So much want!!

A head up display that puts a picture of what's behind you in roughly the same place as the mirror - genius.

Yes but that's not all it does is it?

Any way my mirrors are el crappo at any speed over about 60mph. 

And doing lifesaver checks at motorway speeds damn near pulls my lid off. 

I think like all new ideas there will be naysayers, but on the whole it's a great 

product if it works well and instinctively...

Great idea, love it.

 

Its more like £950 with the shipping etc (just went all the way through the pre-order process) which is still a justified price considering the tech. If you have the spare cash lol

 

Hopefully in a few years time it will be more mainstream and affordable.

So i left my seat off tonight while i wait for the new air filter to come on friday.

4 hours later. Just turned midnight. The alarm decides to go off!!! FFF-in thing!

I presume its cos iv left the seat off, but for some reason its taken 4 hours to realise this. So i put the seat on again, ALARM GOES OFF!

my garage is built into the house. The neighbours are gonna love me.

Best get a price on gettin that blasted thing removed. Its nothin but a pain in the arse!

So i left my seat off tonight while i wait for the new air filter to come on friday.

4 hours later. Just turned midnight. The alarm decides to go off!!! FFF-in thing!

I presume its cos iv left the seat off, but for some reason its taken 4 hours to realise this. So i put the seat on again, ALARM GOES OFF!

my garage is built into the house. The neighbours are gonna love me.

Best get a price on gettin that blasted thing removed. Its nothin but a pain in the arse!

Honestly mate. Im just starting to calm down now.

If i hadnt just spent thousands on the bike, id of taken it outside n set the thing on fire.

But im currently abit skint because of it. So i shall do the sensible thing and get the alarm removed professionally lol

Honestly mate. Im just starting to calm down now.

If i hadnt just spent thousands on the bike, id of taken it outside n set the thing on fire.

But im currently abit skint because of it. So i shall do the sensible thing and get the alarm removed professionally lol

At least it works though mate we had a BMW that would set it's alarm off in winter when the battery got low! In the end I turned the siren off as it was tiring

At least it works though mate we had a BMW that would set it's alarm off in winter when the battery got low! In the end I turned the siren off as it was tiring

Hmm. Aftermarket bike alarms are in a league of their own mate.

-They go off if you do so much as breathe on them

- if you forget to turn it off before turning ignition off, they go off.

- they go off if you take the seat off

- they go off if you put the seat on.

- you can put then in 'valet' mode but they chirp every 15 seconds.

- you can put it in maintenance mode, but it still goes off

- theyre spliced into the wiring loom and hiden away so you cant find em.

- all the wires are black so you cant disconnect it easily.

Hmm have i missed anything? Oh yeah. I'm never buying a bike with an immobiliser again. Ever.

Only good thing is, if somebody does get in my garage the entire street will hear it. However, they'll just think its yet another false alarm, and ignore it.

Tbh. Id probably ignore it too if someone nicked it now. Atleast then id get a good kip once its gone.

Oh yeah.

- they drain your battery

- they go off when you try to reconnect the battery.

Basically. Its never bloody happy. Bad enough havin a women. Nevermind a bike that needs even more gentle attention or itll kick off

I use one of these, (XX6 in my case)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JQOvZtcTps#t=14

 

lives under the seat with its key so Its always handy if I need it. 

Keep a reminder elastic under there as well. It's all stuffed into an old sock

so it doesn't rattle. 

What alarm is it? In the past I've known bike alarms to be naff but the data tool ones on my brothers and mates bikes are fantastic.

Bike alarms are well known to eat the batteries when laid up over the winter months or other protracted periods, I have gone through at least 3, one was due to the charger dying though. Many say not to bother with bike alarms now as lots of the aftermarket ones are a complete pain and are either ultra sensitive, user unfriendly or both. People these days ignore alarms as we hear them all the time and it is easy to put a bike in the back of a van and be gone in seconds.

Heavy duty chains, ground anchors, brake disc locks and posts to block a garage door opening are what many seem to concentrate on now.

All that said the alarm on my Sprint is a Datatool made for Triumph and other than burning a couple of batteries has been pretty reliable but then the wiring loom was ready to accept it and there was no onerous wiring to undertake like some others.

Edited 14 August, 201411 yr by Moist Von Lipwig

You can't beat a nice sunrise on the way to work

 

I use one of these, (XX6 in my case)

lives under the seat with its key so Its always handy if I need it.

Keep a reminder elastic under there as well. It's all stuffed into an old sock

so it doesn't rattle.

Iv got an XX14 that i used on the SV theyre brill arent they!

This bike came with a datatool system 3. Its nothing but a pain in the arse.

