So I got a quote on an alarm. Nearly £400! As I have gap insurance, no excess and a lock I thought - how about fitting a bit of electrical wizardry to make the alarm indicator on the tach flash so it looks like there is an alarm fitted and active. Of course you'd only want it flashing when the ignition is off.
Check around. There are a few pseudo-alarm boxes that have flashing LEDs. It would not be hard to wire this (or another flasher) in to flash the dash light when the bike is not running.
Not sure - I need to figure out (a) the right connection on the alarm connector block to feed the LED and (b) something to control the flash rate. The first bit is probably easy (If I had a wiring diagram) - the second bit I am having trouble with - Google not coming up with much!
If you enter "LED flasher" on Ebay you can find it, not sure if the red indicator lamp on the bike is LED though, is it a bulb? and then you need a feed only when the key is off. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LED-FLASHER-UNIT- ... 240%3A1318