I may have written this before, but how often do you see a $2k road bike locked up outside? I never have. That´s what you´re doing with an S&S. Almost all S&S frames are $1000 investments (at least $400 in the couplers + frame value), and usually people with that investment aren't throwing cheap components on them either.

I left mine outside only in eyes view and it was constantly on my mind, just like a $3000 anything else would have been. These just aren't bikes you leave outside. Which means they're not bikes that lend themselves well to commuting/touring in environments where theft might be a possibility, unfortunately.