Security for a SUZUKI DR350s

[dan3411]

What sort of security can i install on the bike?
it's a 1991 model.

Alarms
Immobilisers

Cheers in advance for any advice guys
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Suzuki Bandit 600N

[Finglonga]

You can install anything you can on any other bike, the only limitation is how deep your pockets are.
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[dan3411]

i wanted to fit an immobiliser and an alarm.. but i assumed it needed to be an eletric start to have an immobiliser on it. Is that not the case?
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Suzuki Bandit 600N

[yen_powell]

I used to have 1990 DR350S, it didn't need an immobilisor, any potential thief would be dead from a heart attack before getting it started from cold.

I would think they are more liable to lift the thing into a van so perhaps physical security would be better than electronic/electrical.

You could always fit a hidden switch that kills the ignition, like Suzuki did when they fitted the sidestand switch down where it can collect all the water and mud.
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XT1200Z and a DR350 in bits

[c_dug]

[dan3411]

[c_dug]

A good way to make a temporary ground anchor is to use a barrel of some sort, drill a big hole through it and put a pipe through the hole, big enough for your chain to go through.
Then just fill the barrell with cement or concrete and you have a non permenant ground anchor, it might not be fixed to the floor but it would take a bloody strong thief to pick the barrell and the bike up

c_dug
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[yen_powell]

[dan3411]

I think now i have it sussed.. i have to admit i wasn't particularly sure what the little lever was (decompression lever) the other bikes i had before didn't have it. I find that if you kick it down to the point that it flicks back out again then do a full kick it starts straight away more or less.

If anyone could give me a little info on how it works/ It's actually purpose on the bike would be great?

Am i right in saying it just rotates the crank untill it gets to the compression stage (both valves closed?)
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Suzuki Bandit 600N

[Vincent]

AFAIK, the DC lever just opens a valve on the head to make it easier for you to kick the motor into the right position for starting.
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[Finglonga]

[yen_powell]

Click the decompression lever so it's in. Put your foot on the kickstart and push it gently downward until the lever clicks open on it's own. You may have to let the kickstart up and repush a few times before it happens.

Anyway, when the lever clicks open, it's time to let the kickstart up and kick it normally, best with out touching the throttle at all (hot or cold).

If you've dropped or crashed the bike, don't thrash about kicking till you go purple and keel over. just turn the ignition off, hold the decompression lever in with your hand and open the throttle to max. Gently kick the bike through about 3 times (keeping the decomp lever in). Then start as paragraph 1 and 2 above, should start first go.
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Blackmail is a nasty word........but not as nasty as phlegm!
XT1200Z and a DR350 in bits

[dan3411]

[Finglonga]

[c_dug]

HAHA nooooo although i did have some fun on the TS in some woodlands

The bike i miss the most is my TDR given the oppertunity i'd swap back in an instant, the GPZ is the same speed, if not quicker, but its so much less satisfying to ride

c_dug
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[dan3411]

[Finglonga]