Lock question

[Steve_R]

It appears I have lost a key to my LT at the Atlanta airport today on my way out of town. The spare is locked in the small compartment at the back of the stingray. Can a lock smith open any of the locks on the LT? I will check with TSA when I get back to Atlanta to see if I left at the screening check point, but if I didn't I need a plan to get to the other key.

TIA

[Big_E]

You can pop open the clove box with a good punch right on the key slot. Put something like the but of a hammer handle against the key slot & hit the other end hard with your hand, it will pop open with no damage.

[Steve_R]

I hope that works on a 2000. Will definately give it a try.

[Dick]

I hope that works on a 2000. Will definately give it a try.
Unhhh - lemme see if I have this right! :rolleyes:

Put a 'spare' key in the oddments compartment. Lock the thang with the primary key. Loose the primary key, which unlocks the oddments compartment where the spare key hides. Am I right, so far??

Geeez, that sounds like sumpthin' a friend of mine did. And ribbed me unmer..... I mean, I ribbed him unmercifully! I did find out the bump lock thang worked --- I mean, he told me that the bump lock thang worked. And I wuz really glad!!

Just so I don't repeat what you and my friend did, I now hide the spare key somewhere on ole Toad. I can't remember just egg zackly where, butt you can bet it ain't locked up in the oddments compartment!! No sirrr!! :cool:

[little_jake]

Not that it does you any good now but I have duck tape my extra key behind the pillion seat. Very hard to see and somewhat difficult to get to, but best place I have found.
Good luck when you get back.
little_jake

[c00k1e]

Dont feel silly, I managed to close the side pannier with it already set to lock - my gloves had just gone in there - you guessed it - with my keys in it.
Mrs had to drive almost 200 miles to bring me the spares.

If you dont want to hit the compartment, prise it gently with fingers. That works for me.

[McRuss]

I carry my spare in my jacket pocket (but on occasion I lock the jacket in the top box.......)

My locked out experience came when the battery died after I used the remote lock. The key will not unlock the side case (to get to the seat release) so I couln't get to the battery. I finally was able to use a long screw driver and 'slim jim' it in far enought to release the seat. I'm careful now not to lock the cases with the electrolock if I'm going to leave the bike sit for more than a couple days (battery will die in less than a week.)

[denverbert]

Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone:

If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"

[SmokinJoe]

Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone:

If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"

Did not know that, you ain't kiddin' are you?

[jackd]

Huh... :confused:

I would think that should work if you have a remote keyless system that uses an audio signal to unlock the door.. Mine uses an RF signal.

[cfell]

Hey, Steve.. Got your bike out of the shop then this happened.. man, shoulda stayed in Texas!!!

Don't know what to tell you... A springhook sounds like just the thing to pop the Oddiments latch...

I think I'll find a place to "hide" one....I'll just have to remember where I hide it.. =)

[Steve_R]

I think I'll find a place to "hide" one....I'll just have to remember where I hide it.. =)I'm glad I'm not as old as you, it will be easier for me to remember where I hide it, when I remember to hide it. ;) :p

[patrick2000]

Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone:

If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"

According to this thread this is an urban myth.

http://www.bmwlt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20207

[Hilton]

I carry my spare in my jacket pocket (but on occasion I lock the jacket in the top box.......)

My locked out experience came when the battery died after I used the remote lock. The key will not unlock the side case (to get to the seat release) so I couln't get to the battery. I finally was able to use a long screw driver and 'slim jim' it in far enought to release the seat. I'm careful now not to lock the cases with the electrolock if I'm going to leave the bike sit for more than a couple days (battery will die in less than a week.)

Russ, even if you use the remote to lock the bike and the battery dies the key turned 45 degrees will unlock the case to gain access to the seat release.

[Reid]

According to this thread this is an urban myth.



I heard about this a couple years ago....tested it and it didn't work for me. I guess when you think about it...it's an rf signal that's way out the frequency range handling ability of a cell phone transmitter or receiver.

[patrick2000]

I heard about this a couple years ago....tested it and it didn't work for me. I guess when you think about it...it's an rf signal that's way out the frequency range handling ability of a cell phone transmitter or receiver.

The key fobs have a long range, so many folks are deceived because the the mobile phone appears to be transmitting the signal when it is not.

Recommendations are to try it at five, or more miles and see if it works.

[afrobiker2]

Russ, even if you use the remote to lock the bike and the battery dies the key turned 45 degrees will unlock the case to gain access to the seat release.
I cannot thank the guys on this site enough for the continous knowledge & wisdom! That little gem just saved me tons of heartache and grief. Thanks for sharing that one!

[SilverBuffalo]

I sure don't blame Dick for making fun of ya for locking your spare key up in your bike,

why that's almost as dumb as the guy I knew that chained his Harley to a pole in front of the "titty" bar
and then realized (at closing time) that he had left the key to the chain at home,
I.... I mean he, had to call his (now) ex to bring him the key, man was she ever pissed.

[azpilot06]

The BMW keys can indeed be picked, but they take some skill and persistence. I had to do this on a RT sidecase I purchased from a boneyard, which was locked in the open position. In that case...can't take the old key cylinder out unless it's in the unlocked position...or unless you brute-force it out, which may trash the $112 locking box assembly.

Took me about 45 minutes with a half-diamond profile pick, but I was finally able to coax it open. This is the same keyway and wafer profile as the igntion key, so it's definitely doable.

A good locksmith should be able to finesse it open without too much hassle, and he/she may also have success using some jiggler keys - something that only locksmiths and LEOs are supposed to have.

All that said, I see this is a very old thread. However, maybe this'll help someone else :)

Good luck!

[free2ride]

Chaining your Harley to a pole in front of the titty bar. That cracked me up. I'm still laughing.

I would have to have been the fellow when he called home.

[rickym]

I have found that more thieves would rather steal a Harley than an LT. I'm pretty sure if I parked my bike with the key in it next to the Harley chained to a pole at a titty bar my bike would still be there parked next to a broken chain when I came out.