How do I protect my motorcycle at a hotel on a road trip?

Hotel parking lots are a known hunting ground: rows of loaded touring bikes, owners asleep upstairs, and thieves who know riders check in tired and leave early. A few habits change your odds completely.

• Park in view of the front desk or lobby camera. Ask reception where the cameras cover and whether staff are on overnight — most hotels will happily point you to the best-watched spot, and some will let you park under the canopy by the entrance.
• Pick light and visibility over convenience. Near the entrance beats near your room's back door.
• Carry a packable lock. A disc lock (alarmed, ideally) weighs almost nothing; a light chain lets you lock to a post or to your riding buddy's bike.
• Use a compact cover. A covered bike is an anonymous shape — nobody knows if it's worth the risk.
• Strip the bags. Take luggage, GPS units, and anything unbolted into the room.
• Request a ground-floor room facing the lot when you can — riders have interrupted thefts just by being able to see their bike.

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