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Old 24-03-05, 11:40 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by hall13uk
there ok but most of them are just a box which is dropped into your bike so once it is taken apart who ever spots it will lob it away sharpish! on the up side it will lower your insurance but its likley the tracker will cost more than the disount on insurance. i guess it's a peace of mind thing.
I think you're missing the idea of a Tracker.

Agreed, they're probably more effective on a car where they can be hidden easily, and are difficult to remove. Yes, they're also expensive, but no more so than a quality alarm if you can ignore the maintenance fee. I must admit, I wouldn't bother fitting one to an SV, it's not a valuable bike when compared with the premium marques.

Consider this: my mate recently had his Ducati 748S stolen from outside the front of his house, from right under his bedroom window where he was sleeping.

If he'd had a tracker, they'd have tried to contact him immediately. If they then couldn't contact him within 30 minutes, the Police would've been called, and given immediate information on the location and direction of the bike. There would have been information about when it was stolen, where it was taken, and even though the bike is now probably dismantled and they would have found any tracker installed (there wasn't by the way), then it would've been too late anyway, the authorities would know where the vehicle was.

He may have had a bike in bits, but he'd had have satisfaction that the chances of the thieves being caught were much higher.

Trackers are silent, and you are advised that under no circumstances should you advertise the fact that you have one fitted to your vehicle. Even when they fit it, you're not supposed to know where it's located, and they generally do so beneath a tent just to make sure.

So... there you go.
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