The biggest thing with security to me is deciding what the threat is. Some street kid in Morocco wants your GPS or helmet, not the the bike. People in Colombia or Southern Africa who want the bike just show you their gun and you give them it (not that many do). There just isn't the layer upon layer of scum ranging from liquid nitrogen equipped steal to order types down to druggies who'll just take what can be picked up with zero effort like you'd get in say London.
In London I use a huge chain to fasten the frame of the bike to the chain down points the councils provide, I leave nothing on it and never use the ignition lock (scum will screwdriver the ignition then set to work on the big chain which only a few will be able to break). Overnight the cover keeps idiots guessing.
In places like Morocco I simply carry away anything that might be useful like cameras and GPS and leave the bike secured with a disc lock that'll blow the minds of the sort of people who might fancy a quick ride round the block at your expense.
I always try and have one more level of security than the next blokes bike (sorry, it works). I don't do electronic alarms as these are the biggest single cause of vehicle breakdowns in the western world.
Andy
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