recommend me a disc alarm

[TaffyTDM]

So I walked back from the pub this evening to the sinking realisation the solo bay was emptier than it should be. A latex glove lay where my bike once stood.

The cuntpuffins, thankfully, were greater mongs than even they thought and I found her dumped two streets away

Ignition loom chopped, clutch lever and stalk fucked, some fairing s cuffs but hopefully thats as bad as it got.

Woman who's house it was outside was tutting that it was blocking her space - speaking to her more she saw the neds dump it and screech off in their getaway motor at 6am but didn't think to call it ib...


Assuming lightning strikes twice and they will come back having watched TWOC 101 on YouTube can someone recommend me either an invisible wire I can wrap around the wheel to ensure they get thrown off next time, or a disc alarm that will bleat long enough for me to go out and practice the pit manoucer

Ta

[Irn-Bru]

I've used an Xena one for years, still going strong, batteries last for ages too.

You really need to chain your bike up to a lamppost or something though, no one really pays attention to alarms these days, it's just background noise and won't save you if you're at the pub.
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KTM 990 SMT & Suzuki DR-Z 400 SM

[Snod Blatter]

If you're too tight to spring for a Xena then the Kovix knock offs are still pretty good. I've had one since February, leave it out in all weathers, still works a treat - much longer lasting than the string of TL090s I had, each one lasted 2-3 months.

Some say alarms do nothing but it has saved my bike once already, it puts the scrotes right off if the bike is screaming at them even if no one else notices
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1994 CB250, 1984 CBX250RS-E, 1989 K100RS, 1995 TRX850, 2016 Z250SL

[NJD]

Could use the latex glove for DNA.

Get a 13mm chain, loop through frame + wheel and tie to any street furniture. I'd say 16mm but 13mm's heavy enough and is a trade of between portability and fort knox, whatever works for you.
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[ADSrox0r]

I have an Abus Detecto 7000. Is it good? No-one has tried to rag it off so...meh, no idea. Loud enough alarm that only goes off if you actually fuck with the lock. Bloody expensive for what it is though tbh I'm sure there's cheaper equivalents.

I don't bother with anything on the Peggy, she's so fuck ugly and old no self respecting scummer would be seen dead on it.

TBH we need some 'recommend me a ....' stickys, same questions year in year out.
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Current bikes: '08 VFR 800 VTEC(yo) , '07 ZZR1400 Winter hack: '95 Aprilia 650 Pegaso Currently lusting after: RC30

[TaffyTDM]

[NJD]

It's in no ones best interest but yours to go out and find your bike so expecting the police to care I have to apologise that you've found out they don't the hard way. They'd of laughed it of, cool story and got on with their shift once you'd left I'd imagine. I realise you've found it but I was just making the point.

Usually chained up? I'd go with all the time from now on given that we've established that a disc lock of any sorts isn't doing any good. Lock it up or loose it, I wouldn't count on finding it a second time. It might have been dumped to see if you've got a GPS device so they could come back at a latter date or by the sounds of it you've found it just in time before they do whatever next with it.

Two sides of the coin to alarmed disc locks firstly is they work as you hope and the second, from what I've read countless times, is that they set themselves of, run out of battery and everyone ignores them anyway with a "oh bloody shut that off will you I'm doing ___ etc" and no one plays an ounce of attention. Think about how many times you hear a car alarm and think the owners being a jeb-end. Do you curtain twitch every time? Far too few hours in the day.

Solo bay? Street parking the only thing available? I imagine "usually" is because not always possible to get someone to chain to?

Maybe remove the battery and license plate inbetween now and getting it repaired?

Best of luck moving forwards.
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[Freddyfruitba...]

Worth mentioning that if you are going to use a disk lock, alarmed or otherwise, then put it on your back wheel rather than the front.

Reason being that if the aforementioned puffins are going to lug your pride and joy into the back of a van to have it away, then it's a hell of a lot harder to lift up and drag the rear end of a bike with a locked back wheel and screaming alarm, than it is the front end...
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[ADSrox0r]

It's best to pick up two really, one 'decent' one and another cheap 20 quid one so that both wheels are locked.
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Current bikes: '08 VFR 800 VTEC(yo) , '07 ZZR1400 Winter hack: '95 Aprilia 650 Pegaso Currently lusting after: RC30

[Rogerborg]

[TaffyTDM]

Thanks all. Good call re two, my usual spot is opposite the house so even if the rest of the street ignore it I just hope it wakes me up in time.

My bike isn't Gucci enough to warrant spiriting it away in a van, it's a 14 year old workhorse. Just need to keep the local scrotes from nicking it for a laff coz they are left bare on the street innit.