Don't lose your key!

[alpal]

I did........
$87 for blank key
$38.50 for locksmith to cut key
program key to bike, another 6 hours later and numerous phonecalls $141.50
Total $267
What a fuggin system, do not need this shit, why not just have a normal key, would be all thats needed as this system would make bugger all difference to theft, just a money making exercise IMO

[big kev]

thats alot of waisted money getting the key redone mate but theres not alot you can do

bit it still suxs big time

[busakid08]

would you rather teh old days where you could basiaclly stick a screw driver in the lock, twist. crack and start? Personally I think the imobilisers is a good deterant even though a real thief would give a toss and throw your bike in teh back of his truck never to e seen again

[bassmaniac69]

I went through the same issues - I only got one key with my bike and, knowing my history with losing stuff, got a 2nd key from the dealer. My experience only cost me about $180 all up, which is hell cheaper than getting a new barrel etc installed!

[Maj]

Better than some like the late r1 that need a matching lock key and ecu
at ~$2500...

Current reflash being developed i believe could turn the immobiliser off , basicly tell the ecu its for the US market which doesn't have the immobiliser. but the only time i could see that being a need would be for a auction bike with no key that you brought for racing .

[BUSGO]

Each GEN II bike comes with two immobiliser keys that match the ECU.
If they are both lost, another 2 identical keys for each ECU are supposed to be held at the factory.
(That is what the advertising blurb that I read claims anyway).
If all 4 keys have been used and lost, a new ECU must be purchased as well.

If you got a new key cut and set to the bike immobiliser, then maybe that is a good thing afterall.
I wonder if they copied the signal from the other key if you had it?

[alpal]

Each GEN II bike comes with two immobiliser keys that match the ECU.
If they are both lost, another 2 identical keys for each ECU are supposed to be held at the factory.
(That is what the advertising blurb that I read claims anyway).
If all 4 keys have been used and lost, a new ECU must be purchased as well.

If you got a new key cut and set to the bike immobiliser, then maybe that is a good thing afterall.
I wonder if they copied the signal from the other key if you had it?

I only lost the one key, did not want to take the chance of losing the other, the new key has to be programmed for the bike, they required my old key and the bike to do this, at one stage the bike was immobilised and could not be started with the original key even, or so I was told. They had a lot of dramas.
Searching the net found it interesting that you can also buy key programmer from China for Suzuki or just about anything else...
http://sinoyele.en.alibaba.com/product/2...ammer.html

[BUSGO]

I'm glad you got it sorted.

[Gnarbunkle99]

It's a good thing in a way this immobilizer technology, because of the troubled times that we live in. One aspect of buying a second handy gen2 is exactly where you stand with keys delivered with the bike & how many left with the factory.
I had the misfortune of having the smarts drop out of my Toyota key because a piddly little screw holds the base together with about 1/2mm of plastic which breaks off after a while. Net damage $300 for a replacement.