chewbacca
New member
Yesterday the wife calls me at work and says, "Close the door, and try not to get mad." She expected me to turn the air blue and go into a major rant. She told me she found my wireless key in the bottom of the clothes washer. Surprising her, I said it should be OK.
Well that was the correct answer, and it works just fine right now. Good news was I was able to find out how that gismo is supposed to work. First, both the owners manual and service manual kinda sorta suck. You have to pry open, not "push up" the door to the battery. A small knife works great. Also, if your key battery is stone cold dead, you are NOT stuck. The bike will start if you put the key next to the antenna under the fender. Tested the emergency key and it does work as advertised. The radio key is kinda sorta water proof, just don't let it fill up with water. When I replaced the battery, I blew out any drops of water with a hair dryer. Then I put the disassembled key in a tupperware container filed with dry rice. It had to sit most of the day and I put an electric heating pad around it it to help the drying process.
Bottom line is the wireless key system is a nice toy, but I wish I had just an old fashioned key.
Well that was the correct answer, and it works just fine right now. Good news was I was able to find out how that gismo is supposed to work. First, both the owners manual and service manual kinda sorta suck. You have to pry open, not "push up" the door to the battery. A small knife works great. Also, if your key battery is stone cold dead, you are NOT stuck. The bike will start if you put the key next to the antenna under the fender. Tested the emergency key and it does work as advertised. The radio key is kinda sorta water proof, just don't let it fill up with water. When I replaced the battery, I blew out any drops of water with a hair dryer. Then I put the disassembled key in a tupperware container filed with dry rice. It had to sit most of the day and I put an electric heating pad around it it to help the drying process.
Bottom line is the wireless key system is a nice toy, but I wish I had just an old fashioned key.