Aerostich Zovii Alarmed Grip Lock | Gear Evaluation

Earlier to listening to concerning the Zovii Alarmed Grip Lock, I used to be apparently naive when it got here to motorbike theft. At dwelling, I at all times lock each my ignition and fork. What I didn’t know is that fork locks are comparatively straightforward to interrupt, albeit noisily. The noisy half is useful in case your bike is parked at your home, however what for those who’re not dwelling otherwise you’ve taken it on a trip? Thieves may also carry a motorbike right into a car in a matter of seconds and take it elsewhere to disable safety measures.

To deal with these points, Aerostich provides the Zovii Alarmed Grip Lock, a water-proof nylon-construction lock with a 10mm carbide-reinforced hardened metal locking pin and a built-in 120dB anti-theft safety alarm. For comparability, most emergency responder sirens vary from 110-129db.

The lock is light-weight and compact. It weighs 8.7 ounces, about half an oz. heavier than my iPhone and case, and at 6 x 2.25 inches, it suits simply within the inside pockets on my leather-based jacket.

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To activate the alarm, clamp the lock round both grip and entrance lever in your bike and depress the lock button to arm it. No secret’s required to activate.

Sadly, the width of the inventory grips and levers on my Harley Heritage Softail doesn’t permit the machine to clamp totally shut, so I attempted it on a pal’s BMW R 1200 RT. The Zovii clicked on his grip and lever simply. Nonetheless, once we took the bike off the centerstand and rolled it, I used to be stunned the alarm didn’t make a peep.

Right here’s the place a slight design flaw exists. The directions say the unit beeps twice whenever you unlock it; nonetheless, we found after tinkering with it that two beeps means the alarm is disabled, even when it’s locked shut. Appears to me whenever you clamp the unit collectively and push the lock in, you additionally wish to activate the alarm. Nonetheless, you will need to be sure you hear a single beep (adopted about 5 seconds later by an extended tone). When you clamp it collectively, push the lock in, and get two fast beeps, you will need to unlock it with the important thing and push it in once more to get the only beep indicating that the alarm is activated. Barely annoying, however I can see sure circumstances the place this may be a very good function, primarily for those who’re carrying the Zovii round and must clamp it shut to take action.

As soon as we discovered the beeps, a slight jostling of the handlebar was sufficient to sound the warning tones. If we stored messing with it, we received the whammy 120 decibels, which is disarmed by unlocking the unit. The warning tones are good in case you by chance bump the bike or are involved about how gingerly it’s a must to unlock it when it’s armed.

So apart from the minor inconvenience of the only vs. double beep – and the a lot larger inconvenience of not becoming my bike – the Zovii is a reasonable product (simply $60) that’s loud sufficient to ship a would-be thief scurrying again to the shadows.

The Zovii Alarmed Grip Lock is out there on the Aerostich web site.