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(02-09-2019, 06:13 AM)Houtman_imp Wrote: (02-09-2019, 04:09 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: lol - I don't even know where my second key is. Haven't seen it in years.
The first thing I do when getting a new bike is getting two spare keys cut , use them and put the original ones away in a safe place in our basement.
The first thing I do when getting a new bike is getting two spare keys cut , use them and put the original ones away in a safe place in our basement.
Yeah, I can say I have never lost a key, but they can be misplaced sometimes until several bikes later.
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Yes Cormanus that’s the one I found.
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Today I finally got a key that works! Took the locksmith 5 trys to do it. Here I thought this locksmith was the best around.
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Lol congrats Suhawk. WHat seemed to be his problem? Assume he only charged you for the first one?
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Yes, one charge. It turned out each attempt was made by different people in the locksmith/owner’s staff. When I stopped in today, the owner looked at the key and compared it to the original and told his worker to put that key back into the cutting machine and cut a little more off of it. That worked. I wish he owner was there for the first attempt.
The backup plan was I wait until Spring and stop by with the bike.
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Suhawk when you said he told the guy to cut it back some more it reverberated with me so I looked up my original thread on it
http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....=spare+key
the info was there on advising the key cutter all along. wish i had remembered sooner. Man sorry you had yo go thru that.
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(02-21-2019, 01:22 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Suhawk when you said he told the guy to cut it back some more it reverberated with me so I looked up my original thread on it
http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....=spare+key
the info was there on advising the key cutter all along. wish i had remembered sooner. Man sorry you had yo go thru that.
Not a problem ferret, all of my stops at the locksmith were made when I was near his shop doing other errands.
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Diagnosis back by skills and wisdom is what fixes problems.
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Just had my Honda blank cut at a locksmith recommended by the local Honda dealer. Apparently it is not impossible to fry the HISS module if too much heat gets transferred up the shank.
Key was cut by duplication I presume as it only took about 30 secs. Works fine in both ignition and fuel cap.
Just need it programmed now, about £100 apparently. Dealers huh? Gotta love 'em!
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There is no HISS in the US so they don’t have that problem. The other thing about HISS as I recall is that there’s a limit to the number of keys you can program before you have to replace the whole ignition module.
The programming can be done at home, but you might want to check with one of the Forum’s electrical maestros about whether what works on the VFR would work on the CB.
