UCSD Parking Permit

[247BlackOut]

I was having a conversation with Lan at the PC show talking about different ways ppl put their permits on their bikes. I also noticed there was one rider who laminated their permit and hooked it on to the rear seat cowl.

Anyone ever have any problems with someone stealing their parking permit? And where do you guys slap your permits on your bikes?

[longhornGSXR]

i had a g/f that went to UCSD and I would always park my bike there w/o a permit but that besides the point. My license plate was stolen then about a week later my whole bike was F ing gone. i dont trust that campus at all anymore. Never recovered the bike either. it was an Erion 929. Was a nice bike...good luck

[DontBreakAgain]

UCSD requires parking permits?? I'm sorry dude...

[j6shin]

Yea... there are many places that you can park w/o a permit, this one guy that worked at eaop showed me a couple... but id rather pay it and park in pc in the mornings....
I put my permit on my front forks... used to have on fender...

Longhorn, that sucks... what time of day and where was it parked???

[iygnitna]

yea, what joe said. just pay for the permit, it's relatively cheap compared to the car permit. well, a lot cheaper. and i definitely would not park my bike anywhere else but in front of the financial aid office. too many bikes go missing on campus. and parking in gilman is not exactly safe. ain't that bad during week days when the sun's up, but overnight or weekends, i dunno, wouldn't leave bike there.

[dLo GSR]

i have an S permit since i alternate between my car and bike, and it's laminated. i just lock it onto my clutch cable coming off the clutch lever with a gym lock haha.

on my old ninja i had the M-permit sticker on my chain guard.

[sKwiD]

I have mine on the tail and I must say it looks pretty ugly there.

Write down your M-Parking # so that if your permit gets stolen you can search around the M parkings for it later (and tip over the bike that has it). :ha:

[Birdie_Danger]

So the bike show was indeed this past Tuesday...grrrr! I'm so mad at myself. So you spoke with Lan huh? I met her radomly at Pangea parking structure a couple weeks ago... Did you know her before? So yeah, I slap my sticker on the side of my bike...it's not where its supposed to go, but I think i could get away with it. It sticks pretty well to the bike. If someone were to rip it off, I'd think the sticker would become all teared up...so it's all good.

[BontaKun]

I had my laminated back in the day with a hole on it so I could zip tie it to whatever bike I was riding for the day. I used to zip tie it somewhere to my rear fender but that was before I had that ish taken off so I don't know where I'd put it now.

As for people stealing my parking permit, never had a prob with that. But seriously now, if you can't afford a Motorcycle permit and you go to UCSD, you might as well give up on life now because trust me, it gets harder that this.

[247BlackOut]

I didn't know you can use your S permit for your bike. O_o

[krasiejay]

I put my SDSU permit on a thin sheet metal plate. It's a little bigger than the permit, and has a hole punched in it. When I put on my disk brake lock, I push the locking pin through the hole on the sheet metal too. I don't have to worry about anybody stealing it or have any stickies left on my bike. But...sometimes I forget it at home

[UhOhErk]

I didn't know you can use your S permit for your bike. O_o

Im thinking the same thing also... cause I bought both!!!!!

[dLo GSR]

Im thinking the same thing also... cause I bought both!!!!!

yup. they just laminate the S permit for you and punch a hole through it so you can lock it to your bike.

[Captain G Force]

even if you pay, center hall/front of bursars office is still the crappiest place to park. too crowded, people hit your bike and they still get stolen from there because there are just so many and the access is easy. i havent paid for a permit in two and a half years and have only gotten one ticket when i rode my girlfriends bike with an old permit attached. just find the motorcycle parking that is closer to your class and move it after every class, and you will never get a ticket. the parking ninjas dont check that often anyway...

[longhornGSXR]

Yea... there are many places that you can park w/o a permit, this one guy that worked at eaop showed me a couple... but id rather pay it and park in pc in the mornings....
I put my permit on my front forks... used to have on fender...

Longhorn, that sucks... what time of day and where was it parked???


It was in the middle of the day on a weekday...:silenced:

[Roadrage]

Really, we have to have parking permits? I don't think I've seen one on a bike at UCSD. Then again, I'm only there after 5pm. Hmmmm, better check it out. I know for cars, it's a $40 ticket.

[Averagejock]

I work for the university (Librarian Assistant) and have some contacts at the Parking office. The unoffical word is that checking bike parking is a SUPER low priority.

Bike parking is not in high demands (lots always ahve room) and checking the bikes is very inefficient use of time. In the time it takes to check 20 bikes at one bike lot, that Parking ninja couldve checked a car lot of 200 cars and hopefully issued more revenue generating tickets. BUT...

The other day I finally got my first no-permit $40 ticket. Soooo, they do ticket. Thats the deal. Feel free to play the odds however you want - mybe youll come out ahead.

[Roadrage]

The young lady in the Extension office told me that after 5pm bikes didn't require a permit. Was she mistaken?

[UhOhErk]

After 5 pm i doubt they have the resources allocated to checking bikes.... and if they do ther are freaking bastards