putting yourself at risk, but potentially others which could include innocent children. The potential for both liquid and vapors to leak from a bike in the confines of a small motel room are simple too risky ... there are way too many ignition sources in such environs and the combination described is a serious disaster just waiting to happen. Don't forget, simple light switches, a TV, clockradio, or a window air conditioner are not spark protected devices ... and in the closed confines of a small room represent the perfect ignition source for gasolene vapors ... man, I've experienced several organic liquid/vapor fires in my laboratory days as a research chemist, they are not something to be under estimated! They happen quickly, get out of control in seconds and can kill or severely burn you and others before anyone can help! Chain the bikes up outside the room, put'em in a locked and closed trailer, stay up and watch them all night, handcuff yourself to the bike and sleep there ... just don't take them in the room with you! Please ... from my personal perspective, taking a dirt bike into a motel room is criminal ... and committing a crime to prevent another crime is not sufficiently justified behavior when it entails risking yours, and potentially other folks, lives. Maybe I'm getting a bit too serious here, but this subject touches a nerve with me! I certainly don't want to see anyone lose their bike ... but if it is a choice between your life and your bike ... the bike can be replaced, you can't! terry nestrick :ugg: [/QUOTE]
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