:-X I have never lost a set of keys until recently ' the Kemble air show, these were left stuck in the top box lock and disappeared en route to Glos'ter. Just had new Ford car etc, etc, replaced fortunately insured with Boomerang Tag costing over £200. The day after they were replaced, guess what arrived at Tesco no keys!!! left them in the topbox again!! They were still there. Have I lost the plot? Well yes but the KEYPASS KWAKER thing has got somthing to do with it, as the ignition "key" just sits in the zipped pocket of my jacket. Will stick a label on the windshield Keys you ------- idiot!!!
Sure this will catch someone else out, beware. The Rat
This is what I use. Not failsafe as I locked my keys in garage last night :(
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I only keep the spare key in my jacket.
I like the transponder, and find it is both useful but also at times a nuisance.
I put the keys and transponder in a small purse which is used just for the purpose of the bike keys. I find this easier to keep track of in my jacket bike etc.
Not sure I like fiddling around all the time when I fill up, as I tend to use the little key in the transponder to open the fuel cap.
But this bike has no scratches on the headstock from keys flapping around on the move.
I also have had a battery warning when I was out, and had to find a Tesco's to get a new transponder battery. That should not have happened with a new bike. I think the battery had been lying around for months before use, but it should have lasted much longer.
I sympathise Rat, what has happened to you is something I would not like to occur. I also shudder to think how much a transponder would cost if you lose one.
I like the idea of a transponder fob, and i carry a spare battery taped inside the topbox, i also have the fob in a small sealed plastic bag in my pocket so it does not get wet and simply pull the ign key out to fill up, i find it so easy, and simply to turn the bike off and walk away is great.
ALan
carry transponder in a pouch attached to a lanyard ,keys to givi topbox on seperate keyring.
I used to use the ignition key to open the fuel cap until it bent. It seems to be made from softer material than the spare keys since I never bent a key before. Or maybe it is just bigger lever force due to the shape of the key.
Lucky for me it didn't break when I straightened it, so from now on I always keep the 2nd spare key in my pocket and use that for fuel cap and panniers instead.
Supposedly the fob battery should last over 2 years and even if it goes flat you can always use the spare key or fob even with a flat battery to unlock the bike.
What actually happens when the fob battery goes flat?
Does the fob stop working all of a sudden or is it a gradual process and you need to have it closer to the ignition to work?
you'll get a 'transponder battery low' message displayed
If the battery does go flat, there's a notch infontt of the stove when you can place the transponder to start the bike
My transponder never really leaves my jacket. I have a spare key cut for the planners and fuel. I also carry a spare battery just in case, but tbh, the Duracell batteries I use seem to go on and on. Current one is two years old
As above ... my transponder stays zipped up in my bike trousers and has never been out in 6 months ;D
Spare battery there too.
Can't go wrong !
thought I'd do a bit of 'thread resurrection'... I do feel I am 'flirting with death' with the transponder and not a conventional key. Yes its great that the headstock remains scratchfree, but last night the dealer dropped the Givi box over for the bike (it already had the plate on) and of course he gave me a key for it. So, now I have a conventional key, for the kwaka top box, the V-strom and the cage, keys for home inc garage and key for desk at work. I 'manage' all these keys with the bullet type connectors that come on/off the various key rings, so that I 'hopefully' always have the right key(s) with me.
BUT I know that I regulalrly have 'key dramas' and really wish I could carry the transponder 'conventionally'!
Being able to just walk away from the bike is great, until (as others) I end up walking away and leaving the bloody top box key in the box, and what happens if I have a 'senior moment' and leave the transponder in the box or the glove box. Help!!!
Ps I know I could go the lanyard route, but at the mo I use the bullet conectors to move keys around, and I have got into the habit of clipping my desk key to my bike key - so I HAVE take key out the bike to open my desk at work to get computer out. IF I forget I run back down to bike and all is well.....
same at home with the garage key - so i dont get to the garage realising I forgot the bike /car key
PPs is getting a spare key cut for tank and panniers just a case of going to local key cutter?
Spare key can be cut from most good key cutters who have template bike keys. I recently paid £5 for one. Therefore I never have to remove the original key from the fob. I carry the spare in a small pocket of my bike pants and usually on the rare occasion I use the top box I'l put that key in there as well. The original bike transponder fob stays in a concealed zipped jacket pocket and never ventures out. ;D
You have a vstrom? Is it the wee?
I also have a spare key cut. Transponder stays in my pocket.
The FOB stays in one of my favourite jacket's many pockets and the spare key and one of the top box keys (you should have been given 2) lives in another one.
So as long as I wear my Jacket I can start the bike without having to search for a key.
I always use the spare key for the panniers, seat and tank.
Well and then there is always the third key in the back of the FOB too.
No hassle whatsoever.
Quote from: Kwikasfuki on December 20, 2011, 12:10:34 PM
You have a vstrom? Is it the wee?
I also have a spare key cut. Transponder stays in my pocket.
yes it is. brand new in October. the GTR's got more miles on it ;D ;D ;D
I take both transponders in my inner jacket pocket and a spare battery
I have my garage keys (2 doors) on a lanyard together with a cut spare key for fuel cap and panniers and top box key.
I also have a second lanyard (with the same keys) that Pam takes with her so she can get access to her bits in the top box / panniers without dragging me back to the bkike everytime she wants to brush her hair!! (Good job she doesn't read this).
P