A motorcycle (also called a motorbike, bike, or cycle) is a single-track,[1] two-wheeled[2] motor vehicle.

Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions. Motorcycles are one of the most affordable forms of motorised transport in many parts of the world and, for most of the world's population, they are also the most common type of motor vehicle.[3][4][5] There are around 200 million motorcycles (including mopeds, motor scooters, motorised bicycles, and other powered two and three-wheelers) in use worldwide,[6] or about 33 motorcycles per 1000 people. This compares to around 590 million cars, or about 91 per 1000 people. Most of the motorcycles, 58%, are in the developing countries of Asia Southern and Eastern Asia, and the Asia Pacific countries, excluding Japan while 33% of the cars (195 million) are concentrated in the United States and Japan. In 2006 China had 54 million motorcycles in use and an annual production of 22 million units. [7] [8]As of 2002, India with an estimated 37 million motorcycles/mopeds was home to the largest number of motorised two wheelers in the world. China came a close second with 34 million motorcycles/mopeds Motorcycle alarm With all the competing technologies or so called technologies its hard to determine which is best for your bike protection. Bike thieves now do not need to start your bike to steal it they have been picking them up and putting them in the backs of trucks rendering your motorcycle alarm system useless. The Lo-Jack motorcycle security system was introduced in 1984 and is based on Loran-C Technology. To function it requires that a police vehicle is equipped with a special radio receiver to track the signal emitted by the Lo-Jack product. Lo-Jack works by emitting and FM based homing signal. A homing receiver indicates the direction only of the homing signal; it cannot determine the precise location. for example the receiver cannot tell if the homing device is 10 feet or a mile away. Lo-Jack is also limited to a few counties in roughly 26 markets nationally. Lo-Jack is also limited to whichever municipality within those markets that have their devices operational on the police vehicles.

This article is about preventing your motorcycle from being stolen. It will cover things such as locks, alarm systems and the latest transponder key systems that are being introduced to most new motorcycles. Over the years I've read many mails from owners who have had their bikes being stolen. It's not a good experience and it prompted me to do some research on this topic. Hence the result is this post on the topic of motorcycle security. Essentially the message which I want to deliver is always lock it up as best you can. If someone really wants to steal it there's not many humane things you can do about it. YOu see you can't legally install a security system that actually kills the would be thief. See the James Bond Security System in the movie For Your Eyes Only for a really cool and inhumane system

devastatingly effective really. At least you made it more difficult to pinch. There are so many points which can single out your bike to be targeted. Some of these points may cause you to object but this is just my opinion. (Since no-one reads this stuff especially if its in brackets) Furthermore this article should be read as a whole not just to focus on one point ! (I get lots of mail from people who dont read the whole thing so sometime I wonder - why?) Besides as with all human behaviour you can never be really sure what the would be thief may be after. They also read this site. Over the past few years we have seen a steady rise in the number of carjacking incidents in the UK. Some of these incidents have involved carjackers brandishing firearms, some brandishing knives and some brandishing syringes allegedly full of AIDS contaminated blood. Alan Bell, Principal Instructor with Security And Safety has had many years experience, both in the UK and overseas, in the teaching of anti-carjack techniques as well as what to do if the unthinkable happens and your car is taken over by a carjacker. Before finding out how to prevent carjacks happening to you, let's see why they occur in the first place. Carjacking has probably been around since the invention of the motor vehicle but the number of actual cases have been so minute that it passed by relatively unnoticed until the mid 1980s. The concept of stealing a vehicle, without activating any alarms or cutting through steering wheel lock devices, driving off with it relatively undamaged and the bonus of having the original vehicle keys was jumped on by car thieves around the world. Some carjackers are more sophisticated than others though. While working in South Africa as a Close Protection Officer (Bodyguard), Alan heard of the 'Amateur' and 'Professional' Carjackers.