Paging the Ducatisti

Stupid quesion - but which key blank can you use that'll be available
off the shelf at Timpsons, etc? (I only have 1 key, and after losing one
of my 2 BMW keys last week, reckon it's time to have some spares cut)

 

I don't know whether it's the same as getting car keys cut but I used a
local key chappie (in Malvern) when I lost one of my Peugeot keys. My key
contains a transponder thingy or so I'm told and he was able to copy the
whole thing in minutes. It wasn't as cheap as a straightforward key but
still a whole lot cheaper than the dealers.

--
Malc

Rusted and ropy.
Dog-eared old copy.
Vintage and classic,
or just plain Jurassic:
all words to describe me.

 

Doesn't surprise me. I had a key cut by a locksmith, but it didn't work.

Also need to get myself a new folding type BMW key, as the spare I have
isn't of the folding variety.

 

Heh. Both my bikes are way too old to have transponder keys.

I just need a source for a blank key - as several places I've asked
haven't been able to help.

 

Try these guys
http://www.basildonlocks.co.uk/html/motor_cycle_keys.html
recommended.

 

I used an ordinary type - the folder was a PITA and stayed at home.

 

I tried several places to get a key cut for the R80RS, but none of them
worked. Apparently there's an extra "bit" that the keycutters don't do.

I had to email a scanned copy of my log book to Rainbow BMW (they do
keycutting onsite) and the key they sent worked perfectly. I'd tried 4
different keys from various cutters before and all they'd work in was the
fuel cap ISTR.

--
Steve Parry
BMW R80RS, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 BMW K1200GT SE
00 BMW R1150GS, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50,
BMW 330Ci
www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

That may explain why only 1 of the 2 spares I have actually works, then.

I have no idea what happened to the other key - I only popped out to
shuffle bikes around in the garage, and can't find it now.

My own fault for not putting it on a keyring.

 

I kind of realised that. It's just that an car locksmith may have access to
more blanks than a standard one.

--
Malc

Rusted and ropy.
Dog-eared old copy.
Vintage and classic,
or just plain Jurassic:
all words to describe me.

 

Same here.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Try Keys Galore, London.

 

Ask for Pussy.

 

I always ask for Pussy, I never take it for granted.