Do you still need a key to remove the seats !
Keyless option question
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Oilcracker
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You do on a Kawasaki 1400GTR. You can use either the key to switch on the bike or there is a spare key in the immobiliser fob.
. Technology is a wonderful thing!
You will also need a key for the locking fuel cap
Looks like the keyless versions don't get a key operated filler
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If its anything like the Ducati you get a certain time after turning the engine off to open the filler then need to use a key. IIRC a guy I met put his keys on the fuel dispenser, filled up started off and rode off. The bike didnt shut off, only realised he had done this was next stop over 100 miles away, when he couldn't start his bike lol. (What he told me not)
I have a mate who did a similar thing on his Harley XR1200. He let his mate ride the bike around the block with the key fob in his pocket. When he came back my mate jumped on his bike and rode home. He only noticed his error the following day when he couldn't find his key fob. It was 50 miles away at his mate's house 
Looks like the keyless versions don't get a key operated filler
So what's under the flap?
On my baby Harley u can start the engine with a personal code if you don't have the transponder fob with you, it deactivates the alarm & allows one ignition cycle, then re arms itself after ignition is turned off..
BMW would be wise to do similar, as would Ducati.. (I'm sure it's work in progress)
BMW would be wise to do similar, as would Ducati.. (I'm sure it's work in progress)
Ducati do a keyless ignition and in order to have the fuel filler cap keyless as well you have to cough up a couple of hundred quid !
I dare say that BMW will out do them
I dare say that BMW will out do them
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And if batt goes flat your all fekked 
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More electrics to go wrong inside the tank!
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The Kawasaki version solves the leaving the key on the pump problem by the switch knob is removable and has the key built in to the back of it to open the tank and panniers you cant turn the bike back on without putting the switch knob back
£245 for keyless ride, but still need a key to remove panniers and seats !!
I think keyless ride will just complicate matters, especially when it goes wrong.
I think keyless ride will just complicate matters, especially when it goes wrong.
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Never had any fear of bending the key with mine but it was one of the first ones 07 no doubt they saved 50p by making them from cheese on later bikes
No doubt they said the same about indicators back in the day
Nutty's bought into it, we'll see how he gets on
Personally I can't why you would want it on a bike, which is exposed to huge amounts of water ingress at times, either from torrential rain or power washing
I have been sat at the side of the road, more times than I care to remember, on tour abroad in torrential rain, with sports bike owners who have got alarms that have died because of water ingress/flat transponder batteries/electrical problems and it's not something I would want to repeat, getting piss wet through.............waiting for their electrical maladies to be resolved
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