Remote Start/alarm

Anyone know what system is on this bike?


http://www.youtube.c...o...ted&search=


Fast fwd to about 1:30 in the video

Very interesting...

I remember seeing this bike for sale on ebay like 4 -5 months ago. I agree, the keyless start is cool, but I can't imagine it would come i nthat handy, except for the "cool" factor.

I have a keyless remote start alarm system still sitting in the box that I have had for a few years now that I was going to install on an old bike I had but never did. I mainly bought it for the alarm system. The remote start was just a little extra farkle that I thought would be cool to have. It really is a pretty useless device other than like Higgin said it has the "cool" factor. If it had a servo motor or something that was hooked up to the throttle linkage that would allow you to slightly rev the motor, now THAT would be cool and actually become useful if you wanted to start the bike in the cold and not have to go outside to start it and keep the revs up (you guys with the wax units wouldn't have to worry about that though). The one I have does have a safety feature too so no one can just hop on, put it in gear and go. As soon as they try, the ignition system shuts down. It was only like $30. Probably doesn't even work! Now that you've got me thinking about it, I just might get ambitious and get it installed on the 'ol viffer! Hmmmmm..... :beer: It's not doing much sitting in the box!

In my younger years I did several remote starts on cars, and bikes. The handy part
for the bike is to warm it up when its cold out if it weren't an FI bike. Carb bikes are
testy when its cold out and you haven't warmed them correctly. The way the disable
works is if you have it started and don't put in the key before you pull in the clutch it
will turn the bike off. I see no real need to have one if you have an FI bike though.

If your a do it yourselfer like some of us its not at all hard to do, look for shops to
charge up to 200 bucks for the install without parts.

I'm assuming these remote start systems have a fail safe so you can't remote start your bike if it's in gear. :salesman:

I'm assuming these remote start systems have a fail safe so you can't remote start your bike if it's in gear. :salesman:

Yeah most use a hide away switch to bypass :thumbsup:

In my younger years I did several remote starts on cars, and bikes. The handy part
for the bike is to warm it up when its cold out if it weren't an FI bike. Carb bikes are
testy when its cold out and you haven't warmed them correctly. The way the disable
works is if you have it started and don't put in the key before you pull in the clutch it
will turn the bike off. I see no real need to have one if you have an FI bike though.

If your a do it yourselfer like some of us its not at all hard to do, look for shops to
charge up to 200 bucks for the install without parts.

Typically they bypass the ignition, but the regular safety mechanism that prevents it from starting in gear would be in place. On the VFR they would be VERY easy to wire I would think, but not as useful on the FI models unless you have heated gear that you want warm.

I'm assuming these remote start systems have a fail safe so you can't remote start your bike if it's in gear. :salesman:

Yeah most use a hide away switch to bypass :thumbsup:

Yeah when i worked at a Subaru dealer ship, someone had that on their wrx and the mechanic was looking for it in the lot. So he descided to push the alarm button the the key f.o.b. and little did he know that it was the push button start. So it started up IN GEAR and drove though a chain linked fence and into a really deep ditch. Scratched the *&%$ out of the paint and messed up the whole front end of the car. So i'm hoping there's is something to make sure its in nuetral!

So i'm hoping there's is something to make sure its in nuetral!

Like Tightwad said: "the regular safety mechanism that prevents it from starting in gear would be in place".
The bike itself won't let you start it if it's in gear, and the sidestand is down and/or the clutch isn't pulled in.