Wiring up a Cyclone v2 Alarm

[Ingah]

I'm going to soon be trying to wire up a cyclone v2 alarm (as bought from here: https://motorbikealarm.co.uk/node/47 - apparently it's easier and quicker to wire up than the v1 ) to my CG125. I'm going to be wiring up all the features - including the remote start and remote stop features (as i may well use this bike for pizza delivery work in future, such features could potentially save it from chav scum).

Having never wired up an alarm before though, i wondered if anyone has any first-time tips to share - even small details such as where might be best to put the main unit, buzzer etc, would be useful.

Particularly appreciate information from those who have done it for their first time recently , because i think we all tend to come up against many of the same head-scratching moments the first time we do a job.
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[Ichy]

Make sure that you have a couple of spare fuses. A couple of wires will blow the fuse if they are the wrong way round.
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[Crizzo]

hi there,

i have wired the v2 before and to be honest its quite easy and if you no your bike it wont take long.

threw things to consider is to go out and purchase and wiring kit so you have good contact and wires are secure and not going to come loose.

finally find a good rout to wire the alarm from, keep it tidy and make sure you test the resistance of the wire/rout you choose to connect to as you might short out something and then you will be pissed because your bike wont start.

all the best

Crizzo

[Ichy]

Another tip is to think about where the wires are going before you connect them. For instance one wire has to go to the kill switch. Don't wire it all through the bike to connect it near the switch. If you look at a wiring diagram the end of the kill switch wire is probably very close to the battery, it may go to the CDI. Same for the wires that connect to the ignition.
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[Willson]

No it doesn't go to the kill switch.

I've just wired a V3 and they use the same loom.

At risk of publicising how to bypass the immobiliser on a public forum I wont post the details here, but you can give them a ring and they'll walk you through it specific to your bike (they did with me). Failing that PM me and I'll give you the general details.

Willson
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[Ichy]

There is no secret to bypassing the immobiliser, there are literally hundreds of posts on the 'net regarding connecting these things up, including the wiring diagrams.

There are some failing in the design. You can connect a small battery to the bike the wrong way round and it blows the alarm. Its even possible to disarm the majority of them without the remote.

That said I've fitted loads of them without any issues. They are cheap and they make a noise. What more can you expect for the money?
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[Teflon-Mike]

Finding somewhere to put the thing is the first problem.
CB125 has just enough room in the tail cowling cubby compartment, but you cant put it 'flat', which means its trigger is not as sensitive to tilting.
The speaker and siren..... again finding somehwere to put them can be tricky, especially somewhere they are out of sight and ability to 'snip', yet also still audible.
On teh CB's both are under the tank, but takes some head scratching to find somewhere 'comfy' for them.
On snowies we made up little plates to hang them off the tank rubbers pegs in the top tube tunnel under the tank.
wiring wise..... well you know the small honda earth to kill arrangement, its a simple bit of wiring on the alarm.
Personally I have NOT used the remote start/stop functions or dissabled the ignition switch...... seems pointless having an EXTRA complicated and unreliable electronic switch to do no more than the key switch already does!
So I have left it so that the alarm and key switch both (independently) immobilise the ignition.
I have also fathomed an injeniouse little circuit to light an LED when the switched live is powered via either ignition or alarm, but the ignitions still imobilised by either imobiliser or ignition switch... if you know the circuit doesn't take much imagination to work out how..... but you do need a diode in the circuit becouse it can back flow through the CDi unit.
Its all pretty straight forward.
Start by placing everything where best fits, then work on the wriggly bits.
GOOD connections are essential. Dont rely on twistyed wires and celotape! Get some propper crimp or better, solder connectors.
EG for indicators, I snipped the excess off the end of the wire, and used a length of the excess to make a two way connection in a make bullet to plug into the loom where rear indicators plug in.... then put female on the spare wire for the OE indicators to plug into.
I also snipped and bulleted the siren and speaker on snowies bike, so they were easier to detach during maintenece. Likewise the LED.
Power feed was similarly piggy backed in with two connectors, from the main fuse feed. Earth was simply taken to the standard ring terminal.
As said, ommited the remote start..... think about it..... even if it was activated, you have to be stood over the bike to work the choke!
But again, that could be doubled in with twin bullets.
Siting the LED, on the Corporal, I got a bit fancy and actaully set it (and the imobiliers active warning LED) under the glass in the speedo assembly.
Switched 'live' again went in on doubled bullets.
Check Vehicle Wiring Products, loads of good connectors... most usefully, Japanses Bullets which are smaller than the british ones you get in most crimp sets from Halfords or odd packs at car part places.
Oh... shrink rap GOOD!
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