Alarming idea

[Kendo]

If you choose to install an alarm on your bike and the set up allows you to set a manual override procedure, as in a combination of left/right blinker flashes to disable the alarm without the key fob, it really is a good idea to set it up.
Well I didn't think it really necessary, and well tonight my key fob crapped itself and I could not disarm my alarm to ride home from work.

The result: an hour or so of uninstalling my alarm in the dark with a torch jammed in my mouth and the thing screaming it's head off on battery back up.

Sometimes I just like to learn the hard way.

[Madmax]

Gotta hate that!

[Shifu]

Did anybody show any interest in what you were doing to the bike while the alarm was flattening your battery?

[Kendo]

Did anybody show any interest in what you were doing to the bike while the alarm was flattening your battery?

Didn't even get a second look.
These days most people only care about themselves and don't want to get involved, so I reckon only another rider walking past would make a challenge of what you were up to

I only installed my alarm because it had a proximity sensor, so I would know if someone was nosing around it in our parking area and could walk out and deal with it.