Anyone got a cheap alarm off ebay? any good?

[Smoto Bob]

Seen quite a few alarms on ebay.

mainly this one
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=25643&item=7922441998&rd=1

and even this one
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36796&item=7919046651&rd=1

Anyone got one or anythign like it??

All i really need is a tilt switch that make the alarm go off if the bikes moved like 5 degrees but for £24 i think its not worth bothering making one??
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[rizo-sri200]

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=25643&item=7922868013&rd=1

I was about to start a thread about alarms

Is the above one any good. i.e the remote start and engine kill???
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[Smoto Bob]

Yes and about this remote start and engine kill? how does the bike start with out the ignition on, and coudl some one else do it or something
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[Keith]

I was also looking at both of the above alarms and wondering about quality etc.

I quite like the look of the Cheetah and was tempted to bid on one the other day, but the very cheap price put me off.
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[Demonic69]

Remote start is good. You wire the alarm into the loom and can even remove the ignition barrel. It can only be started with the right fob (Apparently). Damn good unless you've got a decent immobiliser.
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[rizo-sri200]

can anyone post a wiring diagram if possible. pretty please

for how the remote start and engine kill should work?
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[Smoto Bob]

[Demonic69]

Yeah, once it's removed you're fine. AFAIK most of them come with immobilisers too, so you can't just stick your key and start without the alarm being turned off.
From what I've read before they wire into the ignition from the barrel, and from the starter button.
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[Claud 14.7 to 1]

Thing is you have to make sure the alarm doesnt sap your battery power. Some of them can, pretty quickley.

I dont know much about alarms though, just from what ive heard about bike alarms.

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[M1ke]

[Smoto Bob]

This remote start sounding like a bad idea to me

i could press the button and just ride off?

Normally alarm at least you would have to put the keys in take steering lock off, dis-arm alarm and then start the bike.
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[rizo-sri200]

i purchased this one last night. its only £25 so if the remote start dont work then its no MAJOR loss
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=25643&item=7922441998&rd=1
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[Claud 14.7 to 1]

For £25 I want one...

How easy/hard are they to fit? Someone tell me how good they are, becuause i dont want to get one, and realise its rubbish and its a waste of time.

Also is it still easy enough to jump start the bike with one of those gizmos attached?

Recon i could get one and fit it in 1 week, before i go to Uni? I could do with one there. Im crap at electrics.

[iCraig]

I'd just like to point something out, although these alarms are cheap, they offer no reduction in insurance premiums as non of them in this hread are Thatcham Approved or SoldSecure Approved.

I would spend that little bit extra and get a brand I know well like meta or Datatool and have that piece of mind that it is insurance approved, and it will knock a few quid off my insurance and set my mind at rest.

Just my

[Demonic69]

Insurance approved saves you fuckall. My thatcham approved immobiliser saved me £3!
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[Smoto Bob]

[Bomberman]

Hmmm, they look very interesting. At £25 though, it does seem a little cheap. I guess reliability is the question here, has anyone run any of the alarms mentioned here for any length of time?
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[Smoto Bob]

talking to the person on ebay about teh first one and he says

[Smoto Bob]

on a side note if we all do get alarms they normally come with stickers that you can put on them to say i have this alarm.
Anyone want to swop there sticker for teh one i get lol that would be quite smart
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[jayluvmito]

you will find that remote start on alarms generally works by starting the bike up, but you cannot drive off until you put the key in the barrel and turn the ignition on..
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[Claud 14.7 to 1]

Yeah and usually you need a bit of gas to start the engine (mine does all the time), Or choke now its getting cold. So completly useless. as you'd have to walk up to it anyway.

Yeah if i get one, some help for you Smoto would be useful. Probably not for a while now, as im off in a week.

Not enough time... to get and fit.

Usually with alarms, you pay cheap you get cheap, crap, so i dont think they will be so good. Cheap alarms give you hassle.

[G]

I was tempted by one if I'm going to be using an electric start bike to get to work.

The idea being that five minutes before I go I can start the bike from my (upstairs) office window, so it's nicely warmed up when I get there. I would just leave the choke on when I left the bike, to make sure it would start.

[Craggles]

In the words of Lee Evans...

"I don't know if you saw what I just did there... I acually started my bike before I physically acually got there."

Craig
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