Tukeirt Break Lock

[Reguam]

I bought the Tukeirt Break Lock a while back for when I am touring and staying at hotels but have not used it yet. I have a trip coming up on the 10th going up 101 N from the Bay Area to Crescent City, then circling through Southern Oregon and coming back down on the 5. This was going to be my first use of the break lock but I wanted to check AI's opinion of this device and it came with a no recommendation related to potential break damage. If Interested in seeing the long list of concerns it had, I ran it through Gemini.

 

[wspollack]

I bought the Tukeirt Break Lock a while back for when I am touring and staying at hotels but have not used it yet. I have a trip coming up on the 10th going up 101 N from the Bay Area to Crescent City, then circling through Southern Oregon and coming back down on the 5. This was going to be my first use of the break lock but I wanted to check AI's opinion of this device and it came with a no recommendation related to potential break damage. If Interested in seeing the long list of concerns it had, I ran it through Gemini.

Well, on the plus side:

- The Tukeirt Brake Lock is better than nothing.

- Its 77% five-star rating on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Tukeirt-Adjusted-Motorcycle-Handlebar-Lock/dp/B07ZK2YK91/), with hundreds of reviews, speaks well of it.

- And no matter how much you spend and how theoretically secure a bike is, a burly gang of thieves, with a power cut-off grinder and a waiting van, can take any bike.

On the down side:

- I remember reading some of those reviews in the past, and just refreshed myself. Some of the negative reviews talk of a pin falling out, the rubber lining falling off, and some marks on the grip.

Me, back in 2024 I made my first overnight trip on my C 400 GT, and I got a regular lock, i.e., NOT a slide-the-disc-rotor-inside-of-it kind (which, according to LockPickingLawyer and others, are subject to quick brute-force destruction).

The one I got is this Oxford, which I bought at Revzilla (https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/oxford-boss-disc-lock?sku_id=954764), shown here on my bike:



(And I had some "Zilla Cash" in my account at the time.)

That's sort of a compromise, as I didn't want to buy one of the half-dozen or so seriously grinder-resistant locks, which run from $300 - $400. (There are some good articles on those, mostly from on-line bicycle magazines, regarding how long and how many batteries a grinder needs to cut through each one.)

One thing I can recommend without reservation: ask at a motel's front desk if you can park under the typical canopy of an entrance. This usually puts the bike in an area of relatively high pedestrian traffic, is well lit, is usually in sight of a front desk, and also keeps the bike drier in the event of rain.

For instance, they let me do this at the motel that I always stay at when visiting family in Asheville, NC:



Have fun on your trip!

 

[Reguam]

Well, on the plus side:

- The Tukeirt Brake Lock is better than nothing.

- It's 77% five-star rating on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Tukeirt-Adjusted-Motorcycle-Handlebar-Lock/dp/B07ZK2YK91/), with hundreds of reviews, speaks well of it.

- And no matter how much you spend and how theoretically secure a bike is, a burly gang of thieves, with a power cut-off grinder and a waiting van, can take any bike.

On the down side:

- I remember reading some of those reviews in the past, and just refreshed myself. Some of the negative reviews talk of a pin falling out, the rubber lining falling off, and some marks on the grip.

Me, back in 2024 I made my first overnight trip on my C 400 GT, and I got a regular lock, i.e., NOT a slide-the-disc-rotor-inside-of-it kind (which, according to LockPickingLawyer and others, are subject to quick brute-force destruction).

The one I got is this Oxford, which I bought at Revzilla (https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/oxford-boss-disc-lock?sku_id=954764), shown here on my bike:

View attachment 6351

(And I had some "Zilla Cash" in my account at the time.)

That's sort of a compromise, as I didn't want to buy one of the half-dozen or so seriously grinder-resistant locks, which run from $300 - $400. (There are some good articles on those, mostly from on-line bicycle magazines, regarding how long and how many batteries a grinder needs to cut through each one.)

One thing I can recommend without reservation: ask at a motel's front desk if you can park under the typical canopy of an entrance. This usually puts the bike in an area of relatively high pedestrian traffic, is well lit, is usually in sight of a front desk, and also keeps the bike drier in the event of rain.

For instance, they let me do this at the motel that I always stay at when visiting family in Asheville, NC:

View attachment 6352

Have fun on your trip!

Well, on the plus side:

- The Tukeirt Brake Lock is better than nothing.

- It's 77% five-star rating on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Tukeirt-Adjusted-Motorcycle-Handlebar-Lock/dp/B07ZK2YK91/), with hundreds of reviews, speaks well of it.

- And no matter how much you spend and how theoretically secure a bike is, a burly gang of thieves, with a power cut-off grinder and a waiting van, can take any bike.

On the down side:

- I remember reading some of those reviews in the past, and just refreshed myself. Some of the negative reviews talk of a pin falling out, the rubber lining falling off, and some marks on the grip.

Me, back in 2024 I made my first overnight trip on my C 400 GT, and I got a regular lock, i.e., NOT a slide-the-disc-rotor-inside-of-it kind (which, according to LockPickingLawyer and others, are subject to quick brute-force destruction).

The one I got is this Oxford, which I bought at Revzilla (https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/oxford-boss-disc-lock?sku_id=954764), shown here on my bike:

View attachment 6351

(And I had some "Zilla Cash" in my account at the time.)

That's sort of a compromise, as I didn't want to buy one of the half-dozen or so seriously grinder-resistant locks, which run from $300 - $400. (There are some good articles on those, mostly from on-line bicycle magazines, regarding how long and how many batteries a grinder needs to cut through each one.)

One thing I can recommend without reservation: ask at a motel's front desk if you can park under the typical canopy of an entrance. This usually puts the bike in an area of relatively high pedestrian traffic, is well lit, is usually in sight of a front desk, and also keeps the bike drier in the event of rain.

For instance, they let me do this at the motel that I always stay at when visiting family in Asheville, NC:

View attachment 6352

Have fun on your trip!

I kind of bought it based on the reviews. Seemed like a solid choice. I could not get the Oxford fast enough so settled on something similar, perhaps a little lesser quality, so thanks for the information. Love the Victory. Made me miss my Grand America.

 

[Paul332]

After reading about the tukeirt brake lock on here bought one, found it useful in two ways, it acts like an hand brake on the C400x (don't understand why BMW didn't fit one as standard) and because it's adjustable use it on the Z650rs so for me best of both worlds.
Big thanks to you all for putting me onto this.