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Scared of losing your key fob?

Mark H

Mark H

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Ever since I got my new R1200GS with Keyless Ride I've been concerned about losing my fob.
These things cost a fortune to replace and they only give you one when you buy a new bike. Yes I know the little indicator on the instrumentation on the bike illuminates if the bike is running and the fob isn't in range but other than that - you are on your own - so what can you do to protect them?

Well you could get one of these. And let me say, I have no connection to this company or the product.

The TrackR Bravo - LINK

... is a very cool little tracking device (similar to the Tile - LINK) but I like this one a little more, with the main advantage being it has a replaceable battery.

It let's you locate your key/fob (or anything, even the dog) if you misplace them using your smart-phone, or for that matter your phone via the device, and it also let's you know if you are moving more than a certain distance away from the item using "separation alerts".
You can even attach one to your bike and locate the bike - BUT - this uses the "crowd GPS" network which may not be as developed or as wide spread as it needs to be to find a device outside of your network range.

Very cool little bit of tech.
 
Mark H said:
Ever since I got my new R1200GS with Keyless Ride I've been concerned about losing my fob.
Yes I know the little indicator on the instrumentation on the bike illuminates if the bike is running and the fob isn't in range
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I missed that bit of information in the manual. Now I know why I had a yellow triangle on the bikes the other day. The bikes were idling in the garage for a couple minutes while I was checking the Clearwater lights and when I stood back I noticed a yellow triangle on each bike. When I walked up to the bikes the yellow triangles shut off before I could see what is was.
 
I don't remember seeing the triangle, but it does show a little "key" shaped icon.

These BMW guys think of everything :dance
 
Mark H said:
I don't remember seeing the triangle, but it does show a little "key" shaped icon.

These BMW guys think of everything :dance
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In the RS manual, page 26, it shows a yellow triangle and a key with a ? when the key is out of range.

It's a good feature for me. Two times in the last week after leaving the shop and stopping on the way home for fuel, I reached into my pocket to make sure I had the key before shutting off the bike.
I have CRS, can't remember ****, and could not remember if the service manger handed me the key before I left the shop.
 
We all fall into one of five categories -

Innovators Innovators are willing to take risks, have the highest social status, have financial liquidity, are social and have closest contact to scientific sources and interaction with other innovators. Their risk tolerance allows them to adopt technologies that may ultimately fail. Financial resources help absorb these failures.

Early adopters These individuals have the highest degree of opinion leadership among the adopter categories. Early adopters have a higher social status, financial liquidity, advanced education and are more socially forward than late adopters. They are more discreet in adoption choices than innovators. They use judicious choice of adoption to help them maintain a central communication position.

Early Majority They adopt an innovation after a varying degree of time that is significantly longer than the innovators and early adopters. Early Majority have above average social status, contact with early adopters and seldom hold positions of opinion leadership in a system.

Late Majority They adopt an innovation after the average participant. These individuals approach an innovation with a high degree of skepticism and after the majority of society has adopted the innovation. Late Majority are typically skeptical about an innovation, have below average social status, little financial liquidity, in contact with others in late majority and early majority and little opinion leadership.

Laggards They are the last to adopt an innovation. Unlike some of the previous categories, individuals in this category show little to no opinion leadership. These individuals typically have an aversion to change-agents. Laggards typically tend to be focused on "traditions", lowest social status, lowest financial liquidity, oldest among adopters, and in contact with only family and close friends.
 
Mark H said:
We all fall into one of five categories -

Innovators Innovators are willing to take risks, have the highest social status, have financial liquidity, are social and have closest contact to scientific sources and interaction with other innovators. Their risk tolerance allows them to adopt technologies that may ultimately fail. Financial resources help absorb these failures.

Early adopters These individuals have the highest degree of opinion leadership among the adopter categories. Early adopters have a higher social status, financial liquidity, advanced education and are more socially forward than late adopters. They are more discreet in adoption choices than innovators. They use judicious choice of adoption to help them maintain a central communication position.

Early Majority They adopt an innovation after a varying degree of time that is significantly longer than the innovators and early adopters. Early Majority have above average social status, contact with early adopters and seldom hold positions of opinion leadership in a system.

