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Originally Posted by tommo891
Druid what i dont understand is you wouldnt want your car without an immobiliser or alarm
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The immobiliser/alarm in the car is factory, meaning I don't have to do anything, I don't even know its there. The only time I even noticed it has an alarm is when I've locked it with the bonnet open or locked it (using the button on the key) when I'm still inside. After 5 weeks the car will still start.
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so why your bike surely bike alarms work just fine,
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but bike alarms *don't* work fine, they need plips which break, or get wet, or fall off keys. Typically leaving you stranded.
They're not 'part' of the bike so the connections invariably fail over time. Typically leaving you stranded.
They drain the battery, either killing it so you need a new one or just making it so that you cannot leave it for more than 2 weeks without a charge.
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i like the idea that if some git wants to steal my bike ive got a chance of hearing it and if not there not going anywhere fast with the immobiliser engaged, and as for my alarm if i dont set it it does it its self after 4 minutes and i cant see the hassel of pushing a button before i go riding...its your immobiliser that drops money off your insurance..
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A car you can prevent from being driven off, a bike can be lifted into the back of a van. Refrigerated vans apparently are the weapon of choice, you can't hear the alarm from outside and once in it can be dealt with at leisure. A better bet would be an alarmed disk lock, just as useful, not likely to leave you stranded.
Having had to use one for a short while it *really* annoyed me the 'hassle' of pushing a button before I go riding. It was forever plipping and bleeping and rearming and going off.
Besides, my insurance cost me £112, I almost feel embarrassed as it is without it being any cheaper.
Druid