Alarming......

[phssthpok]

:-/.......this is intended for newbies.

.......ok, you have a nice new bike with a factory fitted alarm. By now you've probably realised it's a pain in the neck because it passively arms and takes forever to click into "workshop" mode. You might have even found it disables your key-fob if you're too near some mobile-phone masts. And it gets worse.

:-/.......if your battery runs down and you try to use the key-fob guess what? Your alarm will go off and, because your battery is flat, you can't stitch the bugger off - don't forget the alarm has an auxiliary power supply so it'll just keep on going on and on and on. If this happens to you then get that seat off and connect up a battery charger then switch the alarm off with the key fob. Now, let's say you want to remove your battery. Easy, "workshop" mode, seat off, undo negative and positive terminals and..... the alarm goes off. So how do you disconnect the battery? Easy, seat off, double click key-fob, and you've got approximately 20 seconds to get that big old battery out before the alarm goes off. If you manage that, then when you go to put the battery back on you have approximately 20 seconds to get the positive terminal connected before the alarm goes off - which by now should be child's play.

......factory fitted alarms, don't you just love them.

[Moley]

Forgot to leave the Optimate attached whilst you were on hols then Mr P ??? ;D

Its just a hunch,

but I think Mr Molan has hit the nail on the head.

Mr P is passing on his experience to "newbies"

experience that he has only just gained himself.

Wot no optimate?

Nice one Mr P

Driffta

[S.T.Chapman]

oh heaven forbid driffta shame on you for even mentioning it :
(confidentially i thought the same myself but i would never make such a scurrilous remark ;D)

Originally Posted by Phssthpok

*:-/.......this is intended for newbies.

.......ok, you have a nice new bike with a factory fitted alarm. By now you've probably realised it's a pain in the neck because it passively arms and takes forever to click into "workshop" mode. You might have even found it disables your key-fob if you're too near some mobile-phone masts. And it gets worse.

:-/.......if your battery runs down and you try to use the key-fob guess what? Your alarm will go off and, because your battery is flat, you can't stitch the bugger off - don't forget the alarm has an auxiliary power supply so it'll just keep on going on and on and on. If this happens to you then get that seat off and connect up a battery charger then switch the alarm off with the key fob. Now, let's say you want to remove your battery. Easy, "workshop" mode, seat off, undo negative and positive terminals and..... the alarm goes off. So how do you disconnect the battery? Easy, seat off, double click key-fob, and you've got approximately 20 seconds to get that big old battery out before the alarm goes off. If you manage that, then when you go to put the battery back on you have *approximately 20 seconds to get the positive terminal connected before the alarm goes off - which by now should be child's play.

......factory fitted alarms, don't you just love them.

In that 20 seconds, it's more productive to pull the cover off the fusebox, and remove the fuse for security system. Much easier and quicker than trying to undo the bolts on the battery. For some reason, the 'map' of the fuses on the FXST is printed upside down, and it's a good idea to identify the right fuse, before you pull it!
Assume other models also have a fuse for the security system...?

[phssthpok]

.......I would agree with all of the above with a couple of caveats:
1) I normally use my bike regularly enough not to need an Optimate, but you're right, it is good advice to use one (Newbies be warned)
2) Good idea about the fuse removal, you've still got to get the seat off and you've still got to have enough plonk in the battery to use the key-fob.

Mr P,

Well done

As my mam always said

Honesty is the best policy.

Driffta

[S.T.Chapman]

is the confessional open or closed?
care to share? : :