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Problem with bluetooth tags is that they only give a rough area depending on pings from other devices.
Secondly as some people used them illicitly, so there are apps to scan for them nearby.
Smart thieves will just scan the bike and it's the first thing to get removed. May be good if the thieves are in a rush, but again as soon as it's hidden in a container you've no chance.
pdlouche
Dublin is hideously bad for it at the moment. A chap on the Motorbikes Ireland FB group had an MV Agusta Superveloce stolen and the little shitheads just took it for a joyride and dumped it in a ditch.
My only reassurance with the XTZ parked outdoors is my neighbour has an R1200GSA parked a few spaces up and obviously hasn't had any trouble but I still use an alarmed disc lock and keep it under cover.
I've been considering a tracker and a secondary electrical killswitch too which I might add when I'm doing a few jobs this winter.
We're in an especially awkward situation in Ireland as our police force isn't like normal police... An Garda Síochána translates literally to protectors of the peace and as such they choose to take a very soft handed approach towards policing which in some ways is very good but when they're up against stuff like this renders them effectively powerless.
The little shitbags know that if they're not wearing a helmet the Gardaí legally cannot chase them so they get away with it.