Recommend me a motorbike alarm!

[allantheboss]

Don't need top-of the range, but I hate having to remember things so maybe an automatic proximity-unlocker would be good if that exists.

Who has what alarm installed, and what do they think of it?

[Red Herring]

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[Bibio]

more to go wrong. nobody pays the slightest bit of attention to the going off so whats the point. if they want your bike they will have it.

[DarrenSV650S]

I've got a Xena alarmed disc lock. I wouldn't get one wired to my bike

[JM2]

All these three recommendations are the way to go.
- I particularly like the rot.


Don't wire in anything fancy - it *will* let you or another owner down.
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[ethariel]

Yay alarms, 400 quid to fit if you pau for it, save 8 quid a year on insurance and drive yourseld nuts if you get gusts over 30 knots.....

Immobilizer and a big chain/ground anchor - almax if you can afford it (landmines are a personal preference but regrettably illegal)

[L3nny]

I've bought 2 bikes with alarms, both have malfunctioned and left me stranded so had them removed. Don't bother.

[dkid]

I've got a Xena alarmed disc lock. I wouldn't get one wired to my bike


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[Red Herring]

Don't some insurance companies still insist on alarms being fitted?

[allantheboss]

I've got a Xena alarmed disc lock. I wouldn't get one wired to my bike

This is what I was thinking. Then I don't have to press buttons EVERY time I get on my bike, I can just activate overnight.


Don't wire in anything fancy - it *will* let you or another owner down.
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The paradigm, it seems..

Yay alarms, 400 quid to fit if you pau for it, save 8 quid a year on insurance and drive yourseld nuts if you get gusts over 30 knots.....

Immobilizer and a big chain/ground anchor - almax if you can afford it (landmines are a personal preference but regrettably illegal)

I know, that's why I don't have one currently fitted. I've had a terrible experience with one on my SV and declared "never again!" but I am moving to Rome, where bike thefts are much more common, and I can't stick a ground anchor into a public road. The bike will be on a heavily used public road and I will need something more than a heavy chain or disc lock.

I've bought 2 bikes with alarms, both have malfunctioned and left me stranded so had them removed. Don't bother.

Story of my SV and datatool.... :(

[L3nny]

Just ride around on a scooter with no helmet on like the locals do.

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When in Rome

[Nutsinatin]

Unless you're young like me and they make a stupendous difference to your insurance you're better of with physical locks like a chain, disk lock or ground anchor, they don't call you when they get lonely!