Tracker fitting

[okenemem]

Recently went to the dealer for a quote on a honda tracker ,

With a year subscription, fitting is over 400 quid.

So im considering going for one of the hardwired trackers on ebay.

Upon looking at Installation guides on YouTube I've noticed that they all require to be connected to battery

My issue is that this is the first place that theives will look ,

Is there any other way of using the power without obviously connecting to the battery via the terminals

[bogie]

You can get small battery operated trackers, battery lasts a few years so long as its not activated. They are subscription free and rely on you noticing the bike missing and reporting it as which point the tracker company enable the tracker and the battery lasts about a week by which time they recover it.

Much of the cost of trackers is the monitoring and subscription fee (similar to monitored house alarms) the actual device cost is pretty cheap these days.

I have the battery tracker on my car, never had to use it thankfully, but it meets the insurance requirements.

tracker retrieve is one of the big brand battery products, although there are cheaper options out there

https://www.tracker.co.uk/products/retrieve-batter...

[podman]

My tracker does have an internal battery so should the tea leafs remove/cut the battery leads, the tracker still has (so I was told) 7-10 days of life.

My tracker also detects and alerts me to any movement so you will be notified if someone is tampering with your bike.

Nothing is totally secure but the cost of the unit / subscription has more than been paid back in lower premiums and I do like the other benefits it brings

[KTMsm]

Firstly I wouldn't consider using a Dealer

It would be easy to tap into the permanent positive and negative wires for anyone who is remotely competent and have a battery back up too

Another option is Airtags or similar

I'd mention if YOU aren't willing to get your bike, don't bother fitting one

My experience of the Police "helping" in similar matters is that they are absolute waste of time

[Triaguar]

podman said:

My tracker does have an internal battery so should the tea leafs remove/cut the battery leads, the tracker still has (so I was told) 7-10 days of life.

My tracker also detects and alerts me to any movement so you will be notified if someone is tampering with your bike.

Nothing is totally secure but the cost of the unit / subscription has more than been paid back in lower premiums and I do like the other benefits it brings

There us surely a second issue with battery connected ones beyond battery power. If I was stealing your bike I'd just follow the wires I'd cut to the tracker and pull it out. Or am i missing something

[KTMsm]

Triaguar said:

There us surely a second issue with battery connected ones beyond battery power.

If I was stealing your bike I'd just follow the wires I'd cut to the tracker and pull it out. Or am i missing something

That's why only "Halfords" type fitters would put a new connection directly to the battery - most tap into a wire or the back of the fusebox and hide it all in the loom

I regularly remove alarms and whilst some are very DIY most are pretty professionally fitted, some have their own custom sub looms that are very hard to remove, even in my garage with plenty of time to do so

[podman]

Triaguar said:

podman said:

My tracker does have an internal battery so should the tea leafs remove/cut the battery leads, the tracker still has (so I was told) 7-10 days of life.



There us surely a second issue with battery connected ones beyond battery power. If I was stealing your bike I'd just follow the wires I'd cut to the tracker and pull it out. Or am i missing something

If my bike was stolen, id prefer not to have it back, for myself, its really fitted to lower my premium.

Maybe /maybe not you are missing something, that being alarms /trackers are not infallible and cant be relied on, I have had a bike stolen before so now my first aim (and yours IMHO) shouldn't be on electronic devices but to focus on making your property/garage /parking area etc as safe & secure as possible, once someone is in "working "on your bike, it's too late.