Posted by Timberwoof on June 23, 2007, 2:11 pm
>
> > > Ears wrote:
> > >> Thanks for the advice but how do you ride two bikes at a time?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > He doesn't. That's why the two keys are on the same ring. Doh!
> > >
> > > -- -Fred W
> >
> > "never put all your eggs in one basket" - all the different bike
> > keys on one ring puts weight & stress on the lock accelerating
> > wear, when the wear gets bad enough the key falls out going over a
> > bump and you don't just lose one key - you lose them all!
>
> Once the ignition is turned to ON, the keys can't be withdrawn or
> fall out.
With a nice shiny new lock, yes.
> That said, I don't like having extra keys on a ring to scratch the
> bodywork around the switch, so I have a quick release for each of the
> ignition keys and put the rest of the ring in my pocket.
I just keep three keyrings. And it's fun to get the ones with the
company logos on the fobs to match the vehicle. (I had a red Honda fob
for my red Civic, but the leather wore out. To replace it I could only
find a black one ... it just isn't as nice.)
--
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Posted by Seth Hammond on June 23, 2007, 2:32 pm
>>
>> > > Ears wrote:
>> > >> Thanks for the advice but how do you ride two bikes at a time?
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > He doesn't. That's why the two keys are on the same ring. Doh!
>> > >
>> > > -- -Fred W
>> >
>> > "never put all your eggs in one basket" - all the different bike
>> > keys on one ring puts weight & stress on the lock accelerating
>> > wear, when the wear gets bad enough the key falls out going over a
>> > bump and you don't just lose one key - you lose them all!
>>
>> Once the ignition is turned to ON, the keys can't be withdrawn or
>> fall out.
> With a nice shiny new lock, yes.
>> That said, I don't like having extra keys on a ring to scratch the
>> bodywork around the switch, so I have a quick release for each of the
>> ignition keys and put the rest of the ring in my pocket.
> I just keep three keyrings. And it's fun to get the ones with the
> company logos on the fobs to match the vehicle. (I had a red Honda fob
> for my red Civic, but the leather wore out. To replace it I could only
> find a black one ... it just isn't as nice.)
> --
> Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com>
I also make it a point to keep the keys to my wheel locks on a separate
keyring. Less chance of scratching and better security both....
Posted by ian field on June 23, 2007, 2:42 pm
>>
>> > > Ears wrote:
>> > >> Thanks for the advice but how do you ride two bikes at a time?
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > He doesn't. That's why the two keys are on the same ring. Doh!
>> > >
>> > > -- -Fred W
>> >
>> > "never put all your eggs in one basket" - all the different bike
>> > keys on one ring puts weight & stress on the lock accelerating
>> > wear, when the wear gets bad enough the key falls out going over a
>> > bump and you don't just lose one key - you lose them all!
>>
>> Once the ignition is turned to ON, the keys can't be withdrawn or
>> fall out.
> With a nice shiny new lock, yes.
>> That said, I don't like having extra keys on a ring to scratch the
>> bodywork around the switch, so I have a quick release for each of the
>> ignition keys and put the rest of the ring in my pocket.
> I just keep three keyrings. And it's fun to get the ones with the
> company logos on the fobs to match the vehicle. (I had a red Honda fob
> for my red Civic, but the leather wore out. To replace it I could only
> find a black one ... it just isn't as nice.)
My regular bike has a plain leather fob and the spare has a LED keylight, so
they're easy to distinguish. Both rings have more than one key, the spare
has ign, steering lock, security chain and seat lock, its getting worn to
the point that I think a good sharp tug would pull it out in the on
position. As its only a spare and rarely does much more than its annual trip
to the MOT test, I'm not too worried but any time I have to take the tank
off and work on anything near the ign sw I have a better one off a later
model that I can fit.
> > > Ears wrote:
> > >> Thanks for the advice but how do you ride two bikes at a time?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > He doesn't. That's why the two keys are on the same ring. Doh!
> > >
> > > -- -Fred W
> >
> > "never put all your eggs in one basket" - all the different bike
> > keys on one ring puts weight & stress on the lock accelerating
> > wear, when the wear gets bad enough the key falls out going over a
> > bump and you don't just lose one key - you lose them all!
>
> Once the ignition is turned to ON, the keys can't be withdrawn or
> fall out.