FIST installed on a Spyder ?

[kawakii]

Has anyone installed a biometric fingerprint security/start system on their spyders ? We saw it on television and are interested in maybe installing it on our bike so can start just by using a fingerprint scan.

Here is the website : http://www.fistenterprises.com/

 

[SilverSurfer]

Has anyone installed a biometric fingerprint security/start system on their spyders ? We saw it on television and are interested in maybe installing it on our bike so can start just by using a fingerprint scan.

Here is the website :

Hokay ... Certainly no Mr. Spock on the matter here, but it would seem to me to install the FIST system on a Spyder would be quite the engineering feat. I'm thinking of the chip built into your key which locks out start-up to any and all but those that possess the key with the chip. The chip talks to your Spyder's computer ... It's all Bosch from what I understand. How one would re-engineer the ignition and computer interface with FIST ... let alone reintegration with the Spyder ignition key encryption sounds monumental to me.

FIST is a neat device. I was watching "American Chopper" this evening. Paul Jr. was building a bike for FIST, where he was integrating its biometrics onto the bike. However, they had a clean slate. Basically, just wiring the ignition into a FIST control module, where the biometrics completed the circuit to start the bike. This is far from the challenges of integrating onto a Spyder.

Best,

Paul

(SilverSurfer)

 

[JCSMOKE]

My first thought is that it looks cool, my second thought is that after looking at the web site I would be cautious about getting a first gen system like this. Let someone else help them figure out the bugs before buying. I would hate to be stuck someplace and not be able to get going because of a couple of lines of code not liking each other.

 

[WackyDan]

My first thought is that it looks cool, my second thought is that after looking at the web site I would be cautious about getting a first gen system like this. Let someone else help them figure out the bugs before buying. I would hate to be stuck someplace and not be able to get going because of a couple of lines of code not liking each other.

I've been working with biometrics for years. The issue isn't the technology but the linking of the existing vehicle with a biometric solution. just not going to be elegant if not done from the factory.

Chip on key is enough for me. Remember, most bike thefts are done with flat beds, not someone starting it up and riding it away.

 

[Firefly]

You'd have to hide a BRP key with the chip in it somewhere on the bike so the DESS will see it and allow the bike to start.

Price tag of these things is $399.00 !!!!

WOW....

I prefer this solution:

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?21519-IPS-key-mod-for-your-Spyder-RS-RT

 

[kawakii]

I'm not comfortable leaving the key in the IPS, we live at a condo and don't have our own private garage. Makes me very uneasy. Maybe if we had our own house I'd feel different. We live in a area with two Can-Am Dealers within 10 miles so there are a lot of people who own and ride them in the area so ultimately I think that someone could easily know the key was in the IPS on the bike and start it and ride off. I know most bikes are stolen by flatbeds, etc... but I just think why ask for trouble

The key would still need to be carried or hidden on the bike with the biometric start because of the chip and because of the front trunk that I know. I just didn't know if anyone had considered it or done something similar.

We have a fingerprint front door lock for our condo door. Just scan your finger and it'll unlock if you are a registered user. We use it all the time for contractors working on our unit, dog walker, etc...works out great for that purpose. Thought it'd be neat to have on a bike

Thanks for the feedback

 

[NancysToy]

As long as you like the idea...and realize the limitations, go for it! The main purpose in most modifications is to make the owner smile. This is no different from accent lights, vinyl wraps, or fancy paint jobs in that respect...other than being less visible.

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: Somebody has to be the guinea pig... :shocked:

I saw the A.C. "fist" show last night and thought that it looked pretty neat! :thumbup:

 

[Firefly]

I'm not comfortable leaving the key in the IPS, we live at a condo and don't have our own private garage. Makes me very uneasy. Maybe if we had our own house I'd feel different. We live in a area with two Can-Am Dealers within 10 miles so there are a lot of people who own and ride them in the area so ultimately I think that someone could easily know the key was in the IPS on the bike and start it and ride off. I know most bikes are stolen by flatbeds, etc... but I just think why ask for trouble

The key would still need to be carried or hidden on the bike with the biometric start because of the chip and because of the front trunk that I know. I just didn't know if anyone had considered it or done something similar.

We have a fingerprint front door lock for our condo door. Just scan your finger and it'll unlock if you are a registered user. We use it all the time for contractors working on our unit, dog walker, etc...works out great for that purpose. Thought it'd be neat to have on a bike

Thanks for the feedback

Sure it would be kinda cool-- but $400 cool ? man that seems expensive.

If I was in your condo situation I very well might not leave the IPS in the bike all the time either--- which is what is nice about it---- you can just pop it out and take it inside.

As far as other Spyder owners stealing your ride----- I just don't see that ever happening.

 

[Blue Star]

keyless

I'm not comfortable leaving the key in the IPS, we live at a condo and don't have our own private garage. Makes me very uneasy. Maybe if we had our own house I'd feel different. We live in a area with two Can-Am Dealers within 10 miles so there are a lot of people who own and ride them in the area so ultimately I think that someone could easily know the key was in the IPS on the bike and start it and ride off.

I live in an apartment, and won't use a IPS for this reason either.

As far as other Spyder owners stealing your ride----- I just don't see that ever happening.

You don't have to be a spyder ryder to know how to start it up. A friend of mine (rides a two wheeler) asked if he could ryde my spyder, and since I trust him I tossed him the key. We were inside the office when I did that, and he walked outside. I walked out a couple minutes later and he was ryding off on Orbit. I do have to admit he had a key, and not a IPS so he knew where to put the key. He figured out the rest on his own.

 

[Bob Denman]

It's funny about the timing of things...

The Missus was just telling me that we should sell the shack and find some apartment... But with garage space for the Spyder and Jeep...

 

[ivanlee]

My first thought is that it looks cool, my second thought is that after looking at the web site I would be cautious about getting a first gen system like this. Let someone else help them figure out the bugs before buying. I would hate to be stuck someplace and not be able to get going because of a couple of lines of code not liking each other.

why not try it, i purchased a 2008 sm5, PE 301 for $15000.00 and never know when it will leave me stranded. :yikes: