Oxford OF7 Boss Ultra Strong Alarm Lock with 1.2m Chain review
The Oxford OF7 Boss Ultra Strong Alarm Lock with 1.2m Chain is a perfect example of a quality, heavy duty lock and chain complete with built-in alarm.
When it comes to motorcycle security there’s such a wide range of types available it can be difficult to know what to go for. Alarms can ward off thieves but don’t actually secure your bike. Small locks can be conveniently portable but may offer little protection. While larger, stronger ones can be cumbersome while still not raising the alarm if a thief tries to break it.
Thankfully, widely respected British motorcycle accessory brand Oxford Products offer a security solution that manages to combine the advantages of all three and which is also available through Machine Mart.
The OF7 Boss Ultra Strong Alarm Lock is claimed to be ‘the strongest, most secure lock Oxford have ever manufactured’. It comprises a heavy-duty shackle padlock with built-in alarm, features a thick (14mm) shackle while the alarm is claimed to which 100dB of sound able to be heard 500 metres away when the lock is tampered with. It’s a brilliant solution to the one fault of conventional padlocks which is that, however strong, brazen thieves sometimes attempt to cut through them in full public view.
On top of that, the Boss lock is also claimed to be not just water and vibration proof but also unsusceptible to frost and heat, too, so works all year round in all weathers.
And nor does it end there. In this form the Boss lock also comes, at £154.99, complete with an extra-long (1.2m), heavy duty chain formed of 12mm thick links, complete with fabric cover to protect wheels, forks and so on, so your pride and joy can be secured to immovable objects such as lamp posts and metal fences.
The result, complete with three keys, is not only versatile (for example you can use the Boss lock on its own as a disc lock, or together with the chain if the circumstances allow) but also impressively portable (weighing just 2kg) and, as it is Thatcham Approved, among the most secure available.
More info on the Oxford OF7 Boss Ultra Strong Alarm Lock with 1.2m Chain and other bike specific products can be found on Machine Mart’s official website.
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A vastly-experienced motorcycle journalist and bike tester, Phil West is also an ex-Executive Editor of MCN, former Editor of Bike and What Bike?, author of numerous motorcycle books and has ridden virtually every bike of the last 30 years.
