BMW S1000R Catches Motorcycle Thieves

When he gets his bike back today Manolo will not be parking it in the same spot anymore. He hopes to move to a bigger apartment in the complex, which will include enclosed parking.
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Yeah, like moving to another apartment/condo will help. At least in Toronto the underground parking is heaven for motorcycle thieves.
 
I knew the bike was smart, but actually able to catch thieves? Cool.

(BTW, what police service in Canada has lieutenants?)
 
It's probably easier (in some cases, anyway) to just get the money back from your insurance company (assuming you've got replacement value insurance) than deal with LoJack and the potential damage that's been done.

However, I absolutely love the idea of the thieves getting caught. I wonder what sort of sentencing they usually get.
 
macrider said:
Sounds like the LO-Jack system is the way to go for the condo bikes in the GTA.
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Not to discredit lo-jack, at least it's another way to protect your bike against stupid thieves, but put that bike in a metal container/back of the truck, whatever, and that's the end of the lo-jack track. Yes, it will help against stupid thieves like the ones listed in the article. The other thing to note is that lo-jack will not work in the underground parking anyway - it requires either GPS or RF link, which will obviously be blocked by concrete.
 
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ViperZ said:
The other thing to note is that lo-jack will not work in the underground parking anyway - it requires either GPS or RF link, which will obviously be blocked by concrete.
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Uses RF tech. Taken from their website:
"Uses RF technology which can track your vehicle in places that GPS can’t. This includes remote or enclosed areas such as parking garages, tunnels, wooded areas, or in a container on a ship."
 
Bigevildoer said:
Uses RF tech. Taken from their website:
"Uses RF technology which can track your vehicle in places that GPS can’t. This includes remote or enclosed areas such as parking garages, tunnels, wooded areas, or in a container on a ship."
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Wow good apples!
 
ViperZ said:
Not to discredit lo-jack, at least it's another way to protect your bike against stupid thieves, but put that bike in a metal container/back of the truck, whatever, and that's the end of the lo-jack track. Yes, it will help against stupid thieves like the ones listed in the article. The other thing to note is that lo-jack will not work in the underground parking anyway - it requires either GPS or RF link, which will obviously be blocked by concrete.
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I certainly understand that it's possible to block all forms of anti-theft vehicle tracking systems somehow, but I personally wouldn't put down most bike thieves as being criminal masterminds.
 
Bigevildoer said:
Uses RF tech. Taken from their website:
"Uses RF technology which can track your vehicle in places that GPS can’t. This includes remote or enclosed areas such as parking garages, tunnels, wooded areas, or in a container on a ship."
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That's one of the funniest thing I've ever read. Drive into the parking garage and check - does your radio work, does your cell phone work? Get the idea?
 
ViperZ said:
That's one of the funniest thing I've ever read. Drive into the parking garage and check - does your radio work, does your cell phone work? Get the idea?
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It chirps a signal on the VHF band that's available to devices in police cars within range. It'll get out of parking garages in a general area. Police have to be around, though if the signal is degraded.
 
TheDirty said:
It chirps a signal on the VHF band that's available to devices in police cars within range. It'll get out of parking garages in a general area. Police have to be around, though if the signal is degraded.
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Yup, of course, you'll get a VHF signal out of underground concrete garage. Again, take a portable TV with an antenna and try to get any station in the underground parking. Some newer local stations off CN tower broadcast on VHF high-band, so your theory is easy to prove.
 
ViperZ said:
Yup, of course, you'll get a VHF signal out of underground concrete garage. Again, take a portable TV with an antenna and try to get any station in the underground parking. Some newer local stations off CN tower broadcast on VHF high-band, so your theory is easy to prove.
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VHF TV is a complex analog signal, which would be easier to corrupt. Though I don't know what a lojack signal is made up of, it would surely be a very simple digital signal. Your test would not be conclusive.

One of the main selling points is lojacks ability to be heard out of underground garages.
 
ViperZ said:
That's one of the funniest thing I've ever read. Drive into the parking garage and check - does your radio work, does your cell phone work? Get the idea?
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My cell phone works in parking garages, maybe yours is a pos?
 
Last time I checked they would not put one in Motorcycles here in Canada (Boomerang), this may have changed but I am too lazy to check once again (after asking for years...).

All these devices can be blocked scrambled by smart thieves, this does not mean don't get it just means do not rely on it as the only line of defense. Even some of the stupid thieves will just leave it somewhere remote for a day or two to see if someone comes and gets it.
 
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