Does anybody have a security system installed on their buell?? I just bought a merlin 3000 motorcycle security system with remote and was wondering if anyone else had a system on their bike and how they like it?? effectiveness?? etc...
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nativeXb12Rbuell
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i saw the best security system this summer on a harley, the guy left his bigg giant GF with big flap jack tits sitting on it, guarding it ! ok maybe not the best ,but it keep me far away from it and many more I bet.
http://www.buellxb.com/Buell-XB-Forum/Buell-Lightning-XB12S-XB12Ss-CityX-XB12Scg/Wheel-Locks
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then there is this method too...
Lets-talk-guns
http://www.buellxb.com/Buell-XB-Forum/Buell-Lightning-XB12S-XB12Ss-CityX-XB12Scg/Wheel-Locks
A-new-motorcycle-security-system
then there is this method too...
Lets-talk-guns
J_Undisputed
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I put a scorpio i900 on my 06 Firebolt. I like it, its not bad, the perimeter alarm is a tad touchy and maybe once in a while inconsistent. They tell you to install it in the middle of the bike but as far away from metal as possible. Um..how? So setting it that everything's covered by it up front, means its rather sensitive toward the back and side. Within 1 ft. up front = 6-7 foot a halo around the back. I'd rather have it set like that then someone steal my mirrors or something because its not sensitive. Most people get the first of the progressive beeps and walk away(beeps faster the closer you get and slower as u back off). Had to take the reflective heat shield off my seat for it though (who wants kids anyway? lol)
The fit is not bad, main module is mounted behind the battery tray, and the wires ran easy up the tail and storage area. A factory plug and play would have been nice though. The cut off wire didn't reach all the way up to the ignition, So i'll have to get a longer wire or find a closer part of the ignition circuit to the middle of the bike. The rfid is nice and allows you to just get on and ride/get off walk away. Sends a battery reading to the page thing on the arm/disarm.
The fit is not bad, main module is mounted behind the battery tray, and the wires ran easy up the tail and storage area. A factory plug and play would have been nice though. The cut off wire didn't reach all the way up to the ignition, So i'll have to get a longer wire or find a closer part of the ignition circuit to the middle of the bike. The rfid is nice and allows you to just get on and ride/get off walk away. Sends a battery reading to the page thing on the arm/disarm.
My 03 XB9S has one on it. It's great! Adjustable sensitivity..If anyone bumps or touches the bike, it sounds and flashes the signals.
I carry the alarm fob in my pocket, not on the key, when it's on the key, it just flaps around in the wind hitting my fork tube. Highly recommend one. Great peace of mind.
I carry the alarm fob in my pocket, not on the key, when it's on the key, it just flaps around in the wind hitting my fork tube. Highly recommend one. Great peace of mind.
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I've been thinking about getting an alarm system after reading all the post of idiot parents setting their kids on strangers' bikes and dumb teenagers sitting on them as well. Then theres the tards that back into them in parking lots. I think an alarm would keep from from going to jail
~Mike.......
~Mike.......
my scoripo was faulty out of the box, the alarm would go off for no reason and the key fob would stop working so without the key fob or RFID working I couldn't shut it off.
not a big deal that is was faulty IMO, it happens sometimes.
(but this one was scratched all up in the sealed plastic like somebody used a screwdriver to remove the connectors I think it was a "refurb" but they insist that they don't do that)
they had a good track record and many people swear by them.
but what killed be was that scorpio customer service sucked!
it took nearly 3 months to get my alarm back and it was still broken. I sent it back asking for a new one, they said that a new one would be right out, a month later nothing, I call up and they are STILL trouble shooting my old one.
I call again a few week later and its still on the test bench, this time I am getting a bit upset I bought my alarm to have it on my bike and the end of the Michigan season is approaching and I have been without my alarm for the whole thing (I bought it and installed before the season started)
so I call and ask for a manager this time and tell him what is going on, he tells me he will look into it and call me back.
a day later he calls me back and apologizes, he sends out a NEW alarm the same day plus a free engine immobilizer and at first I am thinking I will FINALLY have a working alarm on my bike.
NOPE, the problem is still there, turns out they only replaced the main unit, I am having the same problem. I call up AGAIN and tell them, the guy tells me yet again that this is imposable and it must be installed wrong, I tell him it must be the plug in units failing.
after sending pictures of my install and a wiring diagram they agree my install is fine and send me replacement proxy and RFID units.
but I never installed it, I sold it to a friend because scorpio would not refund me because I didn't buy DIRECTLY from them (bought it from a HD dealer because parts unlimited is a distributor and I had a 20% off coupon) I told my friend all the issues I had with it and sold it at a loss even with the 20% off I got. plus my nearly 6 months of frustration and still no alarm, what a waist of time and money
my friend never plugged in the proxy and seems to like it but he still has intermittent issues of it going off.
moral of the story?
be wary of scorpio
not a big deal that is was faulty IMO, it happens sometimes.
(but this one was scratched all up in the sealed plastic like somebody used a screwdriver to remove the connectors I think it was a "refurb" but they insist that they don't do that)
they had a good track record and many people swear by them.
but what killed be was that scorpio customer service sucked!
it took nearly 3 months to get my alarm back and it was still broken. I sent it back asking for a new one, they said that a new one would be right out, a month later nothing, I call up and they are STILL trouble shooting my old one.
I call again a few week later and its still on the test bench, this time I am getting a bit upset I bought my alarm to have it on my bike and the end of the Michigan season is approaching and I have been without my alarm for the whole thing (I bought it and installed before the season started)
so I call and ask for a manager this time and tell him what is going on, he tells me he will look into it and call me back.
a day later he calls me back and apologizes, he sends out a NEW alarm the same day plus a free engine immobilizer and at first I am thinking I will FINALLY have a working alarm on my bike.
NOPE, the problem is still there, turns out they only replaced the main unit, I am having the same problem. I call up AGAIN and tell them, the guy tells me yet again that this is imposable and it must be installed wrong, I tell him it must be the plug in units failing.
after sending pictures of my install and a wiring diagram they agree my install is fine and send me replacement proxy and RFID units.
but I never installed it, I sold it to a friend because scorpio would not refund me because I didn't buy DIRECTLY from them (bought it from a HD dealer because parts unlimited is a distributor and I had a 20% off coupon) I told my friend all the issues I had with it and sold it at a loss even with the 20% off I got. plus my nearly 6 months of frustration and still no alarm, what a waist of time and money
my friend never plugged in the proxy and seems to like it but he still has intermittent issues of it going off.
moral of the story?
be wary of scorpio
native
i am getting a disc lock as well...maybe 2? i think the 2 things combined will make me able to sleep better at night
undisputed
thanks for the informtation i am going to have mine installed sometime in january, i will let everyone know how it turns out.
buellerpilot
tell me about it...if someone knocks over my bike trying to sit on it i would freak, I got my system brand new off craigslist for $60 and its gonna be around $125 to install it. I think i got a pretty good deal on the 2 and it just shows if you look around enough you can get one pretty cheap.
i am getting a disc lock as well...maybe 2? i think the 2 things combined will make me able to sleep better at night
undisputed
thanks for the informtation i am going to have mine installed sometime in january, i will let everyone know how it turns out.
buellerpilot
tell me about it...if someone knocks over my bike trying to sit on it i would freak, I got my system brand new off craigslist for $60 and its gonna be around $125 to install it. I think i got a pretty good deal on the 2 and it just shows if you look around enough you can get one pretty cheap.
