Tracker, alarm or neither?

[Gazza77]

I'm in the process of changing bikes, and have been asked by the dealer if I'd like any additional security devices fitting. The options I have been given are a Datatool Tracker system or a Datatool S4 alarm/immobiliser. I can see disadvantages and advantages to both, as with having neither fitted.

The bike is kept in a bikesafe, and is chained up and bolted to it, so I'd like to hope is relatively secure at home. My concern is more for security when out and about, when carrying a big chain about isn't so practical.

Thoughts people?

I would go for the alarm but you never get the spend back. I wouldn't be fussed it it was not offered as an option.

[Mr Speirs]

I wouldn't have either. Spend money and make your bike hard to steal. If someone wants it enough they will get it and an alarm or tracker aren't going to stop them.

Can't see the point of an alarm, everybody ignores it anyway. I asked a couple of years ago at insurance renewal for a quote with and without an alarm and I think the difference was about 20 quid if that. Could always get one of the disk locks with an alarm.
I commute to work and have locks at home and where I work, just need to find something to leave them attached to.

Originally Posted by GagginForraPint

Can't see the point of an alarm, everybody ignores it anyway. I asked a couple of years ago at insurance renewal for a quote with and without an alarm and I think the difference was about 20 quid if that. Could always get one of the disk locks with an alarm.
I commute to work and have locks at home and where I work, just need to find something to leave them attached to.

Hint hint Hefty alarmed disc lock. Can leave the chain at home

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=160731

[G]

Depends where you leave it when your out I guess.

I wouldn't bother with any of it... I've only ever seen them cause problems.

Agree with the concensus here. Did a fair bit of research before I bought my bike and came to the conclusion a top security related disc lock was as good an option as any. Unlikely to screw up electrically, keep a spare set of keys and don't forget the twisty reminder cable.

Easy, portable and tough just like ex girlfriend I had once.

They do seem to cause a lot of electrical gremlins, if you really want one, just get an immobiliser.
I dont really leave my bike out of my reach so hopefully ill always be close should someone try and steal it.
**Touching wood** bikes like mine arent as desirable for thieves as sports type bikes, so hopefully they will choose someone elses, well you know what i mean.

[Gazza77]

Interestingly, I've just done some insurance comparisons for the new steed. Using Go Compare, I found the following quotes to be the cheapest.

• No security - £365
• Thatcham Cat 1 alarm fitted - £365
• Almax Series 3 chain & Squire Lock - £365
• Xena XN15 alarmed disc lock - £351

Interesting...

I had a datatool alarm on my last bike, it came with it and it was just a pain in the neck if anything.
If you want to move/wash/ride/fill up with petrol/sit on/take off battery/do anything apart from leave the bike in one spot youve got to change the alarm so it doesnt go off.
I was always forgetting it and setting it off myself, no one ever questioned whether it was mine. Lets face it, a car alarm goes off in a car park, who really runs up to the bloke next to it and questions them whether its their vehicle or whether they are trying to steal it? Not even traffic wardens or coppers.
In the end i was always setting the alarm to a setting where you can move it around and do anything as per normal and the alarm wont go off but as soon as you turn the ignition it goes off, but that was through a series of buttons on the alarm. I certainly wont be getting another, theyre more hassle than anything.