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lost my ignition key :/
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:16 pm
by jbob286
I lost my ignition key the other day. The little bugger always liked to fall off my caribeaner and im guessing it fell off when I was on a hayride... so its pretty much gone for good.
So I need a way to start the bike and I'm at college right now so I don't have the time/resources to mess with taking out the ignition or whatever. Is there an easy way without much work, any theives? heh.
It's a 1982 Yamaha Maxim XJ550
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:33 pm
by Sev
screwdriver and a ballpeen hammer.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:37 pm
by jbob286
Could you elaborate a little? Hit the screwdriver into the lock or hit it sideways to force it to turn?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:18 pm
by Gilfy650a
well you COULD do that if you wanted your ignition to never work again..... OR you could call a locksmith.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:10 pm
by Wizzard
Do none of the above.........
Take your ignition switch out and there are numbers on it . Take it to your Yamaha dealer and give them the numbers and they should be able to cut you a new key . Not that hard or time consuming .
Regards, Wizzard
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:46 pm
by jbob286
yea i could care less at this point if my ignition forever stuck in the on position... i really really dont have the time to take out the ignition but mayhaps i should just do it the right way :/
Is it hard to hotwire these bikes?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:47 pm
by Sev
Gilfy650a wrote:well you COULD do that if you wanted your ignition to never work again..... OR you could call a locksmith.
Why I didn't elaborate.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:16 pm
by jmillheiser
I would take Wizzards advice. Find the #s on the cylinder and get a new key cut. Cheapest solution.
Stuck on will quickly drain your battery since that means your light is on all the time too as is your ignition system
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:27 pm
by Shiv
Could take up lockpicking.
Just a matter of jiggling a few pins here and there and voila.
Re: lost my ignition key :/
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:49 pm
by Jamers!
jbob286 wrote: any theives?
of course not. Why would any of us ever attempt to be theieves. Not like any of us have tried hotwire/steal a friends car while he was on a date and replace with same model and color so he looks dumb in front of girls. . . oh wait.
Ya just get a new key, i could tell ya how to hotwire it, (assuming its the same kind of igniton as car) and what not, but its a hassle and can damage your ignition if your not super careful, not to mention give you a zap if you grab the wrong wire :-p
JWF