Immobiliser or Tracker

I'm sure there has been many a discussion on the subject, but I've
been away.

Do I go for an Immobiliser or a Tracking device on the new bike?

When it's at home, it has a hefty chain to a ground anchor.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Black Mike

If you do, make sure the missus can't interrogate it. ;^)

--
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and Ducati Race Engineer.

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In uk.rec.motorcycles, Wicked Uncle Nigel amazed us all with this pearl
of wisdom:

Wot e said.

Also, what good is an immobiliser if the crew have a petrol powered
angle grinder and a large van?

 

Argh, good idea!

 

The thought had crossed my mind.

 

One thing I wondered; was what sort of response one would get if one
phoned the old bill and said, "..my gixer's been stolen, and it's
cruising up the A40 to London at mach 3; please can you intercept it?"
?

 

....and what good is a tracker if the bike is carried off in the back of
a van? Faraday cage don't you know.

 

Harry Bloomfield emerged from their own little world to say

ah, that's why mobile phones don't work in cars

 

Black Mike says...

Don't bother with either. Alarms and immobilisers always go wrong
leaving you stranded and if my bike were nicked by some scrote I
wouldn't want it back after it had spent 30 minutes bouncing off the
rev limiter and being kicked to bits, no matter where it was tracked
to.

Pay the extra on the insurance and don't bother, seriously.

 

Sometime around Tue, 17 May 2005 12:25:45 +0100, Black Mike babbled on
about:

I opted for a very good alarm for mine then went to insure it, I was told
I would need a tracker, and when I challenged this and asked how much more
would the premium be without the tracker the yuff paused for a minute and
then uttered these imortal words:

'Um, nothing really, we just prefer trackers to be fitted to new
machines'(1)

For home I have a ground anchor, FOAD steel hawser and very large/noisy
dog that sleeps about 10 feet away from the bike.(2)

(1) Tossers
(2) Fingers crossed, touching wood etc.

 

Hmm, I know what you mean. The more I think about it, the more I hate
them.

I wonder if they would try not to pay out if there was not a full
compliment of security?