My 06 was nearly STOLEN, now its time to REBUILD!

Bike Alarm?

LansonFloyd,

Who makes this bike alarm and where can you get it?

 

actually I was going to go with a Clifford RSX series CAR alarm, and modify it to work! I still have to come up with the space though...


No, onto an update! My entire shipment of parts came in today, which is like "early Christmas" to me. All the plastics, my new sargent seat, the little odds and ends that were trashed, everything basically. I am only missing the windscreen, and my new tires. Better yet, I handed all the parts to the guys here at Carter Powersports, and Kurtis said he'd have the bike ready to roll in about 24 hours! Wow!

I'll post pics as usual!

 

Zonaman

Zonaman,

Great pics of Mt. Lemon near Tucson. I love that area, who would believe there is actually a ski area in Tucson. What kind of bike alarm did you install? How much?

 

Bike alarms?

Anybody else have bike alarms installed? What kind? How much?

 

OOOHHHH Kaayyy! Its back!

I officially got my bike back today! Damn, its been a while.

They did a fantastic job with the repairs, and they were quick too. "They", by the way, are known as Carter Powersports of Las Vegas, and I highly recommend them. Using the parts I ordered from www.ronayers.com, they were happy to install it all, which gave me a huge advantage in how much I saved by ordering off the net. Since I ordered from a very reputable source instead of Ebay, I feel like I still gave a good company my business, although it wasn't a local source :frown: Regardless, I saved roughly $1250 by doing this...enough to afford a new exhaust, seat, windscreen, tires, throttlemeisters, levers, and a few other nice goodies that I didn't have before.

Anyway, the bike rode well back to my house, even with a slightly bent lever and some still scratched parts (like the mirrors, I decided they weren't that bad, and the bar ends, soon to be replaced). As soon as I got it in my garage, I tore into it and replaced the bar ends with the Throttlemeisters, the bent levers with my Pazzos, the exhaust with the Remus Titanium, and the seat with my Sargent one. Took me about 2.5 hours altogether, and I am very pleased with all of it. The only thing I didn't install were the Heli-bars, because I took one look at the instructions and read "cut factory parts up with a dremel", and I think I'll not do that now! LOL!

The factory exhaust, Btw, appears to weigh exactly 20 lbs, so compared to the Remus Titanium which weighs in at 11.5 lbs complete, I'd say thats fairly significant on the very back of the bike. The look is just fantastic! I'm currently working on recording the sound, but its tricky because of wind noise on the mic.

The sargent seat is fantastic, and actually even though it is a firmer foam then stock (my first impression), it feels easier to ride with. Well worth the cost.

The Pazzos are just freaking fantastic! I never thought levers would make a bit of difference in the feel of the bike, but I'm wrong. They just rock! Hard to describe, it is as though my clutch and brake control just ratcheted up 3 notches on the "smooth and easy to modulate" scale, and the looks are great too. Great mod.

The Throttlemeisters....well, lets just say they look very pretty! I haven't got the hang of getting them to work perfectly, but I'll look into it later. Have to ride now, and they can wait.

:first: yea me!

 

I have had Scorpio alarms in the past, and had good luck. www.aritronix.com some web surfing will get you the alarm, whatever system you decide on, for much cheaper than their listed prices.

Also know that Lojack, where availible, is no availible for bikes. I am getting it installed on mine this Saturday.:smile:

 

lo-jack should be available on anything, seeing that I once saw a "COPS" episode where they were tracking a lo-jack signal, and it turned out to be a portable generator that is traditionally towed behind a work truck. Thing was a Ingersoll-Rand or something. If they got one on a trailer with a generator on it, they can put it on a bike.

 

and in other news:

friendly heads up: I posted all the parts fit for re-sale here
in the classifieds of our wonderful site. I feel a little silly, because a lot of the parts I replaced I shouldn't have! I followed mostly the quote from the repair shop at the dealer, but in reality, a buffing wheel and some touch up paint would have done wonders. The lack of damage makes some of these parts a really good deal

 

Jacking bikes,

I cant say I've ever had someone try to steal one of my VFR's however the Harley was another story.

Came out of the Bar I was in watching the game (I had parked with a bunch of other Hogs there. ) And two guys (and much larger than I) were trying to help them selves out with my bike. So I poked my head back into the bar and yelled "anyone own a Harley, Two guys are trying to steal it." Well long story short about 30 gus ran out to 1. see if it was their bike, and 2. stop the theft.

Needless to say the 2 guys had a huge A** beating. Said thanks to the guys hopped onto my bike and left.

Sorry to hear about your bike though one thing I would have done is the frame magnafluxed since it was dropped from a moving van. This is the only way you can really be sure that there is not microscopic cracks in the aluminum which will cause catastrophic failure later down the road.

My CBR1100xx was hit and had just this problem (Insurance would not total it. ) so I had it repaired and had the shop sell it since the insurance would not spring for the magnafluxing of the frame. The guy who bought it had the bike for about three months when the one weld on the frame cracked and failed apparently there was a microscopic crack that got worse. Guy tried to sue me etc... however since we were up front about the bike being in an accident there was not much he could do.

 

That is a great story, I would have loved to been there. Way to use your head, "anyone own a Harley" ound: Yep I bet that got attention, that is great...

 

would you feel compelled about magnafluxing the frame if you dropped your bike in a low or no speed situation? Because, thats what happened. The bike was lifted by its tail halfway into the van, but was dropped from bumper height, to the ground. I'd be pretty damn pissed at Honda if a FRAME couldn't handle a little drop. Keep in mind, none of the frame or subframe kissed the earth, only the plastics, and some of the metals. That would be like a car bending or cracking its frame if it accidentally was jumped over a San Fransisco-like hill. Sure, might be some mis-alignment, and a bent wheel, but a cracked frame?? talk about weak ass engineering. So, yeah, I don't buy it.

The bike's doing fine, and it looks amazing once again. I just picked up a new Killamajaro (sp?) long-jacket, Shoei RF1000 helmet (same EXACT pearl black metallic as my bike, lucky find!), and some other nice goodies, so I can go through the winter season without a problem on the bike. Come spring, I'll decide if its worth keeping, or if a ZX-14 is on the list.

 

No not for a slow speed encounter like that. I my situation since my blackbird was brand new and hit by a ford LTD it was a bit of a different story. (Especially since the cop clocked the LTD at 99+ in a 35 zone.) The estimated impact speed was at about 50-70 Mph.

That destroyed the swing arm, sub frame, rim Rear tire etc... and unknown to us at that time the main frame due to a hairline induced stress fracture. The bike was brand new (only had 34 mi on it.) and was only 100$ short of being totaled. But since it was cheaper to fix it than total it well you know the story. Since the damage was so extensive I wanted the frame magnafluxed which the insurance said no. Since I did not have a "good feeling" at this point I decided to sell it Besides I was looking at 3 years recovery. (No riding.)

Turns out that was a good move as within 100 miles after it was sold the frame failed. Luckily the insurance company was on the hook for that one since they denied the need to magnaflux the frame.

Within the next year or so, they passed a law that requires a insurance company to total a bike if there is any frame damage, frame sub frame swing arm etc.. To prevent this type of situation from ever happening again. Though you as the owner can contest this if it is only sub frame damage.

 

yeah, that makes sense on the totalling part...they were on the fence with the issue for a while...In the end they found not a single scratch on the frame, since none of it touched the concrete.