bike security

[Jenna]

with a thread in another section about Datatag it got me wondering about all the different 'after market' forms of bike security and wondered what people have used and if they thought it was worth the money or just a con.???????

Kymmy has 'Datatag' on the GPZ and it seams ok and its cheap at £30 but do people bother to look for this sorta thing if a bike is nicked???...

Were just about to chuck a bit cash on a project bike and the last thing i want is it trashed by kids or stolen and never seen again!!!

[Hagrid]

with a thread in another section about Datatag it got me wondering about all the different 'after market' forms of bike security and wondered what people have used and if they thought it was worth the money or just a con.???????

Kinda an un-quantifiable thing to judge really init Jen...

I have the Datatag and a few obvious stickers saying so on the Bike and as far as I know, no-ones even tried to 'borrow' her...

I must say though, I do have the Datatool S3-C1 'Red' Alarm fitted as well, which also shows a nice red LED on the dash...

Maybe that helps as a deterrent (just wire in a LED?), but personally I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving her anywhere without knowing if anyone even just breaths to hard close to her, she's gonna start screaming!

On another note, I always try to cover her when suitable to do so... The 'Out of Site' thing... Also I always put her on the centre stand (maybe a little reverse psychology, but if she looks enormous, then maybe no little slippery handed gimp under 5'8" gonna even try and even get on her... Maybes )

Anyway's, what's the project Bike

[squirrelciv]

Not anything I've ever had to consider, and if you've seen my bikes you'll know why

That said, after what happened to my brother-in-laws centenary Harley, I wouldn't bother. It had every type of security devise fitted,including a tilt alarm, two ground anchors, was in a locked garage behind a locked metal gate and the buggers still had it away

I always try to just chain it to the biggest imovable object I can find which is in plain view of the rest of the world and so far I'm only down a set of Honda valve caps

[Hagrid]

That said, after what happened to my brother-in-laws centenary Harley, I wouldn't bother. It had every type of security devise fitted,including a tilt alarm, two ground anchors, was in a locked garage behind a locked metal gate and the buggers still had it away

Hey, u'll never ever stop the Pro that wants your Bike... (And it sounds like your BIL's was to order...)

Fortunately though they're in the minority... And simple deterrents should deter the little scrotes (I nearly typed 'Scots' there whoops, freudian slip? ), that just wanna TWOC it for a laugh...

[Sohoeasy]

Jenna,One bike I had that was repetedly hot wired and stolen was my RD400 Yam.I found the perfect deterrent purely by chance.The bike never ran too well and I was always fidlin' with the carbs to keep it sweet.When I had got used to the perfect settings to keep it running I also found the perfect setting to stop it from firing up ! So there you have it. You can stop the kids but if Pro's want it they WILL take it and now't will stop them.Iv'e been told that ordinary chain from a builder merchant is just as good as the £150 jobs ! ... ?

[Dee Duble Yuh]

The best deterrent is to own a bike nobody else wants. That's why squirrelciv's is safe!

[Jenna]

lol, i think are a group of people that actually wick nick anything even if its worth nicking or not.

certainly you will never stop the nicked to order maggots ether as they have just as good equipment to pink your bike as you have to stop them... its more the opportunist tea-leaf that worries me.

Cant fit an alarm as the bike is going to be as basic as possible on the electrics front, I hate cars with alarms built in at the best of times but on a race bike thats a no no.

Data dot, sticky water, and trackers?.. all that seams to be more a case of making the Scroats life hard but then hes already got your bike so to some extent its not much use.

.... maybe i might bungee timber to the seat and tell him to kill anyone that come near ( umm can you be cuddled to death?)...

[DaveS]

Well my take is that you chuck every basic deterrent you can at it, such as leaving the engine stop switch the wrong way, fuel off, steering lock, use a chain, etc...
But I would then I would also fit some sort of tracking device.

I'm not sure about the mobile phone trackers as they really are crap at working out where you are. I track the kids mobile phones and they really are crap they can only give you about a .5 mile radius and say that you're probably in the outside of that radius. So it gets you close but not close enough in a built up area.
You need some sort of GPS tracking device really.

But as it happens I have an alarm, and use a lock wherever I can.

[Chad]

Well my take is that you chuck every basic deterrent you can at it, such as leaving the engine stop switch the wrong way, fuel off, steering lock, use a chain, etc...
But I would then I would also fit some sort of tracking device.

I'm not sure about the mobile phone trackers as they really are crap at working out where you are. I track the kids mobile phones and they really are crap they can only give you about a .5 mile radius and say that you're probably in the outside of that radius. So it gets you close but not close enough in a built up area.
You need some sort of GPS tracking device really.

But as it happens I have an alarm, and use a lock wherever I can.

to be quite honest the best way is a big chain and a disk lock alarms seem to cause more problems than prevent theft the varas got smartwater on it whatever the feck that is but these things will never get your bike back maybe just a random part lock it down as best you can cos if the ****e bags want it they wil get it somehow

you could try locking a pitbull with aids to the bike one with a real hate for scrotes

[doglegdon]

I know there are pros & cons to bike alarms, but has anyone any preference to type, model and features, at a reasonable price?