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jenkins
21/07/2006 at 11:17
I was chatting with a friend a couple of nights ago and he is working on a database for a Tracker type system for bikes. The transmitter is the size of a fag packet so is practical for a bike. He's not a biker himself so has no idea as to the size of the market. So my question to you is would you be interetsed in one, how much would you pay per year for one and do you think you'd have one?

I'm not plugging the company and have nothing to do with them; in fact I don't even know who the company is (I do know it's not Tracker). It's the basic principle I'm interested in.

Me? I'd have one if the insurance companies gave me a discount and it was a reasonable annual fee, say £10 per month, although with my existing bike (8 years old) I'd have to think long and hard about it.
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stef_d
21/07/2006 at 11:21
£10 a month ?
that would mean the disount on your premium would have to be substancially over £120...
i think not !
to make it worth while, i'd pay £2 a month if it garanteed a discount of over £80 on my premium..
D.S.
21/07/2006 at 11:22
Worth it I think as new bikes coming out are usually around the 7 k mark, but as you say insurance companies would have to follow suit.

I wouldn't bother on my bike as it 11 years old and worth about £1500
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RiceBurner
21/07/2006 at 11:24
dunno - doubt it.
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Vytalis
21/07/2006 at 11:43
How would it work? Surely the more open nature of a bike would mean it could be ripped out fairly easily (or am I being a bit dense?) - certainly easier than a car's system.

I'd pay £5 a month just to know I could track down the little scrote that had nicked it. Insurance premium drop would be nice, but I'm guessing all it would lead to is a hike in rates for those that don't have it...
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D.S.
21/07/2006 at 11:44
Factory fitted inside the petrol tank would do it.
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Eff Bee
21/07/2006 at 11:44
We sell the official Tracker trackers...and they are proving to be very popular as insurance companies are offering better discounts and they are more use than an alarm when your bike does get stolen.

They are £259 fitted or £399 fitted for the top model including the first years subs. TBH they do have the marked covered at the moment in this sector so it would be hard to break into unless his product offered more advantages and possibly smaller fees.

So far in the past two weeks the trackers have far outsold the alarms...
Jack
21/07/2006 at 12:09
Probably be interested in something for a new or rare bike.

As was related to the salesman who didn't even let me put my lid down at the Blyth services on the A1 before trying to get me to take his card, trying to sell trackers for bikes. Not a very good ideal idea when I'm on a long run in the middle of winter and just stopped to warm up
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cowflop
21/07/2006 at 13:01
nice deterrant, got my no claims protected and stand a much better chance of getting my toy back, £10 a month no problem
dazzer
22/07/2006 at 11:14
jenkins wrote
The transmitter is the size of a fag packet so is practical for a bike.



sounds very impractical for a bike the only reason tracker works on a car is it's easy to hide the transmitter, by the time they've spent hours finding it they're nicked.

all they do is nick the car, park it up and leave it for a few days to see if it has a tracker on it.

something the size of a fag packet would be found in 2 minutes on a bike and ripped off, if the insurance discount made it free then fair enough but if it's going to be £300 + £10 a month nobody would pay for it .
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