Getting an Alarm system for chirssy... The thing is tho, im not too sure on
letting the guys at a car audio shop (who sell this alarm system) install
the thing. I mean, they would basically just be winging it when taking the
fairings and stuff off. Im tending to buy the alarm and take it to a
workshop for fitting...or even fit it myself.

Suggestions??

Josh - ZX9R

"DoinitSideways" <doinitsideways_baffles_@ozemail.com.au> wrote in
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> Getting an Alarm system for chirssy... The thing is tho, im not too
> sure on letting the guys at a car audio shop (who sell this alarm
> system) install the thing. I mean, they would basically just be
> winging it when taking the fairings and stuff off.

They're winging it (read: butchering it) when they do that
to cars, much less their first motorcycle installation. In my
book, the *only* way to fit stuff like that, to anything, is
DIY. Too many fully trade qualified butchers working in the
alarm/stereo installation game for some reason!

> Im tending to buy the alarm and take it to a workshop for
> fitting...or even fit it myself.
> Suggestions??

Where are you? I'm in Sydney. I'm clued at this sort of thing.
If you supervise taking fairings and stuff off, I'll supervise
electrickery.

G

Thanks GB,
Unfortunately im in Qld....Southport to be exact. The downside, for me,
is that i dont have the workshop manual and this is a new bike for me. Other
then that, im pretty confident with my work on bikes and have done a few
electronics soldering courses.
If i go DIY ill have to get a workshop manual so i have wiring diagrams
and step by step instructions for removing the fairings... Last thing i
wanna do is scratch or break something.

Josh - 98 ZX9R

"GB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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"DoinitSideways" <doinitsideways_baffles_@ozemail.com.au> wrote in
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> Getting an Alarm system for chirssy... The thing is tho, im not too
> sure on letting the guys at a car audio shop (who sell this alarm
> system) install the thing. I mean, they would basically just be
> winging it when taking the fairings and stuff off.

They're winging it (read: butchering it) when they do that
to cars, much less their first motorcycle installation. In my
book, the *only* way to fit stuff like that, to anything, is
DIY. Too many fully trade qualified butchers working in the
alarm/stereo installation game for some reason!

> Im tending to buy the alarm and take it to a workshop for
> fitting...or even fit it myself.
> Suggestions??

Where are you? I'm in Sydney. I'm clued at this sort of thing.
If you supervise taking fairings and stuff off, I'll supervise
electrickery.

G

Sayeth DoinitSideways <doinitsideways_baffles_@ozemail.com.au>:
> If i go DIY ill have to get a workshop manual so i have wiring diagrams
> and step by step instructions for removing the fairings... Last thing i
> wanna do is scratch or break something.

Hint: The car stero shop doesn't have a wiring diagram. Nuff said.

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Im more worried about my fairings being scratched or broken. They wont take
blame for it.

Josh - ZX9R

"sharkey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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Sayeth DoinitSideways <doinitsideways_baffles_@ozemail.com.au>:
> If i go DIY ill have to get a workshop manual so i have wiring
diagrams
> and step by step instructions for removing the fairings... Last thing i
> wanna do is scratch or break something.

Hint: The car stero shop doesn't have a wiring diagram. Nuff said.

-----sharks
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Nick 'Sharkey' Moore | Everyone complains about the laws of physics
<(E-Mail Removed)> | but nobody ever does anything about them!

"DoinitSideways" <doinitsideways_baffles_@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Im more worried about my fairings being scratched or broken. They wont take
> blame for it.

Do it yourself, it's not that hard. Just make sure you have the wiring diagram for your bike (and a multimeter would be
handy too!), and if you take your time and check everything thoroughly before cutting anything, you should be fine. I
fitted an alarm to the CBR without any great dramas - had to redo it a couple of times to get the wiring to my liking
(which is where taking a bit more time and checking a bit more thoroughly would have helped!), but that was just a
cosmetic issue. Count on around 3 - 4 hours, and you're done! If I can do, anyone can.

Damien
GPX250 (stolen) -> CBR600

Just out of interest -- how does the bike alarm work anyway ?
Is it just a motion sensor ?

"DoinitSideways" <doinitsideways_baffles_@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Getting an Alarm system for chirssy... The thing is tho, im not too sure
on
> letting the guys at a car audio shop (who sell this alarm system) install
> the thing. I mean, they would basically just be winging it when taking the
> fairings and stuff off. Im tending to buy the alarm and take it to a
> workshop for fitting...or even fit it myself.
>
> Suggestions??
>
> Josh - ZX9R
>
>

"paulc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Just out of interest -- how does the bike alarm work anyway ?
> Is it just a motion sensor ?
>

I have a mongoose striker alarm and yes it works off a motion sensor. It has
6 sensitivity settings from "look at it sideways it shall go off" to you
need to be sitting on the bike before it goes of. Also incorperates an
engine immobiliser and remote start. I think they also have some models
which activate if the clutch is pulled in.

Glen

TL1000Rw

> "DoinitSideways" <doinitsideways_baffles_@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> news:95GBb.199$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Getting an Alarm system for chirssy... The thing is tho, im not too sure
> on
> > letting the guys at a car audio shop (who sell this alarm system)
install
> > the thing. I mean, they would basically just be winging it when taking
the
> > fairings and stuff off. Im tending to buy the alarm and take it to a
> > workshop for fitting...or even fit it myself.
> >
> > Suggestions??
> >
> > Josh - ZX9R
> >
> >
>
>

KiwiRider wrote;
>I have a mongoose striker alarm and yes it works off a motion sensor. It
has
>6 sensitivity settings from "look at it sideways it shall go off" to you
>need to be sitting on the bike before it goes of. Also incorperates an
>engine immobiliser and remote start. I think they also have some models
>which activate if the clutch is pulled in.
>
Remote start?!!?
What; it actually starts the engine from a remote?
What possible use is that? (Especially if you park in gear!!)
Clem

"Knobdoodle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> KiwiRider wrote;
> >I have a mongoose striker alarm and yes it works off a motion sensor. It
> has
> >6 sensitivity settings from "look at it sideways it shall go off" to you
> >need to be sitting on the bike before it goes of. Also incorperates an
> >engine immobiliser and remote start. I think they also have some models
> >which activate if the clutch is pulled in.
> >
> Remote start?!!?
> What; it actually starts the engine from a remote?
> What possible use is that? (Especially if you park in gear!!)
> Clem
>
>
When the CB1100XX first came out, a regular SA rallygoer bought one of the
demo models which had been fitted with remote start.

At the Z-Owners Rally at at little one-pub town (whose name escapes me), he
had it parked on the centrestand outside the pub while he was over the road
enjoying the fire and refreshments. A crowd formed, as they weren't as
common as they are now, and when one bloke put his hand close to the bike to
point to something, the owner started it with the remote. Everyone near the
bike leapt back as if a grenade had just gone off in the middle of them.

One day a stray signal started it in an underground carpark in Adelaide.
When he arrived it was spewing fluids and smelling fairly scorched. He got
the remote-start disconnected.

Conehead