Motorcycle security

[CB ARGH]

Hey guys,

I found an excellent website for information about securing your posession! God it makes me think about how easy it would be to steal my bike (when I used to have one).

http://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/tech/anti_theft_strategies/index.html

Recommended read!

STOP THOSE BASTARDS!!! :oi-grr:

On topic question: Do you have any recommendations on motorcycle alarms?

[BOGAR]

j-Car are doing a two way pager system at the moment for under $300. Once i save up the money i am planning to get that. i has a 2k line of site range and suits me for the way i use my bike.

[crynsie]

Why does no-one mention hooking the bike up to the mains?

240v is a much better deterrent than an alarm IMHO:msn-wink:

[mowgli]

Why does no-one mention hooking the bike up to the mains?

240v is a much better deterrent than an alarm IMHO:msn-wink:

Even better, she'd be toasty warm whenever you took her for a ride.... after switching off the mains of course :dodge:

[alanzs]

j-Car are doing a two way pager system at the moment for under $300. Once i save up the money i am planning to get that. i has a 2k line of site range and suits me for the way i use my bike.

A .45 caliber handgun works much more efficiently and the flame it emits is really cool. "STEP AWAY FROM THE MACHINE" BOOM, BOOM....

Sorry, just flash-backed into an American moment, I forgot we aren't allowed to defend ourselves here... :doh:

[catdog]

j-Car are doing a two way pager system at the moment for under $300. Once i save up the money i am planning to get that. i has a 2k line of site range and suits me for the way i use my bike.
I assume you mean the 2 way car alarm on their website? Or do they have a 2 way motorbike alarm as well?

I have been contemplating getting a 2 way bike alarm, supposedly with 5km range:
http://www.motorbikealarm.co.uk/node/27

Works out to be roughly NZ$200 (including £10.00 shipping fee). Does anyone here use one of these alarms?

[James Deuce]

Motorcycle Security. No such thing. If they want it, they will steal it.

Tempered carbon steel can be made brittle with liquid nitrogen.

You've probably seen an average chap, wandering around with a thermos flask. Pour on high quality motorcycle chain, tap with something solid, bye bye motorcycle chain. Jam a small screw driver into the ingnition and break the steering lock. Load onto van.

Scan with easily bought micro dot detector. If you find RFI dots, kick it out of the van and set fire to it.

"They" have no respect for any anti-theft device you care to name. All you can do is dissuade the casual theif by locking your ignition and sticking on a disk lock.

That site is just a sales tool for a bunch of products that won't save your bike if "They" want to steal it.

[Mikkel]

Motorcycle Security. No such thing. If they want it, they will steal it.

+1

And if they can't steal it, but want it anyway, they would have no objections to having you hand over your possessions at gun-point...

[Biggles2000]

My HD has quite a good security system. If you unplug the alarm the computer still knows that the alarm should be there and won’t run the bike. A HD dealer can re-program the thing, but most crims won’t have access to one of these things.

Anyway if the crims want the bike they can have it, its insured. If they threaten me well...... I’m ex military.

[pyrocam]

I'm getting an alarm of sorts fitted, the biggest issue with my style of bike is there is no where to put it!

I think what it comes down to, is how much deterrent you have VS how much they want your bike.

disklock is going to stop some kid rolling it away
chaining to an object is going to stop his bigger brother putting the wheel on a skateboard and rolling it away
an obvious alarm will deter thieves
less so perhaps a immobilizer

you should put more deterrent on the more attractive your bike looks to bring it down to a 'too hard' pile for thieves.

it doesnt have to be impossible to defeat. just harder than the next bike

[James Deuce]

My HD has quite a good security system. If you unplug the alarm the computer still knows that the alarm should be there and won’t run the bike. A HD dealer can re-program the thing, but most crims won’t have access to one of these things.

Oh really?

If an HD dealer can do it, and organised bike theft gang can do it too.

ESPECIALLY if they are after HD product.

[Biggles2000]

If they can get their hands on the HD downloading package and its hardware key well good on them. Its insured...