10-13-2014, 01:13 AM
If you have another good key, go to a quality locksmith and have him make you one or two.
On my ride home when I bought my CB, there were two of the nice factory keys on the key ring, one being in the ignition of course. When I arrived home, the other key was gone from the ring! If it didn't happen to me I wouldn't have believed it was possible. So I went to the locksmith and he made me a key. It went in allright, but I had to convince it to turn the ignition. I went back and he said to ride the bike over. I did and he made another key and tried it and went back and used the buffing wheel a couple of times. Only then did it work smoothly, but like I said, I need to put it in exactly straight. I'm convinced that is the lock's issue, not the key's.
In my police career, every motorcycle theft I responded to (there weren't all that many really) the bike was stolen by 3 guys who pull up in a pickup truck at night and lift it in and are gone in a minute.
On my ride home when I bought my CB, there were two of the nice factory keys on the key ring, one being in the ignition of course. When I arrived home, the other key was gone from the ring! If it didn't happen to me I wouldn't have believed it was possible. So I went to the locksmith and he made me a key. It went in allright, but I had to convince it to turn the ignition. I went back and he said to ride the bike over. I did and he made another key and tried it and went back and used the buffing wheel a couple of times. Only then did it work smoothly, but like I said, I need to put it in exactly straight. I'm convinced that is the lock's issue, not the key's.
(10-13-2014, 01:10 AM)Henrik_imp Wrote: Were I live it is so common it is usually the first thing I check. Geneva, Switzerland, is just next to the French border, and we get these crews with a mini van that come from Lyon in France. Often they just stop behind a bike, a couple of guys get out, lift up the bike and put it in the back. Within five minutes they are gone over the border. I had a 6 month old VFR800 stolen that way at 5PM in the city center in front of my office. Luckily we have good insurance...
In my police career, every motorcycle theft I responded to (there weren't all that many really) the bike was stolen by 3 guys who pull up in a pickup truck at night and lift it in and are gone in a minute.