I once left my bike with cool and friendly firemen beginning their night shift at the fire station in front diagonally from the hotel in the Dominican Republic. Next morning the firemen had changed and asked for a ridiculous amount of money to let it go! Fun fun fun.

As Shu already have written - always ALWAYS find a secure parking spot for your bike during night. All hotels, hospedajes etc will have one or know a secure spot nearby. Also in most of south and central America there will be «parqaderos» safe parking behind walls with a guard where you pay a few $ to park the bike. If you use Airbnb - send a message to the host and ask if they have or know safe parking nearby. I even once took my heavy Tenere down in the basement of a house of my Airbnb host in northern Peru once , needed 3 guys to get it up again…LOL

I dont know about those GPS trackers - guess they could be a good thing after all. But safe parking at night is very recommended!

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I think people are conflating two separate issues here, namely bike security and the actual question asked - trackers.

Yes, absolutely, secure parking overnight, out of the way of acquisitive eyes, can avoid a lot of heartache, but even this isn't always enough. IME most bike theft occurs in cities in "first world" countries, due to feral crotch goblins, not in developing countries where there is a limited market for expensive touring motorbikes or spares. And plenty of it takes place in broad daylight. So, as well as finding secure overnight parking (not always possible) I've invested in a thick 3m steel cable and an alarmed disc lock. Neither is impregnable but each added layer of security makes it a little harder to steal.

I also have a tracker fitted, as I say just an extra layer of security. I've used Monimoto before now, and it's compact, easily hidden and self powered. Subscriptions are modest and battery life (2 x CR123A) is about 8 months. However it only covers one geographical region. I'm currently using Pegase, a French made unit which takes power from the live accessory feed but stops drawing at 12.2v so it doesn't flatten the bike battery and reverts to its internal battery for about a week. The interface isn't so good but it's fit and forget with no annual subscriptions and worldwide coverage.

Finally, don't assume local police won't be interested in your stolen bike.
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.u...stolen-6195920

Seems like the replies promoting preventing theft were actually of interest to the OP- so not really off topic so much.

On the subject of trackers, I have a little experience. My buddy and I were riding home to Colorado through New Mexico or Arizona (I forget exactly where we were). He had a SPOT tracker in the map window of his tankbag and at a gas stop we parked the bikes near the store and went inside.

About 100 miles from the store, he realized that someone had stolen his SPOT out of the tankbag. As soon as he arrived home, he got on the website and tracked down his SPOT. It was still operating and had been in the same location for several hours.

He called the local sheriff's office and told them his story. They were not interested in the slightest, even though he could give them the exact house that it was in.

Sure it wasn't the whole motorcycle that was stolen - maybe they would have gone looking for that. But, I still think putting your money and effort into theft prevention is a better course.

.................shu

Your f750 here in Colombia is Safe Nobody Steals A BMW Ducatis KTMs 500cc and up, and yes precaution should be taken seriously.Many hotels dont have parking on sight but there are always a 24hr secured parking lots within a block away . I have been riding Colombia since 2017 One basic rule I have is, there are no cheap hotels that will accommodate you and your machine especialy if you roll into town at night after a long hot day on the road.
Plan your stay and reserve before this happens if possible because if you dont you just may take anything for a much needed rest. There is nothing worse than rolling into a city after the sun goes down cause you will be fighting traffic and if its raining then your patience will be at its limit .
There are usually nice hotels on the outskirts of any city, Truck stops are ok Family Hotels are great there like mini resorts then there are the Casas Del Amore - Love Hotels are another option like it or not, although they are very safe.
A Gps tracker may be handy if your moto gets towed because of illegal parking but with a foreign plate this will probably never happen
Your phone will more than likely be stolen if anything gets stolen so having a tracker won't do you any good My Opinion