Late Majority They adopt an innovation after the average participant. These individuals approach an innovation with a high degree of skepticism and after the majority of society has adopted the innovation. Late Majority are typically skeptical about an innovation, have below average social status, little financial liquidity, in contact with others in late majority and early majority and little opinion leadership.

Laggards They are the last to adopt an innovation. Unlike some of the previous categories, individuals in this category show little to no opinion leadership. These individuals typically have an aversion to change-agents. Laggards typically tend to be focused on "traditions", lowest social status, lowest financial liquidity, oldest among adopters, and in contact with only family and close friends.
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Then there are Luddites. I meet them everyday.
 
Mark H said:
We all fall into one of five categories -

Innovators Innovators are willing to take risks, have the highest social status, have financial liquidity, are social and have closest contact to scientific sources and interaction with other innovators. Their risk tolerance allows them to adopt technologies that may ultimately fail. Financial resources help absorb these failures.

Early adopters These individuals have the highest degree of opinion leadership among the adopter categories. Early adopters have a higher social status, financial liquidity, advanced education and are more socially forward than late adopters. They are more discreet in adoption choices than innovators. They use judicious choice of adoption to help them maintain a central communication position.

Early Majority They adopt an innovation after a varying degree of time that is significantly longer than the innovators and early adopters. Early Majority have above average social status, contact with early adopters and seldom hold positions of opinion leadership in a system.

Late Majority They adopt an innovation after the average participant. These individuals approach an innovation with a high degree of skepticism and after the majority of society has adopted the innovation. Late Majority are typically skeptical about an innovation, have below average social status, little financial liquidity, in contact with others in late majority and early majority and little opinion leadership.

Laggards They are the last to adopt an innovation. Unlike some of the previous categories, individuals in this category show little to no opinion leadership. These individuals typically have an aversion to change-agents. Laggards typically tend to be focused on "traditions", lowest social status, lowest financial liquidity, oldest among adopters, and in contact with only family and close friends.
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What a load of crap.
 
rad said:
What a load of crap.
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Agree. Psychobabble that seems somewhat self serving, shallow and aimed at developing a profile of the "insignificant other". Maybe an 'inability to delay gratification' fits in here somewhere:dunno Gotta love the Psych 101 students though. - Bob
 
How is it that a discussion about Key Fobs turns into this!

Can we not turn this to a positive?

Voni
 
Thank you.

There is always the option of deleting your own post.

I've done that myself ;)

Voni
 
My sincerest apologies if my post was in any way taken as insulting or just unnecessary crap.
Certainly not my intention and I'll watch my replies in future.
 
Mark H said:
My sincerest apologies if my post was in any way taken as insulting or just unnecessary crap.
Certainly not my intention and I'll watch my replies in future.
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Not to change the subject again, but I find forum discussions often mimic conversations in real life with real people. Everyone I know meanders around the topic often branching into subjects so unrelated as to be the stuff of comedy. A discussion on key fobs could end up being about life on other planets. Anyway, I like these fobs and in fact, I have a home automation system with a proximity sensor that opens the garage door when I'm pulling up to the house and turns on the lights if it's dark out. I can make it beep if I can't find it in the house or within a few hundred feet of the house. It won't find it at long distances unless I happen to have left/lost my cell phone near the keys, but that's a pretty useless function as you can find your phone without a fob. I wonder if Martians use keys? I'll escort myself out now.
 
I guess I was not in the best of moods this morning. I should have found a less harsh way to express my disagreement with the post

Sorry.
 
A ride a couple months ago with a couple Harley buddies, both bikes keyless, first stop #1 Harley starts #2 has dead key fob battery. #1 already running removes his battery and installs in #2's fob all is good
This continued for 3 days, luckily no one stalled. Got even better in pouring rain at last two fuel stops
Moral to storey, carry a spare battery, mines taped to inside of pannier
 
I don't think you need to do that. I was told (haven't had to do it myself) that the fob will work with no battery just like the little black plastic key (boot key) does, if you hold it close to the transponder (under the rear guard).

Carrying spare battery is probably a good idea though.
 
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