YOU STUPID LUCKY BASTARD

[marty]

and there's leaving the garage door open with keys in the bike and internal access door open.

someone drove past, knew where i worked (well everyone knew where i worked - there was usually a reflective commodore parked in the drive), and called 111 to get them to tell me the house was wiiiiide open....

[oldrider]

So it is not only the old and feeble that do all these foolish things.
Just told Mrs O/R to cancel the demensure Lodge booking. Don't feel so lonely now. John.

[Zed]

I can recall forgetting to remove my key from the rear seat of my bike several times, thankfully each time was in the privacy of my gargre and not in a public carpark...there must've been a hint of humour in your heart when you saw them hanging there though, right??

[Stevo]

I always seem to leave my keys in the ignition rather than plain view of the boot lid
But that's just me

[speights_bud]

Almost locked them under the seat the other day... well i thought i did. I'd just been polishing the plastic bits and afterwards plonked the seat back on. Then had that dreaded feeling that i'd left them there. Oh crap im saying to myself looks like ill have to take the back end apart. ohwell had it off before anyway. Waltz over to the socket set on the bench and the keys were on top. Total stupidity.

[scumdog]

You eejit!
I've never done anything so silly.

Although there was this one time when I parked my bike in Highbury, went off shopping, and when I returned, the keys had magically transported themselves from my pocket into the ignition...

Mongoose calls the ignition 'the factory-fitted key holder' - 'aren't they great for putting one on the bike?'

[Posh Tourer :P]

I see your 30 mins, and I raise you 12 hours..

Ha! raise you another 12 and 4 hours for luck.... Admittedly that was in Alfred St on my MZ. Barrel key and you'd hardly want to steal that, but 3 or 4 other times I walked by 30 mins after parking and noticed my keys in it. Havent done it since that bike though...

[Beemer]

Phew, you must have been so relieved when your "oh no!" moment turned into a "man, am I lucky!" moment!

I have left home on more than one occasion and headed to Wellington for the day. Got home after 5pm and found at least one door or window open and or unlocked... Not advisable, no matter where you live!

[FROSTY:Me]

The problem with leaving keys in ignition is??????

[Posh Tourer :P]

Well, I suppose it gives you an excuse for a new bike...... The only problem is you dont make any money out of the old one to help pay for it.....

[MoFunthanmost]

Similar experience , had the luck of a Kbiker passing by seeing my key in the seatlock and putting it in my helmet for me with a note. Cheers CandyMan!

now very, very paranoid about the location of my keys....

[Zed]

...now very, very paranoid about the location of my keys....

Just string em round your neck mate! Unless you lose your head you'll never forget where they are!

[poorbastard]

Yip Ive made that stupid mistake before as well. Except in the igntion for about an hour.

[XP@]

easy to do..
done it twice at work, left the bike in the middle of town all day in the ignition.
Did it once at the top of Mt Ruhapeu when i went skiing, the nice carpark attendants too care of the keys all day for me.
Left them in the car all afternoon in the centre of wellington the other weekend, some helpful person put them on the wheel for me
Oh, and my XT could never be locked and to switch it on you just needed to connect the red and the black...

But there again who would want a mucky F650 or a honda odessy?