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Posted by DC
- October 01, 2014, 10:53:48 AMQuote from: greenbarn on September 30, 2014, 21:31:58 PMI was checking local places for the blanks and no one seemed to have them. They kind of looked cross-eyed at me like "Why would I have something like that?".I bought one for the 800 at our local Ace hardware. Anybody that cuts keys may have the right blanks - you should be able to call in advance to see if they have motorcycle blanks. As a backup, the stealership should be able to provide, at somewhere around 2-10X the cost of Ace.
I heard stories about the stealership prices and that's not happening!
Just ordered them on FleaBay. I have to have separate keys for the ignition and forks, since at some point the ignition was replaced and is not original. Hopefully a locksmith can cut keys for the fork lock, based on the number on the cylinder.
Posted by jmbo
- October 01, 2014, 02:22:00 AMPosted by Bucko
- October 01, 2014, 01:27:49 AMOriginal key blanks are available from Kawasaki but they're expensive - I can't remember how much at this point but too much (even though I bought some 
). I ordered them online somewhere, with a bunch of other OEM parts - to help hide the pain.
Posted by greenbarn
- September 30, 2014, 21:31:58 PMI bought one for the 800 at our local Ace hardware. Anybody that cuts keys may have the right blanks - you should be able to call in advance to see if they have motorcycle blanks. As a backup, the stealership should be able to provide, at somewhere around 2-10X the cost of Ace.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- September 30, 2014, 21:30:37 PMWell I had the same issue and so I walked into Jim's Locksmithing, and showed them the key, they found one that matched copied it and it works really well, so had a second one cut.......oh and at $5.00 it was a deal.
Posted by DC
- September 30, 2014, 21:15:11 PMThe previous own of my bike only had one key. I need to have a spare, just in case. From what I've read so far in various places, people would buy the key blanks and go to a locksmith or Ace hardware store to have them cut. I checked one site out that used to sell the blanks, but they are down for a while. Any ideas where the best place is to get the most reasonable key blank?