How do you secure your Helmets when leaving your bike?

[Raven]

I am like "lowflyingowl" leave helmet on seat when going into a place for short time otherwise leave in rear or front stowage overnight. I even leave key in ignition when going into to eat or take a break. Must be familiar with a Spyder to figure out how to start and then drive away.

Here leaving the key in, is a $2000 fine.
In the winter, people leave their cars running while they warm up or run into a store.
Thieves loved it.
Besides if the key is in the ignition most insurance companies while not cover it.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

This is what we use if the trunk is full https://www.lamonstergarage.com/can-am-spyder-lidlox-helmet-lock-lamonster/

What about helmets that don't use D rings, like Nolan and Shoei? Does the T bar fit through a ratchet clasp?

 

[RayBJ]

I'm also a 'trusting' rider that has left my lid on the seat or handlebars for years and 100+ k miles of touring. Never had anything taken or touched. Maybe just luck or the places I stop have less 'dirtbags'. I only stow the lid in the frunk if weather calls for it.

 

[Quickdraw]

Mine goes in the top case. Out of sight, out of mind.

 

[WRCLVR]

fullface go with us, half helmets go in frunk or trunk...$$$$ worth of helmets, Sena headsets etc ....not gonna leave them out in StealAtlanta....

 

[EdMat]

Haven't lost a helmet left on the seat yet, but did l have a pair of gloves removed. Going to eat or shopping or away from the bile over a few minutes I normally carry it in with me.

 

[Peteoz]

What about helmets that don't use D rings, like Nolan and Shoei? Does the T bar fit through a ratchet clasp?

Yes, that’s what the t-bar is designed to accommodate, Idaho…..along with odd shaped D rings.:thumbup:

Pete

 

[Spyderpilot]

Set it on the seat and drape my crash jacket over it. Just because something isn't cheap doesn't mean it is a great target for thieves.

I agree with you 100%. That is exactly what I do with my helmet(s). My sweaty helmet is not a rich target. In fact, I haven’t locked the ignition on my HD RoadKing for the last 18 years. We went on a week long trip and forgot the fob. I have’t used it since.

 

[Navydad]

What about helmets that don't use D rings, like Nolan and Shoei? Does the T bar fit through a ratchet clasp?

Mine does.

 

[mikthebik]

What about helmets that don't use D rings, like Nolan and Shoei? Does the T bar fit through a ratchet clasp?

Yes. Lidlox website says it will and they work on my LS2 Valiant.hyea:

 

[redrazor]

I drop my helmet (large or small) in the Frunk! Pleanty of room in the RTL along with my gloves and garmin. hyea:

 

[narygancy]

Like many others, we usually leave the helmets on the seats or handle bars. Never had a problem in 50+ years of riding. However, with that said, sometimes, depending on where we are, I'll use a thin bicycle cable with a combination lock. Run it through whatever's available on the helmet and the grab bar (when we rode 2 wheels I used the sissy bar). I don't use a heavy duty cable, just a thin one. Generally speaking, thieves don't mess with anything with a lock, they're looking for a quick steal. The one I use is small and easy to store when not being used.

 

[Lew L]

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Mine often just sits on the seat. Wifes custom painted helmet always gets locked in the rt saddle bag. Poor old slow V-Max has a helmet lock from the factory.

Lew L

 

[LongIsland]

By myself or on a ride with my bride into the frunk and saddlebag they go. If on a trip and compartments are loaded, I use lidlox but put the helmet or helmets in the bag that it came with to prevent anything from dropping into it or them.

 

[Columbia]

We have two "helmet hooks," one on each end of the handlebar. If I'm feeling specially paranoid I have a padlock which slips in the hole in the hook, there for that purpose.

Some with a hacksaw could quickly cut through the hook's plastic. A battery powered, hand-held cutter would work even better. But that same tool could cut the hinges off my Givi cases in short order, too.

Paranoia has to meet reality somewhere, sometime.

My top case sometimes has room for a helmet; same with the frunk.

If all else fails, I carry the helmet(s).

 

[bigbadbrucie]

I do the same as many of you do. Usually I Get off the bike and set my lid on the seat, and go shopping, eating, have a cuppa. USUALLY! If I’m in a high crime area I’ll either lock it in the frunk or take it in with me. just my $0.02 worth!

 

[RickWB]

My Schuberth modular helmet with comms fits in my Shad saddlebag, or Lidlox.

 

[PMK]

If riding two up, and pulling the RT622 trailer, helmets go inside the trailer. If not pulling the trailer, we just carry the helmets with us when needed. If riding single, a helmet fits in the frunk, but storing there is not preferred on account of the heat given off by the adjacent radiators.

 

[KAMJAM]

This is what we use if the trunk is full https://www.lamonstergarage.com/can-am-spyder-lidlox-helmet-lock-lamonster/

That's what we use when the frunk is full.

 

[NorwegianRT]

If alone, I put mine in the frunk. When wife is with me, hers go in the frunk and I carry mine with me. The seat lock wire has snapped,so it is now allways open and I seldom use the "hook" for the helmet under the seat.