What is your opinion on bike Alarms

Is it worth the time and money to fit one?

If so how much should be spent on their beloved SV?

Will a 2.50p flashing LED fake alarm setup be as good?

My T reg plate seems to have worked so far!

cheers

[yorkie_chris]

Useless heaps, the only possible use for them is if they'll wake you and your baseball bat up.

Immobilisers also have a habit of immobilising the bike when you try to ride it, which is really annoying.

[G]

My bike generally doesnt leave my sight, if it was going to be then I would probably invest in one.

I have not had a problem with my alarm or immobilizer in the last 3 years. It was factory/shop fitted when I got the bike new.

[yorkie_chris]

I had 3 problems with mine in as many months

my bike pretty much does not leave my sight either............. it came with a datatool 3 alarm, which i have not had any problems with, but i dont think i would bother getting one fitted

[Viney]

In these times we live in, pointless. However, one day insurance co's will realise this. I had to have one fitted to my sv for insurance purposes 8 years ago. Howeverm it still works fine and dandy, and to date, never given me an once of toruble.

[tinpants]

I've got a Laserline 860 alarm and immobiliser on my ZZR1100. Its a right pain in the arris to be honest. Thing is, its factory fitted so I don't really want to start hacking away at the loom. I might cut through something important!

Largely, for the SV, the expense of an alarm doesn't justify the protection given.

Personally, I spent £30 on an alarm, fitted it myself, and it saved the bike from being stolen once. £30 well spent. Since then, just in case I didn't hear the alarm (no-one else reacted, but I ran out of the office), I've custom made my own tracking system and fitted that to the bike. I'm always reluctant to go into detail about the tracker, but I'd estimate that cost me about £80 to build, and about an hour to install.

These days, the bike doesn't cover anywhere near the distance it used to, and when I'm at work, it's parked in a very secure location (swipe card access is required to access the bay - otherwise it's completely sealed off, and is covered in CCTV constantly). That means that I rarely use the alarm (to the extent that it's no longer plugged into the indicators), but the tracker is always active.

So, is an alarm worth the cost? Well, it depends.

I don't see a point... saves me nothing on my insurance as its less then 200 quid and the bike ain't worth much either. I just work on the fact that it looks like a heap.

The other SV does have a alarm, but then thats cus I'm trying to get the remote start to kick in.