Modern Buddy

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.

I had one on my motorcycle, but not on my scooter. I hear good things about the disc brake locks though.

I use the Gorilla Motorcycle alarm Part # 7007. It works really well on my Ruckus and doesn't suck the battery dry. You can also get it with a remote pager that works up to 1/2 mile away.
Very easy to install.

Hello Thank you very much.

So do you have a schematic on the instalation? I would like to have a look at it before I buy thes alarm you recomended.

I juat want to see how easy/hard it is to install.

What does it do, just beep, or cut engine off, if the scooter is moved?

Thanks again for the tip.

It just hooks up to the battery. It has a shock sensor, tilt sensor and ignition sensor. Sensitivity is adjustable and it sounds just like a car alarm. I currently have it only on my Ruckus. Every scooter should have one.

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?

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?

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!!
God help the fool who touches my scooter !!!

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.

I'm glad you like it... I knew you would. Tech support os also very helpful.