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After seven and a half years of happy ownership the Christmas elves decided to steal my KTM from my driveway last week. They went through 2 chains and helped themselves while we slept.
While I wait for the insurance to decide how much to short me I'm working out what to do next.
I'm feeling very exposed and part of me is thinking there's no point in getting anything nice as it just isn't safe. The other part of me says 7 years was a good run and the chains they went through were not the most secure (one oxford/ alarm disclock basic chain, the other a very old Luma solida lock and chain combo - apparently sold secure gold) - I suspect they went through both with hydraulic bolt cutters quickly and quietly.
I rarely ride outside London these days but really enjoy my 10 mile cross town commute on motorised wheels as a change from the cycling - so I really don't need to get another 690.
Does anyone have any experience of Honda Zoomers or the Super Soco e-motorbikes? Or should I just get a 390 KTM and a big fuckoff chain?