Leaving a moped at airport overnight

lukegriffen

Just wondering has anyone left a bike overnight at Dublin airport ? I've got a plane to catch at rush hour next Friday & taking the moped seems the only option to ensure I get there in time, I'm back home Saturday, and wondering is there any safe-ish nooks & crannies I could park, I don't want to park in long-term car parks.
Has anyone left a bike in the short-stay car park overnight ?
Thanks in advance.

lord lucan

might get more replies in the motorbike forum;)

Hotblack Desiato

Don't do it. Very strong risk of it being stolen, vandalised or just reversed into by some clueless hit-and-run cager. The CCTV in the car parks doesn't often work (so I hear) and several high-end bikes have been stolen from there in the last while.

Steveo1983

In block A multi-story near the sliding doors beside spar theres usually has a few bikes parked up. Seems safe enuf.

Bluetonic

ninja900 wrote:

The CCTV in the car parks doesn't often work (so I hear)

I'm sure if you pop down to the car parks control building you'd be proven otherwise.

Wishbone Ash

Steveo1983 wrote:

In block A multi-story near the sliding doors beside spar theres usually has a few bikes parked up. Seems safe enuf.

Yup, I'd go with that Stevo. There are quite a few bikes parked on the ground floor of Block A. There are a few nooks and crannies around there and it's relatively safe especially near the centre mall/corridor as that area is always busy and regularly policed.

Hotblack Desiato

Bluetonic wrote:

I'm sure if you pop down to the car parks control building you'd be proven otherwise.

Well, a friend of a friend had a rather expensive BMW bike stolen from there recently and the CCTV - the camera he needed, anyway - wasn't working.

CCTV doesn't deter thieves, this has been proven time and time again.
Alarms don't deter theieves, unless you're within earshot and have a baseball bat handy.
Crowds of Joe Public don't deter thieves either, they don't give a toss about anyone fiddling with a bike, bikes are stolen from very busy areas in Dublin city centre all the time in broad daylight.
There does seem to be a gang targeting Dublin Airport for bike thefts.

saobh_ie

I wouldn't leave my bike anywhere overnight in this country save, my house, a friends house, work, or inside a ferry at sea. I would not leave it anywhere open to the public.

I carpark would probaly leave it in the airport before I'd leave it anywhere else though but I'd disappear off to the most out of the way corner of the short term carpark building. I'd suggest spending 20 minutes or so driving around the various carpark block A, B & C and finding a nice place to slot your bike in so that you could chain it to something big and heavy.

No harm in linking chains with somebody else eithier. Also consider bringing your bike cover if you have one and cover the bike up. Thieves will probaly not want to spend all the time in the world messing about.

Ham'nd'egger

You could try ring this number 1800 204010 (within Ireland). Apparantly, it's Dublin airports Parking information line...

lukegriffen

Thanks for all the replies & tips, yes it is a bit of a worry re. getting bike nicked, cctv is really only ever used/useful if someone gets attacked/murdered, no use for property being nicked. Hmm, not sure what to do.

Ford Cortina

I parked my car up in the grass with a sign "Funeral director on official business" and it was there when I came back from London.

Wishbone Ash

Hamndegger wrote:

You could try ring this number 1800 204010 (within Ireland). Apparantly, it's Dublin airports Parking information line...

8144828 is a better number - no recorded messages!