Our old security installer said it best, security systems on a car are just a feel good piece of mind additive. If the crook knows what he is doing it's disabled before you know you car is gone. He used to talk people out of low jack all the time as it was worthless in his eyes.

 

exactly....see i just had a bicycle, vibration alarm on my 250....but the dumb duracell probably died so it didnt go off when my 250 was stolen

 

hmm so comprehensive insurance it is!

 

Part of the reason we are moving is so I can have a garage to keep the bikes in and to have a man cave.

 

I can't wait to have a man cave again.

 

someone lives in the mancave at my house.

 

it's time to reclaim your stomping grounds

 

Phantom Tracker is pricey as hell, but comes with 24 hour monitoring services so you get a phone call from an actual person if your alarm is activated. That way you have a chance to check it out yourself before sending the cops out to every false alarm. If you fail to answer the call, they only send the cops if the bike is moving (so don't ride off without disabling it).

Not sure how hard it is to defeat, but the response time is so quick by the monitoring service, I doubt anyone but the best of the best bike thieves could pull it off.

Other than that, just get a siren alarm that is enough to convince would be theives to move on to an easier target, park it in a garage, and get insurance. If you have to park it outside, keep it covered all the time when it is parked so random people coming and going don't see it sitting out all the time. Worked for me before I got a garage. Unfortunately, I didn't start doing that stuff until I had one stolen!