Bypassing alarm on old bike - insurance affected?

Fullers1845 · Nova Slayer Joined: 21 Oct 2021 Karma :

The 23 year old ZX6R I'm working on has a Datatool red (S4 I think?) alarm/immobilizer fitted and as it hasn't been started in about 5 years there's a good chance the internal battery on the alarm is kaput, plus I don't see any merit of having the hassle of an alarm/immobiliser on a bike that is worth about £1500.

I've seen that there is a bypass plug available for the princely sum of £15 that will save me the ballache of chopping the thing out of the loom.

Is not having the datatool likely to affect the insurance premium by much on such a low value bike?

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

Did you tell the insurance about the alarm when you took it out? If not then you don't need to tell them. If you have an active policy and you told them you have an alarm, you'll need to tell them.

You said the bike hasn't run in years, so I assume there is no insurance running on it now? In which case it's not a problem as you just don't tell them there IS an alarm when you take out the policy?

Or am I missing something?? This all seems too simple...
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Fullers1845 · Nova Slayer Joined: 21 Oct 2021 Karma :

c_dug · Super Spammer Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Karma :

I've only ever found two things that made any meaningful difference to insurance. A) a Biketrac monitored tracker, and B) An Almax chain.

That's not to say nothing else makes a difference, I haven't tried every and all options available on the dropdown list of added security, but I have tried quite a lot of them and mostly they make close to no difference at all in my experience.
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Consider it an investment.

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Nobby the Bastard · Harley Gaydar Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Karma :

They are cheap when on long term loan from someone who doesn't need it at the moment.

(Ste's lives in my garage for me to use when I feel the need to, simply because he doesn't have a use for it. I have offered to buy it off him and obviously if it gets danaged in my possession I will replace it.)
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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

I just removed a Datatool S4 Red from my GSXR. Added £60 to the premium, but some of that was admin fee (about £20 of it, I threw a strop and argued it down from £40).
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