Question about switch key?
Road Master
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Road Master
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You could relocate the key like a few of us have.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...treet-bob.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...treet-bob.html
Road Master
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Originally Posted by firefighter366
Is it possible to alter the key to allow it to be removed from the fork cylinder in the run position?
Road Master
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From: Gloucester County, Southern NJ
Can anyone confirm or bebunk this?
Cruiser
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edited to add: i have the under-seat ignition, not the ignition combined with the fork lock, just in case anyone considers this to be relevant, though i don't see how the two switches could be different enough that this would matter
Last edited by condition001; Feb 11, 2009 at 07:05 PM.
Road Master
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From: Gloucester County, Southern NJ
consider it debunked. i had a couple spare keys made up a while back, and decided that this would be a worthy sacrifice for one of them. i filed it off and it works fine. it still only goes into the ignition where it was last taken out, due to the tab on the inside, only now the key can be removed with the ignition on. works great
edited to add: i have the under-seat ignition, not the ignition combined with the fork lock, just in case anyone considers this to be relevant, though i don't see how the two switches could be different enough that this would matter
edited to add: i have the under-seat ignition, not the ignition combined with the fork lock, just in case anyone considers this to be relevant, though i don't see how the two switches could be different enough that this would matter
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Tourer
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From: Norwalk, Ohio
They must have considered it "old skool" and kept it, or even more devilish, a way to talk people into a more expensive bike that doesn't have that stupid neck mount key.
I'm really leaning to just grinding off the nub on a spare key and trying that for now. Although reaching back into my pocket to put it in just to turn it off and pull it out again. Hmmm, would be making more work for myself?
I'm really leaning to just grinding off the nub on a spare key and trying that for now. Although reaching back into my pocket to put it in just to turn it off and pull it out again. Hmmm, would be making more work for myself?