View Full Version : Which Alarmed disc lock?
Best to ask those who've experience really! What's the best one at a reasonable price (£30-£40) that isn't prone to false alarms etc. I've heard the Xenas are good?
None.
You will forget at some point, and you will trash disk, caliper, mudguard and/or lock.
Xena's are good. They're quite hard on batteries though. I'd get the best one you can afford and make sure it will fit your bike before buying.
If you try to ride away without first taking off the lock the alarm will activate (unless the battery is dead!).
That's what I would have thought, and I have a reminder cord from a crappy oxford one I have anyway which i'd use to stop me forgetting. I have to wheel the bike out of storage before I can ride away anyway so can't just ride off with it on.
rictus01
11-01-09, 07:23 PM
you might be interested in this (http://www.busters-accessories.co.uk/clearance/productinfo/901785/Security/Special-Offers/Xena/Xena-Disc-Lock-Reminder-Offer)
HTH
Cheers Mark.
That'll do lovely, is it any good and will it fit a pointy K5?
Is this a typo? Don't see why this XR1 is £20 cheaper than the other XR1 on the site?? Is it an old model or something? http://www.busters-accessories.co.uk/productInfo.aspx?catRef=XXR1C
rictus01
11-01-09, 09:59 PM
Apart from one being in the clearance section and the colour I've no idea, perhaps you're right and it's last years model, but hey I'd save the money and get the cheaper one myself.
chakraist
11-01-09, 10:07 PM
None.
You will forget at some point, and you will trash disk, caliper, mudguard and/or lock.
+1 - I would never bother with a disk lock. If someone wanted to nick your bike, they wouldn't care about smashing a disc too much, and it would be more expense if recovered.
Yes but the bike is directly beneath me and i'd hear the alarm from the bedroom window. It's more for that than the lock. I've got a ground anchor and almax chain for the immobilizing bit
Dave20046
12-01-09, 12:14 PM
Smashing the disk? That's too much work. Almost all of the thefts round here are too heavy's chucking ya bike in the back of a freezer van. Alarmed or not, disk locked or not. Disk locks are okay to use in addition, but make sure you're using in conjunction with a chain (like almax).
Edit - just read your last post - you could get a decent garage alarm instead? You can get infrared ones with remotes for £30
Last night my other bike was stolen. Within a couple of hours of me taking the disk lock off. They broke into the front of the apartment block, pulled the locked doors free and wheeled it out the front door. I put the lock on my SV which turned out to be a good move and then blocked it in with my car up against the wall in my allocated space in the gated undercroft car park. Almax chain is arriving tomorrow but i'm not risking them coming back tonight if they caught view of the SV so it's going elsewhere.
I'm not sure about an garage alarm as the bike store can be used by other residents. Think it would have to be a disc lock alarm, would probably be the most applicable. It's only to give me an audible warning anyway, the Almax & ground anchor would be the actual prevention. Failing that I can chain the bike in front of my car to a steel I beam in the car park, which would be better?
I've got the Xena XZ1, which I find fine as a basic disc lock and alarm. As others have said, if you move the bike before taking the lock off the alarm will sound, so it's unlikely you'd try riding it away with it still on, but I also use a cord thing that goes from the disk lock to the handlebars as an extra reminder.
At home, the bike also chained to a ground anchor and the shed it's in is connected to the house alarm, so it's only as an extra and to get attention if I'm out somewhere and somebody messes with the bike (I don't normally carry the chain).
How about a zone alarm instead?? They any good? http://www.xenasecurity.co.uk/product/pir/XA801/eng/ I could use this as I could let other residents know the code to use the bike garage. Only thing is though as it's an all in one, wouldn't the thief just grab it and smash it on the ground before it went off??
I have a few Xena jobs as part of my security, two disc locks and an alarm chain by them. If anything you have to be bloody quick getting the things off with a key in time to stop them going off. I don't think you'd have a chance to bust one before it starts squarking.
malongworth
14-01-09, 02:41 PM
+1 - I would never bother with a disk lock. If someone wanted to nick your bike, they wouldn't care about smashing a disc too much, and it would be more expense if recovered.
valid point but i live a bit of a rough part and more than once i've had B-stars trying to smash my oxford disc lock off and failed.
altho i would recomend that only one front disc lock wont be enough as twice now me bike has been dragged down the road by people picking it up by the hadlebars so now i hav a lock on both wheels.
I was talking about a zone alarm though, wireless one like the one in the link, it takes 15 seconds to go off so you can enter a code but wouldn't they just pull it off the wall and chuck it on the floor??
tony_sv650sy
17-01-09, 07:32 PM
more than once i've had B-stars trying to smash my oxford disc lock off and failed.
What oxford disc lock was it? Last time i had my bike nicked they removed 2 Oxford Titan disc locks of the front discs and an Oxford HD chain, then wheeled the bike away.
Dangerous Dave
18-01-09, 10:22 AM
None, no one takes any notice of alarms anymore. Buy yourself a decent chain and lock the bike against something solid.
I've already got that covered. Got Almax chain, Squire padlock and Luma ground anchor. Just wanted to go the extra mile, I'd certainly take notice of the alarm and I would be able to hear it from bed too
Yes but the bike is directly beneath me and i'd hear the alarm from the bedroom window. It's more for that than the lock. I've got a ground anchor and almax chain for the immobilizing bit
None, no one takes any notice of alarms anymore. Buy yourself a decent chain and lock the bike against something solid.
I think sauluk wants an alarm for his own benefit, so he can hear it if someone tampers with the bike and stop them before it's too late. It's already chained to something.
Dangerous Dave
18-01-09, 11:24 AM
I think sauluk wants an alarm for his own benefit, so he can hear it if someone tampers with the bike and stop them before it's too late. It's already chained to something.
Aye, didn't see that bit sorry. Just remember the lock contains batteries.
Yeah, I think mine came with a set of batteries in, and a spare set. The set in it were virtually flat already, but the spare set I replaced them with have been in for about 9 months to a year now and still work.
rictus01
18-01-09, 07:45 PM
got my tech 7 one now and use it, well loud enough, and I can hear it from the living room, neat solution to the problem.
Cheers Mark.
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