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Key code; I misplaced my motorcycle key

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Escape pod

Capable
Joined
Mar 24, 2017
Location
East Bay Area
Moto(s)
Dirt
Street
Name
chuck
They the three I talked with asked if I had the key code, one Key Smith asked twice. I don’t.
"Can make you a key. Bring the bike to the shop and it’s $200. A mobile service call and labor to generate key by code $495; …can be there between 6 and 7 PM."
Can I get a senior discount? …"no but if you own a steakhouse we can make a deal."
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Picked the gas cap, put a rag to fill gas tank opening/ took the cap to the truck. Use the gas cap to make a template tested the key in the slide panel and fine tuned. It then went to the ignition and fine tune that generated a key. … was on site an hour and a half. to mail me two additional keys.
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Bummer but all good now I guess.... and the steakhouse comment was pretty funny.
 
Glad you got it sorted. Key codes are usually stamped onto the ignition cylinder.
 
Lose your active and passive fob for a Concours 14 and you'll be out $1500 to replace the electronic key system.
 
i've been to this show and seen the lights, so to prevent it ever happening again i took the pins out of the ignition lock. yeah, sure anyone could steal it but there aren't many people that would want a '75 Goldwing and fewer that are the stealing type.
 
Don't lose the RED key for your Ducati.
 
I’d be tempted to put one of those electronic things from Apple (or similar) so it’s easy to find next time.
 
When I got the motorcycle, I tried Insurance through AAA, they wouldn’t ensure motorcycles and referred me to progressive.
Don’t think I’m geting reimbursed.

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ST Guy said:
I’d be tempted to put one of those electronic things from Apple (or similar) so it’s easy to find next time.
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Thats an excellent idea. I have one hidden on the bike but not on the fob.
 
Good advice.
”Have my original in my safe and only use copies to run my bike. If I ever lose my high use copies, I always still have my original to make more from.”
 
CDONA said:
I cut down my Super Hawk key to fit inside.
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Story time! (OH NO! /groan)

Me'n my friends are out bouldering. Hanging out for the day.

At the time I owned a Toyota pickup truck (22R, natch -- freakin immortal). My other friend, Tom, also owned a Toyota both on site that day.

So, we asked my friend to take some stuff, including Toms keys, back to the truck.

Off he goes, and when he returned he tossed me Toms keys and said "There ya go!"

"Uh, wait. Where are my keys?" "The other keys?" "Yes." "I locked them in the truck." "But these are Tom's keys!" "What do you mean?" "I mean you locked my keys in my truck!" "No I didn't." "Then where are the other keys?" "In the truck!" "So...my keys...in my truck...locked...and..??" "Those keys opened your truck. I thought they were yours." "Toms keys opened my truck!?" "Yes!"

...and off we went.

Yes, indeed, Toms keys to his '82 Toyota opened the door on my 87 Toyota.

Well, there was an obvious next step. I take my keys (from my now unlocked truck) over to Tom's truck, stuck them in the lock on the drivers side and, shazam, opened the door!

Tom says "Well that's really interesting."

"Well it makes sense, since your keys opened my truck, right?"

"Well sure, but, see...that lock is broken."

"What?"

"Yea, I haven't been able to open that door for weeks. I get in trhough the passenger side."

o_O

Mind, everyone knows you can break into a that vintage of Toyota trucks with little more than a pipe cleaner. But it was still amusing. (Addenda, my truck was eventually stolen...).

Tried my keys on another friends truck, and lo and behold, we could open that one too. We were a little Toyota posse.

I used Toms truck to move once, and with it all loaded down, struggled to get it up a steep driveway. I basically slipped the clutch all the way up the small hill and then parked in a nice, smokey, "well we burned up something" smell.

At that point, I couldn't shift. Figured I fried his clutch.

Later, when he came to look at it, he stared at it, worked the shifter back and forth, pushed in the clutched pedal, and *POW*, shoved it into first. Then he worked it through all the gears.

"There, seems to work fine to me!" "Thanks Tom!"

Goos 'ol days of Toyota trucks.
 
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auntiebling said:
i've been to this show and seen the lights, so to prevent it ever happening again i took the pins out of the ignition lock. yeah, sure anyone could steal it but there aren't many people that would want a '75 Goldwing and fewer that are the stealing type.
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My '76 airhead bimmer lived with the key in the ignition. I, also, never had a bad guy take an interest in my old bike.

Even then it was anxiety for me. Built the motor with Luftmeister pistons and cam, braced the frame, upgraded the suspension front and rear and no one wanted to steal it. What did I do wrong? Moto-rejection is debilitating somehow.
 
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Locked the keys inside story, 46 chevy,
Another trip to Stony, with my TT 500, solo, had a great day until I realized I locked my keys inside.
My tools are under the hood, no locks, easy.
My 46 has outside hinges, one door with a key lock, the other, inside handle locks it.
I pull the hinge pins from the door to get in, easy enough.
 
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