Thruxton 2016 Thruxton R Immoblizer

Before I got my Thrux R I had a Tiger 800 which suffered from occasional non starts, long story short, just out of warranty I needed a new key which was more or less unusable, local dealer (who supplied and serviced my bike from new and supplied the new key) told me the immobiliser was suspect and needed to be changed.
As I had mentioned the occasional non starts to them during warranty (which they were never able to reproduce) they lodged an out-of-warranty claim with Triumph. Upshot was that Triumph supplied an new immobiliser and keys, but I had to pay to have them fitted, and of course the new key didn't fit the luggage.

Over the whole period I heard of several other Tigers with immobiliser issues.

I'm hoping we don't get the same issue with the Thrux. I don't know if there is any similarity between the Thrux immobiliser and the Tiger one.

FWWIW

 

Personally I have had no issues at all with a dealer fitted from new Datatool S4 on my 2012 Bonnie.
But there was recently a major re-call on certain newer models (loads of examples on the forum)
There are dozens of instances on forums where riders have been stranded particularly near large electrical pylons etc.
When they are good they are good, just be aware like with all electronics they can play up.

 

I had a Datool Immobiliser on my 2001 Bonnie and found it a real pain. So the dealer removed it and since then I've either declined fitting one or removed them from all my Triumphs.

Why? There are too many reports of "issues" and just as importantly, based on where I live most insurers don't offer a discount on top of the one they have for a Datatag and Disk Lock.