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timwilky · 05-01-12, 04:38 PM

If you must have an alarm, have an alarmed disc lock.

Insurance companies only recognise approved installer cat 3 alarms. Despite most owners knowing more about their bike electrics than the cowboys working for the install companies/dealers etc. It is a racket, high cost and limited suppliers end of.

They do not save all that much to be of any use. My comprehensive insurance is £92 are they going to reduce it any more because I also have an alarm. I doubt it would be anything like the £300+ that most installers want. So simply not worth it.

The benefit of the disc lock is that if it gets upset and refuse to disengage, it does not leave you stuck in the middle of nowhere. You simply take it off and throw it away. Having to strip out 20 wires work out what the pillock installer has done and undo his messing etc when all you have is a craft knife and a roll of insulating tape an alarm going mad and a copper looking at you suspecting you are trying to nick your own bike is not fun.

05-01-12, 04:38 PM	#10
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: Bike alarm/immobiliser? If you must have an alarm, have an alarmed disc lock. Insurance companies only recognise approved installer cat 3 alarms. Despite most owners knowing more about their bike electrics than the cowboys working for the install companies/dealers etc. It is a racket, high cost and limited suppliers end of. They do not save all that much to be of any use. My comprehensive insurance is £92 are they going to reduce it any more because I also have an alarm. I doubt it would be anything like the £300+ that most installers want. So simply not worth it. The benefit of the disc lock is that if it gets upset and refuse to disengage, it does not leave you stuck in the middle of nowhere. You simply take it off and throw it away. Having to strip out 20 wires work out what the pillock installer has done and undo his messing etc when all you have is a craft knife and a roll of insulating tape an alarm going mad and a copper looking at you suspecting you are trying to nick your own bike is not fun. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.