Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => PRODUCT REVIEWS => Topic started by: mademiriam on May 31, 2007, 03:30:14 PM
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What do you guys use? There's so many to choose from.
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A small yappy dog, a locked garage and a 12 ga shotgun. :bandit:
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yes am considering putting my trademark sticker
"nothing says i love you like a luger" on the bike. Theft coverage is just crazy through insurance...then again if I loose it I'll be just heartbroken.
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I wouldn't worry too much. Bandit's are not thief magnets, at least here in Toronto and with all those 600 around that they can steal, stunt, part out, race...
I generally consider alarms a waste of time and money. They are just a minor theft deterrent and do nothing to make your bike actually harder to steal for a determined thief.
If I thought my Bandit has a reasonable chance of getting stolen I would get one of these:
http://www.lockitt.com/disclock.htm#Xmart
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Once you try too drive off with a disclock on your disk :duh: you'll change your mind about putting one on your costly parts.
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A "DiscLock" for $75 bucks?!?!? :annoy:
A simple padlock through one of the holes in the disc does the same thing, for $12 bucks. :roll:
Of course, don't forget and take off with it still on there... :lol:
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I don't have an alarm on ANYTHING...but I can't imagine loosing the bandit, and I really don't want to fork over the insurance money, as if I was to make a claim i just know they will do what they have done to everyone else raise their rates for the next several years...in other words i may as well take the risk. I WILL use a disklock depending on where i leave it, I'd like to get a nice two way proximity alarm...that way I have a chance at hearing somebody taking off the hindle.
It not being a target is half the reason I bought it, I don't like worrying about stuff like that, it will also be pretty hard looking this first year till i get it painted...
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I use one of these: Bully (http://www.newenoughhp.com/accessories/locks_&_alarms/bully_locks/lil_bully_motorcycle_disc_lock.html)
Cheap and it's a basic means of protection. I figure if somebody is determined to steal my bike it's gonna happen. I could put 10 of the disc locks on, but 3 big guys can pick the entire bike up and put it onto a trailer.
Xenia does make the same stapler type lock but with an "alarm" built into it. Personally I can't see spending $80 for something like that.
And they do make those little bungee cords that connect to your handlebars to remind you that you have a lock on :duh:
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HJC ChatterBox 2002 Motorcycle Alarm (http://www.newenoughhp.com/accessories/locks_&_alarms/hjc_chatter_box/2002_motorcycle_alarm.html)
plenty of features... not too loud but works fine
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thanks for the advice guys, I'll be getting a disklock for sure, i park it RIGHT outside my front door so I'm not to worried about that, and when I park it at work it has camreas and people with guns around, so hopefully I'll be aright. Most places where I go I can see lots of ppl being around and them KNOWING who's bike the ugly bandit is.
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Hey! You're in Canada, ...
Princess Auto has a car alarm on sale this week for $25. You mount that horn somewhere good, and no one will mess with your bike more than once. :evil1:
The ad says: Rampage car alarm. Features transmitter, 8 level adjustable shock sensor, arm/disarm chirp, 60sec shutdown, learning codes for extra transmitter, Easy installation PA's product number for it is 8166548.
arm/disarm chirp
Damn! That would be hilarious,... "boop boop" and she gets on her bike....
Of course they do say that the best theft deterrent is actually a motorcycle cover. Most people don't try to steal what they don't see.
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and to think I was just at princess auto yesterday!
Now I have to go back today just to see it...what a chore! :grin: gotta love that store.
I do have a cover...but I did something I would normally never do and bought a GSF1200 cover, there aren't many bandits around and the local bike shop had one on a shelf marked down, in fact is was the only bike specific one there I took that as a sign. It fits well but also has big Suzuki on the side...makes it look nicer than it does. Maybe not being good at bodywork IS good for something.
Just imagine the car alarm going off, unlike in a car where it would be inside the hood lol, strike fear in to people with wrenches trying to get my pricey bits off.
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It lived in the surplus department, and it's in a plastic card type of container. It's small enough to be missed. We stopped by there today and grabbed one. I may use it for the 919, or I may set it up to be used with the trailer when it's loaded with the bikes...
Princess Auto is an evil little place. I rarely get out of there for under $60,.. but I have -tons- of handy tools, that will likely get used once or twice in their lives. :annoy: :roll:
The cover is great for when you're at home, or at work, possibly,.. I think if you stop on "busy street", your town, and use it, it's likely to generate attention more than you want. The other thing that I've heard of is some people with dirtbikes use laptop alarms.... that's something to think about. I personally like to try to not use bike specific stuff whenever possible, cos we pay a premium for it.
Just imagine the car alarm going off, unlike in a car where it would be inside the hood lol, strike fear in to people with wrenches trying to get my pricey bits off.
I was thinking the same! I doubt they'd even walk near the bike anytime soon after that!
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Princess Auto is an evil little place. I rarely get out of there for under $60,.. but I have -tons- of handy tools, that will likely get used once or twice in their lives. :annoy: :roll:
Is that because they break after one or two uses or they'll decompose before they get used that second or third time?
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Lol I think it's because they have such specific uses that most of us don't have use for some of them much. When I had my first bike (GS400) and moved out on my own, close to the only princess auto here. Bought a impact driver, still use it lots! But that gear puller i bought is still in the package...all to often I buy tools after I finished a job when I though 'that would have been useful'...there will come a day. :grin:
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I just figured a statement like that could go either way... I've had tools only last a short time (from being to cheap to buy the quality one) and I have tools in my collection that have sat for years since I last used them. I know if I get rid of them though, I'll end up needing them in short order, so keeping them is like an insurance policy.
:bandit:
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That's pretty much exactly it. For instance, I have a pair of snap ring pliers. To date,.. number of times I've needed them? About 3, since the day I started driving 15yrs ago. Number of times used? 1, cos I finally bought them last year during Dita's overhaul after 45 mins trying to get the ring on the front sprocket off without them. Though, with a total investment of $8, I'm not too upset about them sitting in the toolbox and being ignored.
And they have cheap toolboxes too... so if I fill up this one, and the next one I think we already need.... :wink:
To date, I've never broken a tool, even a "cheapie" PA one. Stripped a couple of bolt threads, but that's it.
They have some really cool tools too,.. like a ratcheting pipe cutter for copper water pipes. MAN that's a time saver. Got one of those too... missed out on the fingertip ratchets yesterday though... oh MAN! Now you've got me started. :rofl:
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thanks for the advice guys, I'll be getting a disklock for sure
One thing I do is try to position the lock as close to the caliper as possible, depending on which way the bike is facing. That way if you do happen to forget the lock is there the wheel won't travel far before stopping. Normally the rocking motion after bringing the stand up is enough to remind you it's there before dropping it into gear.
Oh, and IMO, if you get something like the Bully get the orange one, or at least a colored one. To me it's kind of silly for them to make it in silver. Being near the same color as the forks & disc makes it to easy to not see it. I'd rather it stand out so people, and myself included, see that it's there.