Alarm for Scooter
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Alarm for Scooter
Hello All.
Do any of you have an alrm on your scooter? You know something like a car alarm?
CAn you please recomend the best one out there? I have heard that some will freak out if it rains out, i live in Seattle, can't have that.
Thank you.
Do any of you have an alrm on your scooter? You know something like a car alarm?
CAn you please recomend the best one out there? I have heard that some will freak out if it rains out, i live in Seattle, can't have that.
Thank you.
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The sensitivity has level settings. I have mine set in the middle. If you lightly slap my handlebars, it gives a quick chirping warning. If you grab and twist them, it screams like a banschee!!siafu wrote:Cool, I ordered one, the one with the two paginf thing.
Thanks for the info.
I have read that they are over sensitive, that they go off for no reason, is this true?
God help the fool who touches my scooter !!!
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Well, I received the alarm, and installed it. IT took a lot longer to install than they mention in the manual. The reason, it longer is because I could not decide where to install the alarm.
Anyhow, it works, I have the one with 2 way pager, it send me reports what alarms went off if any, up to half a mile away, not sure if it actually goes that far, maybe in a field, but it does work.
Now I have to take the scooter somewhere in a field away from people and set it to lower sensitivity and play with the settings a bit to fine tune it. Don't want to drive the neighbours crazy,
One thing I did different is that they suggest in the manual to have the tilt sensor mounted for the , the side kick stand, but I hardly use that stand, I don't trust it since my scooter fell the second day I ad it from that stand and broke one signal light and the break handle, and it took almost 3 weeks to get replacements, so I just use the center kick stand. So I set the tilt sensor to react the length of the scooter and not the width, hope this make sense. And it works fine.
So if you were thinking of getting a Gorilla Alarm for your scooter I recommend the model #7017, the one with the 2 way pager, I got mine for $139 shipping included from eBay, most other places want a bit more. You can also get the same alarm, without the 2 way pager for about $70 in most places.
Anyhow, it works, I have the one with 2 way pager, it send me reports what alarms went off if any, up to half a mile away, not sure if it actually goes that far, maybe in a field, but it does work.
Now I have to take the scooter somewhere in a field away from people and set it to lower sensitivity and play with the settings a bit to fine tune it. Don't want to drive the neighbours crazy,
One thing I did different is that they suggest in the manual to have the tilt sensor mounted for the , the side kick stand, but I hardly use that stand, I don't trust it since my scooter fell the second day I ad it from that stand and broke one signal light and the break handle, and it took almost 3 weeks to get replacements, so I just use the center kick stand. So I set the tilt sensor to react the length of the scooter and not the width, hope this make sense. And it works fine.
So if you were thinking of getting a Gorilla Alarm for your scooter I recommend the model #7017, the one with the 2 way pager, I got mine for $139 shipping included from eBay, most other places want a bit more. You can also get the same alarm, without the 2 way pager for about $70 in most places.