I was reading elsewhere of a common complaint:
My tax disc was stolen again a couple of weeks ago. This time instead of just taking the tax disc, the pikey kids took the entire tax disc holder. (Probably because I’d replaced the “insecure” holder with a new one that has six hex screws holding the disc in – but still only one bolt attaching the holder to the bike).
I see this sort of theft mentioned a lot, and realised that my solution after having disposed of a rusty tax-disc holder, might also have practical security deterrent advantages. It’s not a perfect deterrent, of course, but it may help.
My method:
My tax-disc is fixed to the inside of my right-hand hand guard; it’s stuck there using two side-by-side sheets of exterior-grade PVC sellotape, meant (if I remember right) for use on greenhouses.You can just make it out in this photo; not all (few?) bikes have handguards, but maybe the same idea is applicable elsewhere?
Getting it off would be possible, but the tape has a greenish tinge, is stretchy but almost untearable, strongly adhesive, and unless you are very careful to rip both strips of tape off together, you’ld tear the tax-disc messily in half.
Next year I intend to try taping it thusly:
…with three narrower strips of tape (green) snipped by four cuts into a jigsaw. That should make it very unattractive to nick. The important thing will be to cut the tape, not the tax-disc, otherwise bits of it could fall-off!
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