What about leaving a bike for a few weeks with an alarm system fully armed... would it not drain the battery? I heard quite a few stories like this? Or does it mean that something is wired incorrectly?
Well said Figaro, if i buy any bike that has a data tool alarm fitted the first thing i do is rip it out and smash it to pieces with a big hammer. I've yet to come across any bike alarm that works 100% as they say.
I have had two bikes back in the 90s with a Datatool Alarm fitted.............never really had any battery issues with them even when left armed for say, two weeks......I guess newer bikes needed upgraded alarms which can drain the battery even when not armed. But the above is not say I haven't had vehicle alarm problems which resulted in stripping them out of three cars. I now have the OEM alarm / immobiliser on my car and a homemade alarm on the SS which is 'non drain when disarmed' and 'minimal drain when armed'. AL.
Never got round to starting the Ducati, but did start the cbr and give it a combination of idle and throttle blood for about 20 mins.(if id done that with the Ducati the noise would have pissed people off) it has been on an optimate 3 since November and started straight away (it has an immobiliser so it would have drained over that time period without it) The Ducati is on an oximiser 900 which is far more advanced than the old optimate. If it dries up tomorrow my mate is taking the Ducati for a run down the road...
My mate took the duke out today, so it got warmed through properly out on the road. He reported back all was well, and he quite liked it.
Yep it came off my SS The datatool alarm drained my battery a couple times Once I ended up waiting for breakdown truck after the SS just stopping scary I can tell ya
Earlier Datatools are indeed shitty and if they break you cant get hold of the circuit boards anymore to fix them. Im running an S4 i think and so far its been okay with me, just the usual BS when filling up etc :biggrin:
I think it was an S4 I had on my Suzuki. Datatool point blank refused to help, and the mechanic who originally fitted it had moved on. I took the easy option and fitted a secondhand wiring loom, £30 and about 3 hours work
Phil, can you not just put the kill switch on and crank it for a few seconds (5 or so) ? you can do that on the carby SS's. I do it once every couple of weeks when I know I'm not riding it for a long spell.
I can't remember for sure, but on the ie bikes like mine I seem to recall it won't crank with the kill switch off. It's the same kill switch as ST2 / 3 / 4 and 748 / 916
