immobilisers

Doesn't look like the bike comes with an immobiliser as standard. Well used to it. How much would that be to fit that? Any ideas. Or do you all just use a disc lock?

[dizzyblonde]

I use a gigantic disk lock, an 'onguard' thatcham approved one. In fact its so heavy it looks like it was made for a tank!!! not too big though....yorkiechris was impressed yesterday with it. I have a meta alarm/immobiliser on one of my SV's but to be honest I only activate the alarm when I'm at work, because they really drain the battery

[timwilky]

My cheap £25 cyclone alarm, has a feed that is live when the alarm is off. I use this to power a relay that I have inserted into the ignition switched live. That way turning on the alarm, immobilises the bike. It also means I have a take off point for any other accessories that I wish to be ignition powered.

I also have a cyclone alarm cost about ?24 inc p+p which does the job a lot cheaper and probably just as well as the dearer options.Obviously as well as the disc lock and chain.If they really want to nick it they will and no amount of security will stop them just makes it a bit more difficult.Having had a bike nicked with datatagging, datatool alarm and heavy sold secure chain and disc lock secured to a very nice lamp post.I wouldn't spend the money unless forced to.The insurance discount is hardly worth it TBH £30 discount for a £300 alarm.

It's worth remembering that a professionally fitted alarm (with immobiliser) can save you money in the long run on your insurance ('specially as a new rider with no NCD) - many companies require one before they'll cover you

[northwind]

Immobilises are bo***cks. IMO What do they achieve? Nobody rides bikes away, they go in a van. The only thing they're good for is if you leave the keys in the ignition, or if you keep the immobiliser tab on a different key bunch you can lose one and not the other and nobody can ride off on teh bike. Big deal.

Alarms can be a different story, but I was very glad to see the back of my immobiliser, as far as I can tell they have only 2 purposes- 1) to give you an extra thing to lose, and 2) to give you an extra thing to go wrong.

When mine eventually got sent off to the big skip in the sky, I phoned up Carole Nash to advise them I no longer had an immobiliser, and you know how much difference it made to the policy? ?7 a year.

i have a datatool alarm/imoboliser combo, very good, easy to use. alarm is hyper senstive which is good.

I'm with Northwind on this one. My view is if the insurance company demand an alarm/immobiliser be fitted then find a different insurance company. Carole Nash is who I'm with, and when I enquired about the difference in premium on my old Daytona 955i they told me it made none at all. I had a Gemini immobiliser fail and leave me coasting with a dead engine in lane 3 of the M1 one dark evening with traffic all around me, that got ripped out by the AA man on the hard shoulder and slung over the nearest hedge.

I wouldn't fit one, but I'll suffer them on used bikes I buy for as long as they work and then when they pack up they get thrown in the bin. I've removed three from previous bikes because of this - all of them Datatool System 3s. I hate the things.

Originally Posted by northwind

Immobilises are bo***cks. IMO What do they achieve? Nobody rides bikes away, they go in a van.

I have no faith in alarms, immobs or disc locks for the reason northwind gives, and unless a heavy duty cable/chain and lock are used in conjunction with a immovable object, they're useless. However, where do you put such a chain/ cable on a SV650 to use when you are out and about? Anyone?

I thought about data tagging the bike and have been told I could save money by buying off ebay. This is only useful when the bike has been nicked at which point the data tagging is only any good if found by the Police.

So since May 2007, when I bought my bike, it's either locked up in the garage or not parked up out of sight.

I'm not a fan of alarms/immobilisers, unless they are fitted as standard by the manufacturer. If not they end to be unreliable and kill the electrics.

My R6 has YISS, which i guess is a rip off of HISS.