FOAK: Missing Ignition Key

 

I am now the proud owner of a Kawie KZ550M, a shaft drive '83 model.
It's not running but I paid so little that I am not concerned if I
can't get it going again.

It does not have a key so I can't even raise the seat to install a new
battery.

Do the Kawasaki Dealers have access to codes to find a key for this
lovely example of Japan's Finest?

Should I remove the ignition switch and take it to a locksmith?

Please, FOAK, tell me the easiest way to get me out of this
pickle.....

TIA

Biker Dude

 

On Jan 30, 2:35 am, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older
Gentleman) wrote:

Thanks for the info, but the same key is used for the petrol cap, for
the seat, and for the ignition.

One key for all three, otherwise I'd have to break in to the petrol
tank and seat and I need to raise the seat to service the air filter
and the battery.

I would also like to point out that I am blessed to live in the Land
of ZATAMM and that makes my situation superiour to your own.

Thanks in advance!

 

FOAK wrote:

Same drillbit?


Not what *I* raise the seat for...


Can't be - doesn't render in ROT 13 innit.

Timing out too?

--
Rusty

 

On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:55:46 +0000, Rusty Hinge

    I believe he's referring to the modern psychobabble "Zen and the
Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig, M'Lud.

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The book is more about philosophy than psychology.

Although it is revealed that the narrator is trying to repress
memories of his failure to have his doctoral thesis accepted, the
tension grows as the motorcycle tour
gets closer to Bozeman, Montana, where his life changing rejection
occurred.

So far as the connection between Zen and motorcycle maintenance is
concerned,
read the final paragraph:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance