So I Deviced A Fail-Proof Alarm For My New Bike
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The bike is only worth only a couple thousand but I have to save for 1 year to get that money so it might as well be $30,000 dollars in the grand scheme of things.
To all you sarcastic guys, do you have a better plan than me in preventing your bike from being stolen? I live in a highrise building and I refuse to park it in the underground garage, I park it in the balcony of my 1st apartment, I used to get warning notices from the office with my old bike but now I guess they got used to it. The only way this bike will get stolen will be during the daytime in some mall parking lot or movie theater, but I will avoid that, for now my bike will only be parked in my balcony or will be moving in some highway in the weekend.
Some guys here crack me up saying that the thief will be some 007 agent that will pull a McGyver stunt and bypass the contact wire rendering the alarm useless, yeah right, I'm sure a thief coming in the dark will notice the thin little wire running between the cracks of the cement stones of my balcony.... or a thief even imagining that the bike is rigged up
.... not a chance in hell.
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The bike is only worth only a couple thousand but I have to save for 1 year to get that money so it might as well be $30,000 dollars in the grand scheme of things.
To all you sarcastic guys, do you have a better plan than me in preventing your bike from being stolen? I live in a highrise building and I refuse to park it in the underground garage, I park it in the balcony of my 1st apartment, I used to get warning notices from the office with my old bike but now I guess they got used to it. The only way this bike will get stolen will be during the daytime in some mall parking lot or movie theater, but I will avoid that, for now my bike will only be parked in my balcony or will be moving in some highway in the weekend.
Some guys here crack me up saying that the thief will be some 007 agent that will pull a McGyver stunt and bypass the contact wire rendering the alarm useless, yeah right, I'm sure a thief coming in the dark will notice the thin little wire running between the cracks of the cement stones of my balcony.... or a thief even imagining that the bike is rigged up
Honestly dude, I think you are better off paying Theft and Fire on your insurance. If a person wants your bike, no alarm, disk lock, gps, dog, angry neighbour, guns, shark pool that will deter them from their goal.
I was thinking about this for long long long until I realize it is easier to work around the problem, insurance pays for stolen bike and I get my hard earn money back!!
Even if they paid for it if it got stolen what I'm going to do with $4,000 dollars? Start shopping for a bike again and spend the rest of the summer looking for one? If you haven't noticed (in Kijiji) there are retards that want $6,000 for their 2002/2003 bikes, I have yet to find a bike newer than 2004 that can be bought for $4,000 in the 600cc category. Even for a 1999 sports bike they want $5,800
I rather have my baby in my possession than $4,000 cash in my hands from my insurance company. I would probably waste $500 of that money just hunting for the bike and then what? Use the other $3,500 to buy a 1989 Honda Rebel?
So I presume there's no shady characters on GTAM that you've now provided info to on how your bike is secured...I'd say keep this info private.
Btw sounds like a lot of effort for something insurance should cover. That's what you pay for isn't it?
Btw sounds like a lot of effort for something insurance should cover. That's what you pay for isn't it?
Gixxer6
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Me fail english, that's unpossible....
psssst...look at the title
a nice alarm would be to buy a xbee module (a transceiver). Connect one to a motion sensor on your bike and another one to a receiver in your home. It is all wireless and can be built very easily. All you need is a simple microcontroller. If you wanna go fancy you can probably write a simple App for android or apple phone and have it ring your phone. I used to work as a design engineer and this is something they used for an alarm system.
Why would it cost you $500 to look for a bike? I remember my search being free
Also, 120 dB is the same noise level you get from a 747 on take-off, apparently. I hope that thing doesn't go off accidentally, or your neighbors might dismember you
Please do.
Gixxer6
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Pssst, i was agreeing with him (klr_guy)
From the other thread, your bike looks to be a dual sport. Correct me if I'm wrong but those don't seem to be on the top of thieves "MUST STEAL" list. Is it worth it for thieves to risk being in prison for $4k? I wouldn't worry about it.
On the other hand, if you were riding a 1098s and parked it in a condo like this person .....
rider1106
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I think it would be great to have an alarm device for bikes in condos that would not allow any vehicles to leave the parking garage if the alarm went off until security went down and checked it out. Once the alarm goes off it locks the exit door and security will have to let each car out and can inspect the inside of vans/trucks before they leave.
Green Machine
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not a bad idea- lets create it and sell it to all condos!
We'll take that as a "No, I don't have theft insurance." We await the inevitable "Someone stole my bike, please PM me if you see it somewhere" thread.
If you're lucky, the alarm won't work and you won't be robbed of your bike AND wallet.
