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The old saying goes, “If you don’t want your motorcycle stolen, park it next to one that’s more desirable.” However, if the bad guys want to run away with your sweetheart, what can you really do to thwart their success or at least get them to look elsewhere for a simpler bike to steal? Hiplok seems to answer that question – that Hiplok<\/a> D1000 anti angle grinder motorcycle lock.<\/p>\n Hiplok is based 20 miles southeast of Birmingham, England and has been in the bicycle lock business for 10 years. The company now has a special Material D-lock that really brakes someone who wants to roll away or ride your motorcycle. However, it won’t stop four thieves from lifting your mount into the back of a pickup truck. An additional chain lock is required to prevent this. Make sure, however, that you get a chain with links with openings large enough to accommodate the thick Hiplok shackle.<\/p>\n The Hiplok D1000 consists of a Graph<\/a>-Reinforced ceramic composite that resists cutting by angle grinders. This material literally wears the discs more than they can be cut through. Hiplok and others have videos showing that it takes at least 10 minutes to cut and change blades to make a single cut through the D1000. Also, due to the locking mechanism design, you will need to make two cuts to release it. Seeing other people try to destroy the lock was enough to prevent us from repeating the process for no reason – we believe it’s near-indestructible.<\/p>\n This is a serious four pound lock with an MSRP of $ 385 that will really discourage any thief planning to roll away your motorcycle in a hurry. If the would-be motorcycle thief only brought a cutting blade, the blade wouldn’t survive to sever someone else’s lock.<\/p>\n With a size of 15 by nine inches, the D1000 is not a lock that you can carry in your pocket. There is room for a touring bike, but four pounds can be a quarter of the capacity of a saddlebag. If you take it with you on a multi-day trip, you may need to leave some tools or your emergency reserve gas can behind.<\/p>\n I’ve tried fitting the Hiplok D1000 through the wheels of several different motorcycles and it doesn’t work on most because the disc rotors don’t allow it to pass through. It’s compatible and interlocks with the cast aluminum rear spokes on my friend’s Aprilia RSV4, but there’s no space to store it on a superbike.<\/p>\n It will fit multiple wire spoke bikes such as Ultimate motorcycling<\/em> Yamaha T\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9 700 Project Bike<\/a>, but it’s easy to cut off the thin spokes to defeat them. Motorcycles can’t get close enough to anything they can secure without a chain, so this lock is really suitable for security alone. Don’t worry about scratches when installing the D1000 as the shackle is coated to protect your surfaces and the lock is plastic coated.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n