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Gmaan03
| Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 10:24 pm: |
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Hey I lost my key this weekend at the races!!!! CRAP! Can I get one though a HD dealer? |
Hellraged
| Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 11:03 pm: |
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did you write the number down that was on your key? if not you will have to buy a whole new ignition (what i was told by another harley rider) |
Ft_bstrd
| Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 11:08 pm: |
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Shouldn't they be able to look up the key number from the VIN? |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 11:47 pm: |
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Shouldn't they be able to look up the key number from the VIN? Yes. Unless the lock has been previously changed. |
Gmaan03
| Posted on Monday, July 11, 2011 - 12:32 am: |
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No no key number! Well I will see what I can do. How much is an ignition? Seat lock too. |
80rs427
| Posted on Monday, July 11, 2011 - 06:25 am: |
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You don't need the key number. Write down the vin and give it to the parts guy. Tim (No_Rice) has gotten me new keys using the vin for 3 or 4 Buells now with no problems. |
Natexlh1000
| Posted on Monday, July 11, 2011 - 07:44 am: |
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Yes, the VIN will get you a set of shiny new keys. It worked for me. Then I found my original keys. Then my shiny new keys came in from H-D Spare keys that say Harley-Davidson on them. |
Buellistic
| Posted on Monday, July 11, 2011 - 09:12 am: |
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You can get a spare key at any good key shop with the key number ... |
Preybird1
| Posted on Monday, July 11, 2011 - 10:17 am: |
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I would buy a spare ignition and have the old one re-keyed also. I think Al at American Sport Bike has them for $25. But His web site is down for maintenance right now or i would link for you. |
Natexlh1000
| Posted on Monday, July 11, 2011 - 10:22 am: |
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Ah! Good idea. Get the key number from the dealer and have a locksmith crank one out for you. Or did I misunderstand that? |
Gmaan03
| Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 05:40 pm: |
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Went to Harley Dealer bought a new set of keys for $25.00 but it takes 10 BUSSINESS days to get the key from Harley! Oh well.......+ |
01x1buell
| Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 06:45 pm: |
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well glad that you will have keys again.. |
Blue_pipe
| Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 07:31 pm: |
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That's strange...I had given my vin to the Harley dealer that I brought my ignition switch from and got a whole new set that don't match my old one...story short, I have two different keys now. |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 10:04 pm: |
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Like I said...if the ignition has been replaced in the past, the VIN lookup will get you the wrong key. |
Gmaan03
| Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 10:43 pm: |
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I do not know if the ignition was ever changed. The key matches the seat lock, so I have to assume it was not changed. I guess I will hope for the best! |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 10:24 am: |
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If it was a warranty repair (like my S2 had before I bought it), they would have replaced the ENTIRE lock set so they all matched. My bike didn't match the VIN-assigned number, but both the cylinders matched each other. I found this when I decided I was tired of having THREE keys for the bike (ignition/seat, left bag, right bag) and went to order locks/keys for the saddlebags to match the VIN assigned key code. They didn't match. So I pulled the cover off one of my keys and presto - it, and my ignition and seat locks, were a different key code. I was lucky in that I worked for the original selling/servicing dealership for the bike, and I was able to pull a service history on it. Sure enough...locks were changed at some point way back. As a set. Before the bags were added. |
Preybird1
| Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 11:05 am: |
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I snatched up a used limited edition gas cap and seat lock latch assembly and ignition switch with the original key off ebay for $35.00 |
Crackhead
| Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 03:37 pm: |
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If you replace any of the locks, you should be able to take the locks to a locksmith and have the new lock rekeyed to match the original locks. |