I think my son had to get one for his Duc, if memory serves me it was $220 or thereabouts. he will be here in a bit for dinner I will try and remember to ask him.
Edit: asked son about it tonight. Yep he lost one of his Duc keys and had to buy another.
HE said something about laser cut and code imbedded bla bla bla bottom line. It was $ 250.00
(08-23-2016, 06:34 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Good to know. I assumed the bike required the OE key so the ECU would recognize it, as a theft deterrent. All of my other bikes have that feature. Guess I should reread my owner's manual. But come on, $2.50 for a blank? A spare key for my F800GT costs $65 and takes two weeks. I don't even want to think about buying a spare for the Duc.
You would only have to worry about that if we had the Honda's HISS. Since we don't get that in the US, a regular key blank will work.
Blanks are available from Honda, but aren't $2.99! If you really want to decorate your spare generic blank, that Honda winged emblem on the OEM key is available to order. They are a self stick emblem. I have 4 or them laying around that I haven't used yet.