One key

[Redstar]

Who has only one key for their Bike?

So often when you buy a Secondhand Bike you dont get a tool kit,user manual or the second Key!

and you keep saying one day I'll get a key cut (one day) and so you invest in a key ring thats huge and still lose the bugger? and eventually you go to Mister Mint and he shakes his mister mint head?

I reckon the bike shops do the one key routine so they can reposses your HP or get you to buy a new set of locks.

I must get another KEY.....

[Holy Roller]

Its a real bummer when you loose your only key (only to find it in your pocket a couple of days later) Found out that my mates cage key worked, well its an older bike.

[Slim]

Yeah, I've only got one key. I've been meaning to get another key cut ever since I brought it, but 6 years later ....


If you lose the key to your bike, get the number off the ignition barrel, make & model of bike and call the proper locksmiths. They should have a "code" book and be able to cut you one from scratch. Or remove the ignition barrel & take it in to a proper locksmith & they should be able to cut you a new one.

[Slim]

P.S.

I got both the tool kit (still with spark plug spacing tool intact ) AND the user manual when I took possession of my bike.

[Mongoose]

Not just the one key thing, but just how easy it is to get a new key cut. When I bought the Cali 111 I was on my way somewhere, as in a loooooong ride, I stopped in Welly and had new keys cut. Hmmmmmm thinks me, no questions, no proof of ownership asked for. I could have been a bad boy getting a spare set for someone elses bike. Not me sir!

[What?]

Who has only one key for their Bike?

Learned that lesson a long time ago.
And not all bikes have the number stamped on the ignition barrel, either...

[Bonez]

Who has only one key for their Bike?

So often when you buy a Secondhand Bike you dont get a tool kit,user manual or the second Key!

and you keep saying one day I'll get a key cut (one day) and so you invest in a key ring thats huge and still lose the bugger? and eventually you go to Mister Mint and he shakes his mister mint head?

I reckon the bike shops do the one key routine so they can reposses your HP or get you to buy a new set of locks.

I must get another KEY.....

First thing I do after purchasing a m/c is to get another cut. Well any vehicle really. I also attach a cloth ribbon, off discarded aussie bdu 48 practice bomb safety pins, to them. These can be labeled with a permanent marker to ID the keys.

[Antallica]

I just cut my own keys.

[Ms Piggy]

Guilty! I have 2 one keys. B/c my bike was stolen the key for the ignition and the key for the steering lock are now 2 different ones....hmmmmmm, ok you've given me the jitters sufficently now, I will go get more cut!

[Fryin Finn]

I once lost the keys at work - Fortunately Sawyers were just up the road and I got them to hot wire the ignition then took the bike out to Chubbs Petone who took the ignition barrel off to find the key number. Checked up on the internet and cut me 2 new keys. Bloody good eh.

[Ash Wells]

This shows the advantages of going to a proper locksmith rather than wasting time with the amateurs at the key bars( Mr Minit etc.) I see the damage they do trying to mess around with watches, when the owners finally come to me to get the damage put right afterwards. Always deal with qualified people.

[toads]

yes I have only one key for my bike, and no tool kit, and no owners manual, I have got a haynes workshop manula though, which is far more useful than the owners one would have been anyway.
I really must get another key cut eh!

[Blakamin]

Got one key to the bike and one key to the gargre.... only two keys on that keyring... ooops.... Might get some cut on payday!!!

[crashe]

I got two sets of keys with this bike, a small manual and a toolkit...
The toolkit is hard to get at so I never use it... I have managed to get the side cover off twice now.. as its so awkward to get off...

With any vehicle - car or bike - I always have two sets of keys...
If it only comes with one set, then I get a set cut, and then use the new cut key..... and put the master key away as it has the number on it.. and nothing is worse than either breaking or loosing that master key...

Even the bike lock and car "club" lock has two keys... and I have one of then put away as well...

All spare keys are kept together... ..... it does pay to have a spare set of keys cos like the others have said above ^^^ you just never know when you will need that other set.

[vifferman]

Fortunately, I have a spare key, AND the tag with the number. The newer Hondas have the "H.I.S.S." (Honda Ignition/Integrated Security System??), and the bike will NOT start unless an original key is inserted into the ignition. An exact duplicate cut by a locksmith will NOT work, as there is a microchip transponder in the key that is recognised by the ECU.