Key or no key that is the question...

[wyliec]

:agree:





Yep, one of the most over-legislated countries in the world is Oz - but there's still a lot going for it as one of the safest places in the world to live! hyea: As for me & my vehicle keys, I just pull the key out whenever I walk away from whichever vehicle, Spyder included. Like most things you do often, it very quickly becomes a habit and once it is, it's pretty easy to do/remember (muscle memory ) & no less bother than it is to turn it off in the first place! :thumbup: But that's just me - YMMV! :cheers:

But

Great info, but muscle memory is a misnomer. I'll leave it at that, not to take the op even further away from whatever was originally asked; I've seemed to have forgotten.

 

[Possible]

FWIW, I have left the key in the ignition on at least three different bikes, two of them for over ten years, one for nearly 20 years, and I have never
had an issue with anything interfering with the ignition key working. These are parked inside out of the weather, if I parked it outside I would remove
the key. To me, just much ado about nothing.

 

[Peacekeeper6]

Once you have been a victim of a burglary, I guarantee you that you NEVER leave the keys in the ignition.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Time for a sidetrack!

A Chinese girl let her boy friend have a key to her apartment so he could come spend time with her whenever he wanted. When she replaced his lost key for the third time she told him very firmly, "You lose this key, you not get new key!":roflblack:

 

[Peteoz]

Time for a sidetrack!

A Chinese girl let her boy friend have a key to her apartment so he could come spend time with her whenever he wanted. When she replaced his lost key for the third time she told him very firmly, "You lose this key, you not get new key!":roflblack:

Hmmmmm. I have to admit that I was scratching my head at that one, Idaho, until I pronounced the last two words with a (very poor) Chinese accent. :thumbup:

Pete

 

[ollicat]

Just as a humorous aside, you could almost leave your key in 24 seven no matter where you park it, because of the procedure you have to go through, as I remember five different steps before you can start it, nobody’s going to figure that out!

Ain't that the TRUTH!!!

 

[bigbadbrucie]

Totally forgot about IPS from LaMonster.....haven’t used it for a couple of years. I do like the look of it and just may start using it once again.

 

[Possible]

Once you have been a victim of a burglary, I guarantee you that you NEVER leave the keys in the ignition.

I don't think so. That's like saying once you've been in an accident you'll never ride again. Stuff happens. Someone thieving my stuff is not my fault, it's
the fault of the one thieving it.

 

[bigbadbrucie]

I don't think so. That's like saying once you've been in an accident you'll never ride again. Stuff happens. Someone thieving my stuff is not my fault, it's
the fault of the one thieving it.

Don’t agree with you. An accident is just that.....an accident, whereas a theft is a deliberate thing...a thief taking something that doesn’t belong to him and if you’re a victim of a thief you will take steps to avoid that happening again. jmho

 

[MakoShark2]

So no real reason to leave the key there at least electronically as the DESS won't read the key until ignition is on.

Bigger issue would then be messing with the little metal flap thing which shouldn't be a real issue when in the garage, still I might stop leaving it there just because of that.

In the end I guess it's pretty much a personal choice of each one to leave it there or not.

Thank you everyone.

 

[MRH]

However...one night in Fairbanks AK, at a very busy hotel, we forgot the key in the 2009 GS. It was parked in the front row of the parking lot. The key and the bike were still there in the morning. Don't think I would get away with that in a lot of cities in the lower 48 though...if they could figure out how to start it. Some of them are not to smart. :roflblack:

I can assure you that there is a very good chance that nobody will see it in CA, or if they do, nobody will decide to take it for a ride. I'll try no to build on my experience in the future.

 

[Saluda]

Key never left in (unless we're riding).