i like your thinking....anyway of electrifying them? :lol:

When i previously had my scooter a vespa 125et4, I had it nicked twice, and tampered with many times, all by local kids... but never ever had my sv touched.. I think it tends to be more organised crime with the bigger bikes.. anyway, yes the system 3 is the one to go for, is definitely the most popular but get it professionally installed. It is a bit pricey too, but worth it in the end i guess. you can also get a pager with it which will let you know if the alarm has gone off.

Unfortunately not, but hey, i can always flatten out some barbed wire and electrify that!

Even better i could wrap the carpet grippers around the electryfied barbed wire, give the suckers some pain!

Getting a bit carried away there.... :lol:

I've got one of those and what they don't tell you when you pay for it is thet the terms and conditions state you must keep the bike garaged between something like 9pm and 7am for them to cover you with this guarantee. Also the movement sensor is not adjustable and mine would not go off even if you sat on the bike and rocked it, so the guy installing it screwed it into the undertray, which made it work a lot better but now I have two screws sticking out of the undertray :? . They also don't come with a pillion seat sensor, so there's nothing stopping someone breaking that off and having a play with everything inside, they do an accessory loop though which you could wire in a 'push to make' switch under the pillion seat with, but that's something you'll need to do yourself.

As for a chain, I would definitely recommend the Almax range. Not only are they highly rated by Ride magazine but they are also very nice people to deal with. They had put their prices up the day I went to order a chain off them but they let me have what I wanted at the old price and they also let me have a second chain that I could carry around at cost price :D .

....just another product to look at.

I don't have one, so can't speak from personal experience, but Almax chains get good reviews.

http://www.almax-security-chains.co.uk/

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Go for locks and chains first mate. The more and better quality they are, the better. If you make it difficult for the scum to nick your pride and joy, they are more likely to go nick something a little less secure. Alarms/immobilisers are ok as long as YOU can hear them, 'cos most other people respond with a muttered "Bloody noise, I wish it would shut up!" Which surely it will when the scum smash the sounder or heave the bike into the back of a van!

That said, Solalarm offer the SLA 815T at a reasonable price, Thatcham approved remote alarm/immob'. Not cutting edge technology but you want something that tells YOU that your bike is being tampered with and makes it difficult for the buggers to start. This alarm will do that.

N.B. If you make it almost impossible to remove the machine PHYSICALLY, this is always a good place to start. :D

Hope this helps,

Ride safe :D

Beat you to it didn't I? :lol: They are good though.

Moved to biking issues

The Datatool Ststem £ does come with a pillion seat sensor - well mine did anyway as I had one fittied to the Blade about three weeks ago.

£250 fitted inc vat from where I work - but as that's in Northampton it's gonna be a bit far for you, sorry.

I agree that a good lock and chain, preferably with a ground anchor (or other immovable object) is a better starting point. Part of the reason for saying this is that Datatool are bringing out their next generation alarm/immobiliser (System 4.1 of something :roll: ) and you may start to find discounts on System 3's if you shop around.
We were told some time this month - so only a couple of weeks to go then! :wink:

It's horses for courses, lock/chain or alarm/immobiliers are more likely to deter joy riders, but Smar****er, Datatagging and the like are more off-putting to your more professional 'parts-breaker' thief. It's expensive to cover all the bases.

On really cheap method of a visual deterant (in addition to a lock and chain) is to fit a simple flashing LED. You can get all the parts from Maplin or a similar supplier and I've been told it's fairly simple to rig up.
After all, that's generally all you get to see of an alarm and it's highly visable at night.

Thanx for the advice for far guys (so glad i have this site for help :D )

Does anyone know if that new alarm lock from oxford is any good ?