With the amounts of thefts of bikes at the moment i think it is about time we have a Section for Tracking Devices for Motorcycles (possibly a section locked with access only to paid up memebers and no access to visitors /public)
It would be interesting to know who has experience with various types of GPS trackers and their usefulness and success/reliability.
At the moment the main two types for sale in the UK appear to be either the Thatcham Insurance Approved Cat 6 monitored devices (would be interesting to know who has recieved Insurance discounts as they are very ambigous as to whether you will get them)
Autowatch ATT2 Track and Trace , not sure of initial purchase on this one but it is £150 p.a for the service.
Datatool Trakking (also Scorpion ST61) £179 plus installation and £99 p.a
Biketrac £299 plus £99 p.a
Scorpion Track HD no price for installation and purchase but £130 p.a
Smart Track Max .......£399 plus £149 p.a
Smart track Protector Pro ......... £399 plus £149 p.a
These seem to vary between rechargeable hardwired units or others with replaceable internal batteries .all require professional fitting to keep the Thatcham Approval
The second type are the stand alone units which are not monitored by an external company and do not have an annual charge fee but use a smart phone or similar app and the unit will contact the owner if the vehicle is moved and then track the vehicles via the app. These are a couple from the MCN website but there are numerous others
Autocom GPS Bike tracker £129
Oxford EL120 £199
Oxford Tracker Spy £219.99
Interphone GPS Safe tracker £239.99
I know from when I was at work that on cars/vans etc that the original TRACKER was a good system 20 odd years ago but was superceded by the monitored GPS systems for the mid noughties onwards and we had brilliant results .
Monitoring stations were able to tell us (often before the owners were aware) that vehicles had been illegally moved, their direction, speed etc and were able to place the vehicle in real time to within a few metres of where they were .
As I said it would be interesting to know if anyone has had personal experience of different products so as to make sure that others don't waste their money on a substandard product.
Please feel free to add reviews of any of the above units and their service and any other makes and models not shown above
It would be interesting to know who has experience with various types of GPS trackers and their usefulness and success/reliability.
At the moment the main two types for sale in the UK appear to be either the Thatcham Insurance Approved Cat 6 monitored devices (would be interesting to know who has recieved Insurance discounts as they are very ambigous as to whether you will get them)
Autowatch ATT2 Track and Trace , not sure of initial purchase on this one but it is £150 p.a for the service.
Datatool Trakking (also Scorpion ST61) £179 plus installation and £99 p.a
Biketrac £299 plus £99 p.a
Scorpion Track HD no price for installation and purchase but £130 p.a
Smart Track Max .......£399 plus £149 p.a
Smart track Protector Pro ......... £399 plus £149 p.a
These seem to vary between rechargeable hardwired units or others with replaceable internal batteries .all require professional fitting to keep the Thatcham Approval
The second type are the stand alone units which are not monitored by an external company and do not have an annual charge fee but use a smart phone or similar app and the unit will contact the owner if the vehicle is moved and then track the vehicles via the app. These are a couple from the MCN website but there are numerous others
Autocom GPS Bike tracker £129
Oxford EL120 £199
Oxford Tracker Spy £219.99
Interphone GPS Safe tracker £239.99
I know from when I was at work that on cars/vans etc that the original TRACKER was a good system 20 odd years ago but was superceded by the monitored GPS systems for the mid noughties onwards and we had brilliant results .
Monitoring stations were able to tell us (often before the owners were aware) that vehicles had been illegally moved, their direction, speed etc and were able to place the vehicle in real time to within a few metres of where they were .
As I said it would be interesting to know if anyone has had personal experience of different products so as to make sure that others don't waste their money on a substandard product.
Please feel free to add reviews of any of the above units and their service and any other makes and models not shown above