help, lost my only bike key!
 

Re: help, lost my only bike key!!!
 

Have you got the rider's handbook?
Are you the first owner?
Was the key number written into the handbook?
There's a box for the number on page 15, but someone has to write it in.

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Stop looking, it'll turn up I bet. It always happens that way eh?

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Don't want to worry you but when my daughter was 18 months old she "planted" my car keys in the garden and I didn't find them for two years! Thankfully the week before I'd been out to get two copies made at Mr Minit as we only got the one key from the previous owner - boy was I lucky!!!

That doesn't really help you does it? Sorry.

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You have the V5? If so....call a locksmith that deos vehicle locks.....there are loads of mobile locksmiths around that can come out and sort you a new key. I had it happen with my car once and it took about an hour and cost £80 but I ended up with two new keys.

It was tricky because I didn't have the numbers needed either so it tooks lots of phonecalls by the locksmith and so on until it was all sorted and his little machine set the key up to work the alarm and immobiliser. All sorted......time to get your yellow pages out!!!

HTH x

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I had to phone my daughter on holiday in Malaysia to ask where she had hidden my bike key. The cow wanted me to do some work for her and hid the key to stop me playing out and forgot to put it back.

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:smt046 That is too funny Tim......I hope she got a earful for it....lol

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Lucky suzuki does not use immobiliser pickup like h*nda does!

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I never had a number tag with my GS500.
A dealer said Suzuki do not know the key numbers and you can not identify it with the barrel.
Any way doesnt matter to me about a spare key as my barrel is knackered you can take the key out with the engine running.

I need to save up for a full set as I don't want one key for the ignition and one key for the tank.

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It's possible to take two or three different locks and make them all operated by one key, depends how mechanically minded you are. I've done it on a couple of bikes before.

All you do is take the barrels out, remove the pins[1], swap them round until with the key in the barrel is smooth and re-assemble.

Helps if you have a spare broken lock though for spare 'pins'.

Druid

[1] Actually they're plates rather than pins in the case of the SV.

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Unfortunately Im not the first owner, although I do have the owners handbook, but no one ever filled in those details on page 15, I looked in each language in the book. The service book has colour code, frame number etc, but no key number, even phoned the supplying dealer in sussex, but they didnt make a note of it.

Ive spoken to my local stealers, orwells in ipswich and if I take the ignition in to them, they will post it off to a locksmith they use and for £40 i`ll have a new key, but will have to wait a week or so.

Its probably the easiest and cheapest option really, saves me having to remove the tank and pillion locks, and i`ll get it sorted.

i did try a local auto locksmith, but he never got back to me, so assume he cant do it. Was the only vehicle locksmith I could find listed locally.

Ive given up finding it now as Im either hiding it more by turfing through everything or just getting fed up because ive been so stupid not getting a spare cut sooner.

Lee

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YES YES YES YES, IVE FOUND THE KEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! was in a carrier bag in my garage, has been there since friday or saturday and was due to go out with the recycling rubbish!! Phew, now to buy a blank one and get it cut, iVe seen some on ebay, will they be ok?

Lee:smt041:smt041:smt041:smt041:smt041:smt041:smt0 41

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get two spares done and tape one of them to the inside of a high kitchen cupboard door.

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Got my blank from a dealer £14 so if its cheap give it a go.
I think I saw silica ones on ebay, I bought a key at a Honda dealer years ago and it was a silica (thought i was getting a genuine Honda stamped key) was ok.

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Does anyone know how to get a spare remote for a datatool 3 alarm system, after reading this i was thinking i might try and get one just to be on the safe side

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A decent locksmiths (not key bar) will already have a blank. mine charged £4 for my key copied. So I got two

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I only got one key with my SV1000 and of all places Timpsons in my local Sainsburys cut me a new one for £6 - a small price to pay for the peace of mind of having a spare!

Glad you found it though :)

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=D> =D> =D>

Good for you! I lost my only key a while back.. I went mad! Turned out it fell out of my pocket when I was driving my car back from the garage and it ran away and hid beneath the seat... Made a copy as soon as I found it again

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Thanks for the replies regarding getting a spare cut, we have 1 key place in the town I live in, got to be worth a try, was fantastic using the bike for work today, even in the crap weather.

And yeah Im going to get 2 spares done :D

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For future reference, you can change all the locks on an SV without the key- the tank lock is pretty effortless to break with a screwdriver. (the ignition on the carbed one is similiarly pathetic, even before it wears out, which it does quite fast- the injected one might be better) So, if you lose all your keys the fastest way to fix might just be to buy a used lockset for about £20 off ebay.

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You know, reading through all the advice about how to get around not having a key, kinda makes you realize just how easy a bike is nickable if they can take it to a garage.. Makes me think about getting some more security for my bike