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[Wheelman-111]

Greetings:

Never change old habits!

This morning I thought I'd take advantage of the capacious underseat SA50 storage bin by stuffing my Armored Mesh Jacket in there rather than lugging it from the parking garage to the office.

Come quittin' time, I arrive at the scooter, reach in my pocket, and - you guessed it - No Key! 80% sure it's in the jacket. Try to pick the lock myself without success. Call the Pop-A-Lock equivalent, he arrives a half-hour later and after 20 minutes up pops the seat. That'll be $50, my good man... Glad to pay it.

Reach into jacket pocket and... Remember that 20%? No Key! Fortunately Pop-A-Lock guy's still there and tries to pick the ignition switch so at least I can ride home. Turns out his pick can't turn anything unless the switch plunger is depressed, and his picks aren't long enough. He gives up, takes my $50 anyway and drives off. At least I had the good sense to flip the hasp so the seat wouldn't re-lock.

Scour the office, hallways, break areas; No Key!

Call to Deepinnaharta Honda (they're open until 7:00) and instructed to remove the ignition switch and give them the code behind the bracket. It's 6:45. I break out the rock-and-stick toolkit and successfully remove the front cover, switch and bracket. Call back to DH with 3 minutes to spare. Code received, overnight delivery of 2 keys assured. But they can't order until tomorrow.

Call taxi, ride home...

I just wanted to scoot!
Next keychain will be made of titanium.

[mr pibbs]

That is a bum deal. Sorry to hear.

When i purchased my scoot i was surprised that the previous owner had made around 5 copies of the key. They are not all perfect double cuts, but nice to hide them throughout my life just in case.

The key blank ref is Ilco DC1 i believe.

[burnt_toast]

wow so that really blows, what da * happened to your key??

[Wheelman-111]

Greetings:

Sinister Honda-san Ninja Minions evidently equipped the key with a micro-processor and self-propulsion system. After 9 years, it escapes the bonds of key chain and hightails it back to Japan.

Beats the flack outta me ... I searched, retraced looked under everything everywhere I'd been. Probably got picked up off the floor and put in the trash by someone thoughtless.

[mousewheels]

Wheelman,
That is a tough day, d* keys are too small, and always separate so the key ring doesn't trash your plastic.

One thing I note, is your unflappable nature and preparedness.

I break out the rock-and-stick toolkit and successfully remove the front cover, switch and bracket.

[Wheelman-111]

Greetings:

Thanks for the support, Bra! A $10 cabride later and I'm home, scooter chained to a railing in a monitored garage. Think I'll walk to work manana.

[bradthreee]

Ahhh Wheelman, the guy that thinks of everything down to the last little detail but forgets to prepare for certain situations like this. Make a copy of your new key, shucks just buy 2 from Honda San and place one in your wallet. Unless you are the type to put it in your jacket pocket and place your jacket in your storage compartment. Wait! What am I saying? Of course you are the type to do that! Buy some new bling and put the key around your neck!

Later Holmes

[Bear45-70]

I learned a long time ago to always carry a spare key. I have a second key ring, with a spare key for each vehicle and the house. However I still have AAA Plus for when I screw up and forget key ring #2 and the neighbor has a spare house key.

[Arnadanoob]

I would've removed the front fairing and hotwired the thing but that requires tools so...

oh well. I leave a spare keyset at home, work and my in-law's home.

[oliveskate]

Dang, that sucks.
Good thing I got a spare

I was trying to put my new tires on my rims today, and I ripped the tube i think :S and i feel like i got shot in the *, cause i hate when i f s*** up lol. So I'm going to get it repared tommorow, and put on by the pros

But sorry to hear ur bad news, maybe u should put a finger print starter on ur scooter LOL

[burnt_toast]

I went back and double checked I have all my keys.. after reading this thread

[toboggan]

My mom has my spare key, and she won't tell me where it is

[mookie]

I would've removed the front fairing and hotwired the thing but that requires tools so...

oh well. I leave a spare keyset at home, work and my in-law's home.

which gets me thinking-
there must be somewhere on a scooter that one can
stash a spare key,i won't say where but i can think of a place or two... zip tie.check from time to time to verify that it is still there.something you don't need til you need it...

[eliteguy50]

there must be somewhere on a scooter that one can
stash a spare key,i won't say where but i can think of a place or two... zip tie.check from time to time to verify that it is still there.something you don't need til you need it...

I found one taped to the inside of the airbox once on a motorcycle I bought. very clever because it was a wingnut cover and then a foam filter and then a black piece of tape covering the key...I only pulled it off because I didn't see the point to having extra tape in the airbox and whala, there was a spare key

[burnt_toast]

there must be somewhere on a scooter that one can
stash a spare key,i won't say where but i can think of a place or two... zip tie.check from time to time to verify that it is still there.something you don't need til you need it...

I found one taped to the inside of the airbox once on a motorcycle I bought. very clever because it was a wingnut cover and then a foam filter and then a black piece of tape covering the key...I only pulled it off because I didn't see the point to having extra tape in the airbox and whala, there was a spare key

thats actually a really nice idea. would be very easy to do on elite/spree box!