Need a price to get it removed tbh. Some info says its only an hours labour, but we'll see.

You so feel safer leaving the bike in places you dont know, but then i could always use the Xena again. Thats why i bought it to start with for the SV and didnt get a proper alarm put it.

I wouldnt have a normal disc lock incase i forgot to take it off, but you cant even get the bike upright without it going off. Its brilliant

Dunno what the model is on my brothers. He has to put it in service mode which is annoying but the newer one on my mates is good, you have to put it on sensitive mode manually. Both run on their own battery so no danger of any power issues. Was handy when my brothers bike was off the road with no battery the alarm still worked

Oh Christ. They have their own battery? Wonder if mine does..

Then theres the worry of it going wrong whilst you're away from home.

I wouldnt have a normal disc lock incase i forgot to take it off, but you cant even get the bike upright without it going off. Its brilliant

I put mine on the rear wheel, and my reminder bungee straight across the handlebars.

Less likely to do ££££s worth of damage if you do forget. And wont send you over the handlebars either

I'd rather replace a swingarm than forks. :yes:

I put mine on the rear wheel, and my reminder bungee straight across the handlebars.

Less likely to do ££££s worth of damage if you do forget. And wont send you over the handlebars either

I'd rather replace a swingarm than forks. :yes:

Yeah i know what you mean.

Its a shame we have to go to these extents.

There are lots of people willing to try n nick em though. They tried to get my dads r1200GSA this year. Twisted a pannier n various other bits n then gave up.

There would have to be a few of you to move a fully loaded GS tbf.

I put mine on the rear wheel, and my reminder bungee straight across the handlebars.

Less likely to do ££££s worth of damage if you do forget. And wont send you over the handlebars either

I'd rather replace a swingarm than forks. :yes:

How much throttle do you use when starting off to go over the handlebars with less than one rotation of the front wheel? Also probably find the brake caliper catches it before the swigarm or the forks. Quite a few of the disc locks come with a small bungy to clip to your handle bar. I've forgotten about it once and got a shock but no damage, just very embarassed as in the middle of Glasgow at the time!

They can make you come off very easily.

You dont have to set off fast, its the unexpected, very abrupt stop thatll send you over or cause you to drop the bike.

The damage just depends how unlucky you are.

Yep, 9/10 crashes involving motorbikes its the motorcyclists fault but thats another thread or another time

Been a youngish driver myself at 27 i do argee that some older drivers are an accident waiting to happen

However, who are we to say these people shouldnt drive and take away peoples freedom?

A good driver is an observent driver IMO and if you can see an older lady or gent then adjust your driving to suit until there out the way, its not difficult. Same when you see some spud texting or using the phone.

Most people i see on the phone are 35 upwards in my area tbh.

Just though I'd pop this in here taken from the 100 year old driver thread  

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How much throttle do you use when starting off to go over the handlebars with less than one rotation of the front wheel? Also probably find the brake caliper catches it before the swigarm or the forks. Quite a few of the disc locks come with a small bungy to clip to your handle bar. I've forgotten about it once and got a shock but no damage, just very embarassed as in the middle of Glasgow at the time!

I use a bungee cord thing as a reminder too. 

I'm just saying that putting it on the rear is broadly speaking a more sensible idea than 

using the front rotors. But keep doing whatever works for you dude.

I certainly will endeavour to keep my somersault free record for as long as I can...   

Just though I'd pop this in here taken from the 100 year old driver thread

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I've about given up trying to explain to people how vunerable you are on 2 wheels (motorbike or cyclist) & how different it is to driving a car/bus/lorry etc. Sadly the majority of motorists (car drivers) will only see what happens from behind the wheel and not understand what is happening in their surroundings.

 

SWMBO saw me riding my motorbike for the 1st time last night, I met up with her & my boys at the stables on my way home from work, she had alot of questions when we got home about why I rode the way I did & answered just about every question with, I didn't see that or I didn't think of that.  It's amazing how much you dont notice/think about when you have a big metal box with lots of airbags surrounding you.

 

She did think I was very grown up and responsible, especially as I didn't try to take off when crossing the old railway line (I always take off on the pushbike )

The first time I got on a bike I felt so vulnerable and exposed and what was really strange, which probably sounds odd, was not having a seat belt on during that first ride.

 

Having passed my bike test and advanced bike test it really is amazing how your observation improves and the things you notice.  One thing I do pick up on the bike but not in the car as much is smells, such as that damp smell you get or when there is diesel about, little things.  After a while being locked up in the metal box the senses do fade but when I'm back on the bike it does all come back.  I do believe that a stint on bikes would be a good learning experience for car drivers, even just to understand the vulnerability of two wheels.