Switching out ignition cylinders-(where key goes)

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Gilfy650a · #1 Unread post by **Gilfy650a** » Fri May 13, 2005 4:40 pm

So that parts bike i have has the original key with it, the key to my bike is a crappy reproduction key, so i'm swapping all the good peices out and onto my bike.

would switching out the ignition cylinder be very hard to do? cause lets face it the origional key is awesome looking, that and i would really like a one key bike...

Gadjet · #2 Unread post by **Gadjet** » Fri May 13, 2005 4:46 pm

shouldn't be hard at all. I replaced my ignition switch when the old one got too tempermental.

If your bike is like mine, then all you have to do is unplug the connector block that is attached to the ignition, remove a bolt or two and slide the old switch assembly out, then reverse the process with the new assembly.

Gilfy650a · #3 Unread post by **Gilfy650a** » Fri May 13, 2005 4:56 pm

sweet.

Telesque · #4 Unread post by **Telesque** » Fri May 13, 2005 11:34 pm

I've seen some custom guys make cool 'not stock' keys. I plan on doing the same with some copies of my bike key.

Basically, you cut the key off a couple centimeters after where it would normally sit inside the ignition, then you mount something onto the top of the key, say, like a round flat piece of chrome with a paint-matching piece in the center. I'm going to take at least one of my copy-keys and I see if I can't get a US Quarter with my birth-year on it, because a quarter is the exact same size as the circlular ignition cylinder on my bike.

I know some guys who just use a semi-dome shaped piece of chrome/metal, that way they can leave the key in all the time, and only another biker would know how to start the bike (not something I plan on doing)