Alarm/Immobiliser Recommendations Please

eonan

eonan

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There was a Datatool Veto Evo on the M750 and I was pretty happy with it, but has anyone any experience of Datatool's other products...the System 3 or the new S4? Or maybe another recommended manufacturer?

Cheers :)
 
They're all @@@@e - only reason to have them is because the insurance asks for them. Lock the thing to mother earth with as many very heavy very steel things as you can fit. If it's time consuming, noisy and inconvenient to fit them for you, just think how hard it will be for the scroats to remove......:) I have as many as six on each bike. Plus hard wired alarms.
 
Just strap a f@@king geet big Alsatian to it:D
 
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If you wired the shed door to the mains you would get prosecuted for killing or maiming the tealeaf. If you put razor wire over your fences and walls he will prosecute you for damaging his clothes. FFSHFSIT? :eek:
The 748 had a Meta on it and it worked perfectly for 3 years. If I had a valuable bike I would put a tracker on it.
 
after several breakins at my house a copper suggested i put carpet grip strip on the top or just under the lip of my 6ft perimiter fence. She said as anyone can get it from b&q or whereever there is no problem using it in such a way, ive notice alot of my neibhours have done this, my cats wouldntnt be too pleased tho!

Personally im not a fan of alarms, just something to go wrong, usually at the most inconvienient time.
 
Biscuitandpotato said:
after several breakins at my house a copper suggested i put carpet grip strip on the top or just under the lip of my 6ft perimiter fence. She said as anyone can get it from b&q or whereever there is no problem using it in such a way, ive notice alot of my neibhours have done this, my cats wouldntnt be too pleased tho!

Personally im not a fan of alarms, just something to go wrong, usually at the most inconvienient time.
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I will try that on my fence as the cats are using my back yard and it resembles poo city (or poo sh!tty) :eek:

The alarm is only as good as the person who fitted it IMO :)
 
rockjock620 said:
They're all @@@@e - only reason to have them is because the insurance asks for them. Lock the thing to mother earth with as many very heavy very steel things as you can fit. If it's time consuming, noisy and inconvenient to fit them for you, just think how hard it will be for the scroats to remove......:) I have as many as six on each bike. Plus hard wired alarms.
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i have to aggree with pete here, find the biggest chain u can & anchor it to the ground.

when im out on my bike im never more that 10 or 20 feet away from it, dont like leaving it alone. just in case, so i dont really need an alarm.

/ian
 
Whilst completing his PhD in South Africa a friend of mine hired a house. A chap came round to set up the electrified fence, he asked

"What do you want me to set it to, stun or kill?"

Neil being ever so English errrd "oh, errr, errr, stun please"

The bloke looked at him in amazement and said "WHAT the HELL are you going to do once they wake up!!!?, nah mate set it to kill"

So no problem over there then, the law works in your favour.
 
Chains are fine for home use, but I have to leave my bikes in public parking spaces, for lengthy periods of time every day. Whether or not an alarm/immobiliser would actually do any good I'm not sure, fortunately its never been put to the test yet...but I like knowing its going to at least make some sort of noise if someone tries.
 
eonan said:
Chains are fine for home use, but I have to leave my bikes in public parking spaces, for lengthy periods of time every day. Whether or not an alarm/immobiliser would actually do any good I'm not sure, fortunately its never been put to the test yet...but I like knowing its going to at least make some sort of noise if someone tries.
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A dog barks and takes lumps out of arms and legs :D
 
eonan said:
Chains are fine for home use, but I have to leave my bikes in public parking spaces, for lengthy periods of time every day. Whether or not an alarm/immobiliser would actually do any good I'm not sure, fortunately its never been put to the test yet...but I like knowing its going to at least make some sort of noise if someone tries.
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More Crap News did an article where they photographed guys with a van just putting a bike (with the alarm going) in the van. There were people around but nobody did anything :eek:
There are alarms that send you a text but that will only work if you are 30 seconds away! For the time, trouble and money you have spent there is only one answer
 
Niall,

I've had a few Meta alarms on bikes over the years, would do so again - they come with a little kit that lets you integrate the fob and key together :thumbs:

That way there's nothing dangling about to scratch your bike, great idea I think.
 
Trackers still mean they nick the bike. NOBODY responds to an alarm, be it a home, business or from a car. How many times has anyone on here called anybody about an alarm going off? What was the reponse? Bloody hell the plod wouldn't even respond to MrC's 999 drunk driver call the other day. Bikes can be LIFTED into a van, so immobilisers are useless. Locks prevent easy movement and your bike is more likely to be there when you return. Niall, watch out. It also seems likely that the ALMAX chain is the only one to fully resist bolt croppers, the preferred method of thieves, we had a thread on here before about chain/lock combos.
 
You can also get an alert style device that texts your mobile phone, so no range problems there, for about £60. Recently reviewed in Bike mag I think. That's worth having. That tracker stuff is quite expensive IMHO and no more secure for all that. What's the point in finding it anyway, as it will probably have been hammered, crashed, abandoned or stripped? Best not to let it go in the first place........
 
Scottch said:
Niall,

I've had a few Meta alarms on bikes over the years, would do so again - they come with a little kit that lets you integrate the fob and key together :thumbs:

That way there's nothing dangling about to scratch your bike, great idea I think.
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I had the key conversion, you have to break the Ducati key up and then put the metal bit in the fob and then plenty of araldite to keep it in place as the vibes shake it all loose:eek:
 
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Steve748 said:
I had the key conversion, you have to break the Ducati key up and then put the metal bit in the fob and then plenty of araldite to keep it in place as the vibes shake it all loose:eek:
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No idea mate, that's what the dealer is for :D
 
Steve748 said:
I had the key conversion, you have to break the Ducati key up and then put the metal bit in the fob and then plenty of araldite to keep it in place as the vibes shake it all loose:eek:
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And what happens to the transponder in the Ducati key that talks to the Ducati immobiliser?
 
Derek said:
And what happens to the transponder in the Ducati key that talks to the Ducati immobiliser?
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Not sure on that one Derek as mine was in the pre-historic days when bikes were more simple! well it was an 01 model If the transponder is a tiny battery type thing then they may have a place in the new key to hold it. It cant be too difficult!
 
Trackers are alot of money & are u are not 100% guarenteed to get ure bike back, plus theyre easy to find on bikes.

Theives just take them to a garage where the tracker is useless.

/ian
 
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