Recommend Tracker

There is a discussion on this in another thread talking about one that uses a SIM card and sends your bikes coordinates to your phone. Try a search and hopefully you should find it.

 

Have a look here if you put key words sim tracking device into the search box you'll get some other threads too

 

Hi darren.
I got an autocom tracker about £100, simple 2 wire fitting or 3 wires if you want to know if the ignition has been switched on. I went for a £5 a month giffgaff sim card & yes it is that simple. It gives you google maps co ordinates if it operates & all`s you have to do is remember to turn it off before you move the bike otherwise you`ll receive texes to your phone every 5 minutes. You arm/disarm it with a 6 digit code & you can check the status of its battery with a simple text message to it.

I had grief setting it up but the autocom guys were very patient & helpful in sorting out the problem which was me & not the tracker. All in all, very happy with it...... Still got a mammoth uncroppable chain & CEN6 padlock from Almax chains just to be as certain as I can it`ll be where I left her, but yes good experience all round.

 

I recently fitted a tracker to my Bonnie.

I decided to go for one of the cheap ones off fleabay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Real...992168&hash=item3d3f8fc345:g:nAEAAOSwOMdZVg9c

Mine is the same as this one but cost £14 from a UK supplier who doesn't have any on fleabay at the moment.

Fitting was really simple, two wires and the unit tucked in behind the cover on the nearside out of sight.

There are four wires if you require them. There are the two power connections, a third detects the ignition being turned on and the fourth is used to operate a relay to shut off the fuel pump.

I didn't bother with the last two as most bikes seem to be nicked by chucking them in the back of a van. However, if I lived somewhere where I was likely to be targeted by scrotes on scooters who push you off and ride off on the bike then I'd connect them.

Operation is simple.

Text the tracker move,123456 where 123456 is the password and if the bike moves it texts you back with a link to Google maps.

To turn off you text nomove,123456

At any time you can find it's location by texting smslink,123456

it will return a position and link to Google maps and tell you what speed it doing if it's moving.

It can do all sorts of other stuff like continuous tracking, warn if a certain speed is exceeded and you can also use the stockade command to warn if it leaves a predetermined area that you set up.

All I need to know is if the bike moves from where I left it.

The only caveat would be that the instructions were rubbish. There are many, many variations of this device and many different ways in which they communicate. My instructions said use move 123456 using space not a comma and it didn't work. Some use #move,123456# some #move 123456#

I had to try them all to get it to work but I knew all of this before I bought it and being a retired software engineer it didn't bother me.

For me at £14 it was a no brainer. What you're getting with the expensive ones is someone, like me, has sorted it all out and wrapped it up in a package with proper instructions that works put of the box.

 

I use Biketrac. Not cheap and costs £99 pa subscription
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But - and this is a big but - should your bike be stolen, Biketrac locate it, follow up and, with the police, go out and recover it.
I can check where my bike is at any time with a live feed, review recent rides and there is also a bike down alert which calls the other half if it senses the bike may have been in an accident and they can't get hold of me. Which really pisses her off if I don't put it in service mode when I'm at the Pod!

On days when I forget to switch the ignition on when I push the bike out of the garage in a morning I generally get a phonecall before I have got my lid on telling me that the bike has been moved and am I aware of it. Or the wife shouts up the garden to tell me bike track are ringing her again.....

Worth every penny to me on a bike that cost me megabucks.

 

Interesting article in MCN recently about their recovery rates - over 90% this year.

 

I went for a tracker from Datatool https://trakking.net/home

They offer a proper managed service staffed with professionals who will endeavour to get your bike back if it gets stolen. As soon as the bike is moved outside of a small area they contact you, and it you confirm it’s stoled, you then notify the police then they track it AND liaise with the police to see it’s recover.

The problem with cheap systems is all you will be able to do is see where your bike is. So what do you do then.?

 

Interesting article in MCN recently about their recovery rates - over 90% this year.

I can set up a ring fence on my Biketrak system too, but keep it armed at all times unless I am transporting in the van or racing, when I switch it to service mode. As I posted earlier, I get a call if I move it more than about 6 feet out of the garage without switching the ignition on, so I know I will get a call if it's moved without my permission - and if no reply from me they ring the wife and I also get a back-up email. Not sure about how cost compares on the datatool system.