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--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "tomtess2006" wrote: > > All this talk about motorcycle being stolen has me thinking that we > are in times were some will steal just about anything. I have a heavy > duty cable lock and I have a alarm brake rotor lock. But after my trip > of 1400 miles last week from clearlake to portland and back I found > out I was not able to campout very much as it rained a few days pretty > hard. > > Although I was able to cable my KLR to a porch post at a few motel > stays ! The only room I could get was on the second floor. I was to > far to hear my alarm go off ! > > I could have got up in the morning to find it gone and been on a > greyhound bus. > > Then I thought about a simple alarm I had 15 years ago on a new > harley. It saved my bike from being stolen from right under my nose at > a concert in eugene oregon. > > A friend installed it and I am looking for one like it now. > > It was a simple alarm and it was sold at radio shack. It had a unit > that was the size of a pack of cigarettes. My friend mounted it under > the seat. > > It was wired to the bike battery and had a few wires with motion > sensor at there ends. We adjusted the unit and mounted the sensors so > that if you even clicked it out of gear the alarm sent a silent signal > to a small little pager I could turn on when needed. > > At the concert which was a open roof deal at the state university I > was watching the bands when the belt pager went off. I had no way to > get to my bike in a timely manner so I went to the top row of seats > and down below in the parking lot I saw 3 guys loading my new harley > in a pickup. > > I grabed a security guy a few rows away from me and he got on his > radio and as I watched for about a minute as they started to tie down > my bike they were busted from three sides by local police. > > There was no alarm noise except from my belt pager and the thieves had > no idea what was coming. > > That was a $49 dollar unit back then and I am trying to find another > unit like that for my KLR. It would have been nice to have under my > pillow last week while in that motel on the road trip I took. > > I hope this information is helpfull to a few others on the list as > another security option. > > I hope I can find another unit like it also before my next trip. No > one really cares about > a alarm going in a parking lot anymore and this unit was good for up > to a half mile away. > > Tom > Clearlake, Ca. >

----- Original Message ----- From: "tomtess2006" To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 12:15 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Looking for bike alarm OOOPS | Sorry I made a mistake saying (motion sensors) The sensors on the | alarm I am talking about were (VIBRATION SENSORS) That trigered when | the bike was moved or clicked out of gear sending a signal to my pager. | | I am searching googles but so far have found only expensive alarms | with far to many options then I need. No luck finding one so far | !!!!!! | Tom | | | --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "tomtess2006" wrote: | > | > All this talk about motorcycle being stolen has me thinking that we | > are in times were some will steal just about anything. I have a heavy | > duty cable lock and I have a alarm brake rotor lock. But after my trip | > of 1400 miles last week from clearlake to portland and back I found | > out I was not able to campout very much as it rained a few days pretty | > hard. | > | > Although I was able to cable my KLR to a porch post at a few motel | > stays ! The only room I could get was on the second floor. I was to | > far to hear my alarm go off ! | > | > I could have got up in the morning to find it gone and been on a | > greyhound bus. | > | > Then I thought about a simple alarm I had 15 years ago on a new | > harley. It saved my bike from being stolen from right under my nose at | > a concert in eugene oregon. | > | > A friend installed it and I am looking for one like it now. | > | > It was a simple alarm and it was sold at radio shack. It had a unit | > that was the size of a pack of cigarettes. My friend mounted it under | > the seat. | > | > It was wired to the bike battery and had a few wires with motion | > sensor at there ends. We adjusted the unit and mounted the sensors so | > that if you even clicked it out of gear the alarm sent a silent signal | > to a small little pager I could turn on when needed. | > | > At the concert which was a open roof deal at the state university I | > was watching the bands when the belt pager went off. I had no way to | > get to my bike in a timely manner so I went to the top row of seats | > and down below in the parking lot I saw 3 guys loading my new harley | > in a pickup. | > | > I grabed a security guy a few rows away from me and he got on his | > radio and as I watched for about a minute as they started to tie down | > my bike they were busted from three sides by local police. | > | > There was no alarm noise except from my belt pager and the thieves had | > no idea what was coming. | > | > That was a $49 dollar unit back then and I am trying to find another | > unit like that for my KLR. It would have been nice to have under my | > pillow last week while in that motel on the road trip I took. | > | > I hope this information is helpfull to a few others on the list as | > another security option. | > | > I hope I can find another unit like it also before my next trip. No | > one really cares about | > a alarm going in a parking lot anymore and this unit was good for up | > to a half mile away. | > | > Tom | > Clearlake, Ca. | > | | | | | | | | Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html | List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com | List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html | Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 | Yahoo! Groups Links | | | | | | | | | | | | -- | No virus found in this incoming message. | Checked by AVG Free Edition. | Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 9/22/2006 |

----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Chay" To: "'Arden Kysely'" ; Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:16 AM Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Looking for bike alarm I have a Scorpio i500 on my R6. I think it retails for ~$350 with a perimeter sensor and anti-hijack module. Works well but I got it more to notify me that someone's messing with my bike when it goes off than to prevent theft. No one pays attention to alarms anyways. You need a good strategy, not just a device, to prevent theft. -Bobby