Alarm Disc Lock...... Talk to me

[pinkyfloyd]

Right folks. I have the Cyclone V2 and I have had no end of issues with it. It seems to go off in the same place every night on the way home. As documented here.

I've been in touch with the company several times. They have sent a new key fob out which I coded and still I am having the same problems. I've decided that I am taking the bastard out of the bike today and sending it back to them. Tempted to ride to them and the thing up their arses to be honest. Its been that much of a nightmare.

So..... To prevent the same rubbish happening I have decided that alarmed disc lock will be the easier choice. The options tend to be cheap chinese toffee ones, Xena, or Oxford Screamer.

So what does the BCF crew recomend?
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[Aff]

I have a Kabrus Disk lock like this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kabrus-Alarmed-Motorbike-Lock-Motorcycle/dp/B00331QXJK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1371197914&sr=8-2&keywords=disk+lock+alarm

Very impressed with it, good bit of kit.
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Whilst I have no experience of their disc locks, all other Oxford stuff I've ever had the misfortune of owning has been unmitigated crap that's best avoided.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

I had a Xena one. They're great for reminding you you've left your disk lock on when you're about to ride off.

Not sure how useful they are as an anti-theft measure to be honest.
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[Irn-Bru]

+1 for Xena. The battery life is about 8 months depending on usage. Good thing is once the batteries die it's still a disc lock
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[clancy]

Personally I thin disc locks are the biggest waste of money you can spend on your bike

Basically all bike thefts are done with vans, only joy riding kids bother to try and ride off on it. So that being said its useless, someone with a van can just pick the front wheel up just spend it on fuel I doubt it would ever help

Like ham said you'll probably just keep forgetting and try to ride off with it still on
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[Cadbury]

I just got the XENA XZZ6 Alarm as a free gift when subscribing to Ride. Not sure if its still that offer, but might be worth a look.

The alarm itself is pretty good, it has that "rape alarm" trill whistle style of alarm rather than the beep beep beep a car alarm may have. It is certainly annoyingly loud for sure.

You can adjust the sensitivity by where you position it on your disc. Either at 6, 9 or 12 oclock. At its most sensitive just a slight wiggle of the handlebars can set mine off.

I'm pleased with it so far. I'll be interested to see how it handles a bit of bad weather though.

[Sable]

Mice can fart louder than the Oxford can scream

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[recman]

I must have the only Screamer built to last over 12 months.

I'll just nip out back to check its still ok.

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[pinkyfloyd]

[Irn-Bru]

[clancy]

My current bike has an alarm so making noise isn't an issue

My old bike didn't and I didn't bother with them, I just don't think they're worth bothering with tbh, no criminal is going to see it as a deterrent
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[pinkyfloyd]

I have a fk off chain that goes around the back wheel. I have Yamaha's built in YISS system with the coded keys and I have a xena disc lock already. But I also have 6K worth of brand new bike to look after.

Perhaps its overkill but if I park my bike beside your bike then the chances are that the common thief will look at the chains and locks on my bike, the lack of chains and locks on yours and decide yours is the easier target.

And ultimately that is what its all about. Yes a determined thief will be off regardless of what security but if the common chav who steals motorbikes for the fun of it decides that the alarms and locks make the bike not worth his effort then they are worth the money.
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[P.]

Grab a big plant pot and fill with concrete and a massive solid round object half embedded in there, chain to that.

What is the issue with the Cyclone exactly? I've had about 6 now and no issues, but I cut absolutely everything away from the loom and make sure the only things connected are the power, ground and indicators.

[Joncrete Cungle]

I have a couple of Motrax Vishas disc locks, one for each bike. They are larger, heavier and more substantial than any of the pathetic alarmed disc locks I looked at. Plus zanx attacked a Vishas and reckoned it to be one of the better constructed disc locks.

I have never tried to ride off without removing my disc lock first.

[ElBandido]

[Sable]

[Moo.]

One of the bigger Quad locking Xena alarmed jobbies should do the job, they can't just use a crow bar/screw driver to get it off because it locks back into itself Quality build aswell, only annoying thing i find is when it comes to changing the batterys i can never find any of the bludy things!
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[clancy]

[pinkyfloyd]

[j.silvs]

I have the oxford boss alarmed disc lock.

I have stopped using the alarm part after 6 months as it was just going crazy every 5 mins for no reason.

I just turn around the lock and using it without the alarm part.

otherwise it was good for the first 6 months.

[Cadbury]

On Reddit, there was an ex bike thief (in America) that had a bit of an impromptu Q&A session, it's actually quite an interesting read.

https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/t5shp/ex_thief_chopshop_operator_ama/

On the subject of vans, he says this: