Alarm

steveh · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Karma :

Hi, my names Steve and ive recently bought a bike, and im wondering wats the best sort of alarm system for a bike?
were can i get one from and what is the sort of price range of these?

or does anyone have one for sale Razz

Steve
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Bendy · Mrs Sensible Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Karma :

You can get alarms from about £50 up to £400 or so.

It really all depends what you want from it. Cheaper ones are usually easier for thieves to deactivate, so you pays your money and you takes your choice really.

An approved alarm system will get you a small insurance discount.

Best thing is to get on google and ebay, have a look at what's out there and see what you can get for your money. Thumbs Up

Rvf_FiRe · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 25 Aug 2004 Karma :

Give your insurance a call, see what alarms could get you a discount and then have a look for one in the shops or on the net, datatool are market leaders i think but they come at a price for top end models Thumbs Up

https://www.datatool.co.uk/
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Bendy · Mrs Sensible Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Karma :

Any Thatcham approved alarm gives a discount, what he has to decide is whether he wants to pay the extra for that approval as the discount won't be anything like the cost of the alarm.

A £50 alarm makes a noise when someone touches your bike just the same as a £350 one. The choice is in the extras.

steveh · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Karma :

thanks guys, yeah basicly want a motion sensor, or a imobliser i suspect the imbolaiser would be more expencive (just a guess, as i dont no)

are they a major discount off the insurance?
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Probably not more than £50 I think. Really need to decide what you want the alarm for primarily, cheaper insurance or to let you know when your bike is being nick (as how many people od you see going to see whats happening when a car alarm goes off unless it's theirs).

Insurance reductions ones about £300. You can get cheap loud ones from about £50. You can also get ones which will send you a pager message if your alarm is going off, which is quite useful as then you can actually do something to stop it being nicked.

So really depends what it's for, for cheaper insurance about £300 for an insurance approved one. One which will let you know and you can stop it being nicked from about £50.

steveh · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Karma :

yeah well mainly to stop my bike being robbed by little pricks from the rough side of town.

not really botherd about insurance, just want to keep my nice new shiny bike Very Happy

many thanks steve.

anyone thats got one for sale let me know.
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Ian (GPX) · Brolly Dolly Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Karma :

https://www.kryptonalarms.com <<-- Try this for under £100.00

steveh · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Karma :

yeah cheers for that, mite be ordering one soon.

many thanks steve
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