Is there a good alarm out there?

[Meegas]

Hello fellow riders,

I have just become an owner of a beautiful YZF R125 and naturally I want to keep it as safe as possible.

The YZF is now kept outside my block, it is chained to a street lamp with the:

- Oxford Monster 14mm chain
- Unknown brand chain obtained from previous owner, looks about 16mm.

I also use a XENA XX6 disc lock on the front wheel, the alarm from this disc lock has been thrown away by previous owner as parallel with many opinions it proved useless.

The bike is also covered with... A cover.

That's it for the security at the moment.

I also want to fit an alarm onto the bike however it seems like all the alarms I have looked at have major problems.

My question to you is: Is there a reliable alarm out there? Do you have an alarm on your bike which you could recommend?

Cheers.

[KnuckleShot]

Maybe this will do? https://www.halfords.com/motoring/motorcycling/motorcycle-security/oxford-screamer-alarm-disc-lock
However I don't really have an idea with alarms, my bike is covered in my garden and has a security light which makes an incredibly loud click when activated.

[Snop Doog]

When I was looking around for an alarm, a few members recommended this: https://www.motorbikealarm.co.uk/shop/ncs-v2-motorbike-alarm-and-immobiliser-system/

[Beehive Bedlam]

[Meegas]

Well it seems like those alarms are just not worth the money, I will try to find one that actually does the job though.

Otherwise just invest in an extra solid Almax chain. Most thieves will be discouraged when they see a 1.8K bike locked with 3 chains to a street lamp by the frame and wheels and a disc lock on it as well. Taking into consideration that it's parked 2 meters away from my block and busses pass by every 5/15 minutes 24/7 should let me sleep at night.

[Meegas]

[Snop Doog]

[Dave70]

Aye, go for an Almax chain. They're expensive but, worth it.

You might want to look into the Oxford Boss Disk lock alarm too. It's not the loudest of alarms but, it's pretty difficult to cut through.
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2012: R125 killed by white van. 2016 R125 killed by 30,000 miles of redline. Current: 2016 Kawasaki ER6f.

[Snop Doog]

[Meegas]

[KnuckleShot]

If you don't mind me asking is there no way you can keep it at your own house? Just I wouldn't trust leaving out of my back garden never mind out my block unless you mean a block of flats

[notbike]

Mines chained to a lamp post outside my block too. Almax required for anything more than visual deterrent. I installed a Scorpio sr-i900 alarm. things bloody amazing but its expensive.

[Taught2BCauti...]

[wr6133]

For a cheap noisy alarm get a rape alarm and attach the pull cord to the cover.... someone pulls cover off and loud noise ensues.

[Confusion]

[talkToTheHat]

What do you expect the alarm to achieve? Will probably keep cats from using bike as bed, its a 125 so less likely to be used as a photo prop by idiots. Are you within earshot to go running every time it goes off? Nobody else will care.

As for immobilisers, be very aware that if it screws up you can be stranded, and it won't stop a lift into a van. I have had to disable my acumen when it stopped responding to the fob, but that was not an immobiliser. And acumen fixed it.

Beware rape alarms on the cover and similar, the most likely thing to lift the cover is the wind.

Alarmed disk lock, cheap easy fit alarm only, or a tracker if the bike is a high value item.
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[Dave70]

[Snop Doog]

[andym]

Funnily enough I was going to start a thread about alarms...

Last week I found a couple of black boxes on my bike which turns out are an alarm and immobiliser, someone had cut 2 wires and removed the fuse. Not sure why they would have done that, but reading this thread has given me an idea why

Anyway, I got it all working again today, having never had an alarm before I haven't got a clue how they are supposed to work.... but when armed it will allow the bike to be moved for around a minute before screaming.... also there is no telltale flashing light to say there is some kind of alarm on there is that normal?

Anyway, to the OP, It doesn't matter how much security you put on your bike, your biggest concern will probably be vandalism (or maybe that's just the scummy area I live in)

[SkinBobUk]

I have one of these on my YZF R125...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HAWK-X-50-MOTORCYCLE-MOTORBIKE-QUALITY-ALARMS-IMMOBILISER-PRO-SERIES-/330651267275?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item4cfc59f0cb

It does the job and has never killed my battery, even after being left on for weeks with the bike getting no use.

After a couple of days switched on with no use it enters a low power state which I think helps.

My bike lives in the garden and the alarm has survived the rain, snow, ice, etc with no issues.

I know it's not going to stop anyone stealing the bike, but it should hopefully deter them and at least I should hear it if they do try stealing.

It has remote start but I didn't bother to wire up that bit, just the alarm and immobilizer parts. It was simple enough to do.
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[MattEMulsion]

I had a Meta M357T V2 fitted to my R6 back in 2003. It is still going strong today with no real problems.

Often half the problem with alarms is how the are fitted in the first place.
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[Meegas]

[-Matt-]

Chains wise Almax are decent, although only worth using when you have something equally strong to chain it to or it might just get dragged away with the bike leaving you another £150 worse off.

[Andy_Pagin]

[JackDG]