Can anyone recommend a good immobiliser

[Steve_T]

After many happy hours with a test meter, circuit diagram and workshop manual, I discovered that my immobiliser was indeed to blame for killing my bike. After a bit of soldering etc. I got the bike to run again.

I need to fit another immobiliser so what do you good people rate on your bikes?

Steve.

[tim2100]

I've got a Meta 357T alarm/Imoboliser on mine.

I have had this on my previous bike, and my father has had one on his current & previous bikes.

The can have a key conversion so that you don't have a immoboliser fob dangling about hitting your yoke.

if the alarm is not used for 7 days then it automatically reverts to the immobilser so it doesn't drain the battery, but the bike is still protected.

Top bit of kit although cute pricey at £300 fitted (must be professionly fitted). As its insurance approved then you get a good discount. I wouldn't be able to insure my bike without one! (GSXR600)

If you are having problems with the battery drain, why don;t you get an optimate to keep the battery topped up at all times?

Tim.

[Steve_T]

I had the meta. I may have another if it's under guarantee. If it isn't I'll try something else I think.

Steve.

[a j]

Meta and Datatool seem to be the popular ones - wouldn't touch the datatool with a barge pole TBH. Heard a lot of bad things about them. I have a meta, you can get good deals - i paid £240 from a meta man out of the MCN.

AJ

[DennisTheMenace]

Ive got a home made touchkey imobiliser on the bike , along with a completely seperate alarm , the alarm wouldnt take long to disarm but the immobiliser is a different story , i dont get an insurance discount though ,ive heard that meta alarms arent that brilliant , acumen have just brought out a cat1 with a vw style flip key , and its got good ratings

[rsvmilly]

I had a Datatool Evo Plus system on my Yamaha which worked fine. I could leave the bike for a month and know it would start.

Had a Meta (unsure of model but 2001) alarm/immob on a Kawasaki which was forever flattening the battery within a couple of weeks.

Have a Datatool system 3 on my Aprilia and it seems way too sensitive.

Just get a big dog and tie it to your bike. Lots more effective and won't flatten your battery.

[Mad Dave]

I recommend a baseball bat to the knees - that'll immobilise the b@stards

[Mad Dave]

Oh, just my 2p - IMHO immobilisers arent that much use on bikes - most bike thieves just turn up in a van and lift the bike into the back, no need to start the thing at all. It is for this reason i have a Groundhog ground anchor and big-ass Oxford chain at home, and for when in out and about im considering getting an MST bikeguard - its a system that, £199, sends you a text is bike movement is detected. The bike can also then be tracked via the GSM network.

HTH.

[rsvnigel]

I had a problem with the System 3 on my Mille, where the vibrations would cause the engine immobiliser to shut the engine off for a second.

This would usually happen at around 9000rpm in second gear coming out of a corner while cranked over

Allegedly some of the inline 4s suffered from the same problem, the cause appeared to be the installer fitting it straight to the sub-frame with no damping. Mine now has a large chunk of rubber foam damping the vibrations and has been fine since.


>> Edited by rsvnigel on Monday 17th May 14:59

[cazzo]

Don't have immobiliser, just an alarm, IMHO an immobiliser is a waste of time and more often than not a pain in the arse, can't imagine many professional bike thieves would try to jumpstart and ride away, when it's more effective & easier just to chuck it in a van (with a couple of others) and sort out alarms/immobilisers etc later - mind you when at home my bike is locked, alarmed & chained in my Garage which is 'awkward' to get to and locked & alarmed - obviously it is not 100% safe but there is no way it could be got without me, and my mate, mr (baseball) Bat, being alerted.

[Steve_T]

Thanks for that all, just wish there was a convincing pattern coming through in your replies. Seems there's no class leader out there.

Think I'm going to send my Meta unit off to HQ anyway, as I'm not convinced about it in the long term. Easier to get the bike running without it, then fit it when it works properly.

Cheers,
Steve.