Security

[Marcg868]

Well after the attempted theft of my bike last night I need some security. I have a disc lock and the bike has Suzuki's imobolizer thingy bob on it. I'm not looking to spend mega bucks but something that's going to alert me if my bikes touched.

Budget probably £100 max plus fitting.

What are the best options
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[Sable]

17.95 alarm https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=3622990#3622990

Can fit it yourself with no wire cutting. just hook it onto the battery.

[The Disapproving Brit]

Also the Cyclone alarms - similar price to the above, can also be fitted with battery connections only, but also has the option of linking into the ignition system to provide immobiliser functions. Pretty much universally well recommended and can't really go wrong for the price.
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[Pol Anorl]

Fully licensed bouncer here, i charge £12 an hour and require coffee breaks every 45 minutes.
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[Marcg868]

So which cyclone alarm is the one that just hooks up to the battery? Or isa alarmed disclock a better alternative?
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[andym]

I spent a grand total of £2.20 on a grinder blade, got a lump of metal off a local scrap man (about 4 foot), bent into shape and dropped it under a slab, packed it in tight (will concrete it in at some point), then put the slab back over the top.

As shown at the back of the bike here:

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/andy36586/Left-side-1_zps69394b2e.jpg

[Marcg868]

That's what I'd like to do. But it's parked on a main road. I'd have it in the back yard but it backs onto the railway station car park so even less secure. It's been fine for 8 months and I was lucky the next door neighbour heard my side stand go up and flew out the door and three lads legged off.
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[Pol Anorl]

stick it in your garage or on the paved bit under your window, job done?
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[Marcg868]

No garage (terraced housing street) and it was parked out side the window. Usually have the window open all night and we didn't Monday night.
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[ocatoro]

how do those alarms work? is it just a tilt switch hooked to a siren?

good neighbours, go give them some beer/wine/appreciation
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[j.silvs]

I bought the compact cyclone - 20quid

Hooks straight up to the battery!

[darkhorizon]

[Marcg868]

[The Disapproving Brit]

[Speed]

[Marmalade]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CYCLONE-V2-MOTORBIKE-MOTORCYCLE-ALARM-IMMOBILISER-/200379831192?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item2ea7919398

These are fine. £30. cheap but not an basic as a siren and tilt switch. Can be used to imobilise as well as alarm and comes with flashing blue led to warn the lowlife it has an alarm.

Will go off when someone knocks or moves the bike but not one of those that goes off when someone farts near it so the next doors cat won't likely do it unless it's a fatty.
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[Rogerborg]

Absolute best case if it gets nicked is that you pay £30 for a new lockset and £150 to get it back from a compound.

Cyclone + Almax and some kind of anchor.
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[andym]

[Marmalade]

[andym]

[Marcg868]

I'd love an anchor but council won't let me.
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[SQL]

[Marcg868]

No but with police going up the street it would be naughty
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[yambabe]

My "anchor" is actually the handle off a calor gas bottle welded onto a piece of square metal plate and bolted into the floor.

Here's a tip for you.

Get a length of really thick chain, or a piece of steel bar bent into a u-shape. Get a plastic pant pot or bucket, Get a bag or tow of ready-mix concrete.

Put the pot "in situ" under your window, put the open ends of the chain or bar in it to a depth of several inches and fill with concrete. Once the concrete has set you have a fairly solid object that will take some effort to move to chain your bike to.

If you want, put some compost in the top of the bucket/pot and plant some bedding plants in it too, then it's an attractive feature......
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