Yikes - spare key cost

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Frankly my brief flirtation with the baby GS made me glad to be back in boring Hondaland.
The original listing had a 2018 which was second year of the model not first year 2017. Bike turned out to me 2017 and I don't like buying first model year
The seller gave me $800 off with the comment - you'll need it for BMW service costs.
Never gelled with 310 GS and happy to get out even.
Very happy with the CB500F ...instant start unlike the GS which was always a crap shoot.
Fit me very well from the get go Guess I'm in Honda camp for the rest of the my likely too brief riding career....of course someone may meet my asking price. 😋
Would buy the CB500x floating around tho again that is first model year.
Someone got $5k for a 2018 CB300 :eek:
Not a lot of choice in the local market and prices generally seem to be drifting up.
 
adri said:
You were lucky enough to get the BMW dealer to reply to your requests to have a second key made? I'm impressed. Motorrad downtown dodged the question from me for months, than told me a bike they had just worked on was in perfect shape so I went it to buy it from one of their customers, took it home, and the valve cover gasket is shot.

I sent pictures to the guy and he's like "Oh, yeah that's a pretty common issue on those." And I'm like okay, so there's definitely something wrong with it, meaning:

a) It wasn't "in perfect shape" and
b) it's common enough you probably should've known to look, but you told me it was "like new"

Cool, thanks a lot. You have made things worse for me than if you did nothing. Useless would have been an improvement. That's great.

Then he quoted me full price on repairing it, because why own up to our mistakes and try to do a guy a solid? lol

This is after they tried to tell me that a battery sitting at 12.2v is one that was "brand new, just replaced." I said the battery should sit around 12.6-12.7 volts when they're brand new, and was told 12.2 volts is perfectly normal for a new battery. Maybe I'm wrong on this, correct me if I am, but the other dozens of motorcycles I've put batteries in tell me otherwise.

I ride BMWs. I recommend BMWs to my international audience on my youtube channel, but I never, ever, ever, recommend BMWs to Toronto riders. Ever.


Everrrrrr.


I picked up this F850GS months back because the missus is way more comfortable on the back than she is on the FJ09 I was hoping to get instead.... but the ******** that comes with BMW has me thinking I might just list it in the spring and she can suck it up on a less comfy bike. Her leg comfort is my pain in the ass discomfort with that brand.
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I also had a negative experience with downtown BMW. Friend sent me there, I walk in at 6pm (they closed at 8) and the entire Mottorad floor is empty, I waited 10 minutes, didn't see a soul. So I went back down the front desk and asked for them to send someone to help me, I could tell they were new so I cut them some slack on the wait. Comes back 'Sorry I think they all left for the day." 2 hours early??? Must be fuckin nice.

So I left a message 'Serious buyer, if you have the bike in stock as per your website I will buy it immediately."

Never got a call back.

F em. I guess they actually don't like money.
 
MacDoc said:
Geez, $80 for a chipped Honda keyblank, $20 to have it cut to match the main key, $80 to have it coded. Just for a spare key to run the bike.
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I guess there is no way to disable the CISS anti-theft system.
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Not too terrible…
Mine are in the $360 range and only available from the dealership.

Laser cut.

Scorpion chipset…. Apparently one of the best… but I could be wrong - it’s a bike from 2012, line discontinued in 2015.
 
My Suzuki bike does not have chip, however a factory spare key (blank) is $60 plus cutting fees.
A lot of motorcycle dealers do not cut key themselves, they either bring in a mobile locksmith or tell you to go to one they recommend.

I ended up going to a locksmith in Hamilton, who is also a rider. New key (non factory) and cutting service was $20.


Its always good to have a spare key on you or on your bike. Especially when traveling further away from home.
 
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Evoex said:
I also had a negative experience with downtown BMW. Friend sent me there, I walk in at 6pm (they closed at 8) and the entire Mottorad floor is empty, I waited 10 minutes, didn't see a soul. So I went back down the front desk and asked for them to send someone to help me, I could tell they were new so I cut them some slack on the wait. Comes back 'Sorry I think they all left for the day." 2 hours early??? Must be fuckin nice.

So I left a message 'Serious buyer, if you have the bin stock as per your website I will buy it immediately."

Never got a call back.

F em. I guess they actually don't like money.
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You only tried to get BMW Motorrad to take your money once? First timer huh?

Here's how it works. Despite whatever birth certificate and other documentation to prove the opposite, you don't actually exist as a human being, in the eyes of BMW Motorrad, until you've tried to get in touch with them at least 4-6 times. As far as they're concerned, that note you left came from an unborn baby.

However, once you do qualify as a human and become worthy of basic communication (but not basic respect, I haven't unlocked that level yet, see my previous reply about all of the lies), then they'll gladly charge you 1.5x to 3x what most other shops would.

Case in point $385 for a new battery installed.

It's a YTX-12BS, that's a $115 retail, the battery goes under the seat, no plastics to remove or anything like that. Most dealers would just sell you the battery and install it for free. They said $385 and didn't even replace it. Absolutely insane. I told them take it out, 12.2 volts is not new, your price is ridiculous, I'll pick it up without a battery. **** your ********.
 
oioioi said:
My Suzuki bike does not have chip, however a factory spare key (blank) is $60 plus cutting fees.
A lot of motorcycle dealers do not cut key themselves, they either bring in a mobile locksmith or tell you to go to one they recommend.

I ended up going to a locksmith in Hamilton, who is also a rider. New key (non factory) and cutting service was $20.


Its always good to have a spare key on you or on your bike. Especially when traveling further away from home.
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I actually locked my keys in my keys in my motorcycle once (Goldwing). I opened the tank hatch and for some reason, (fumbling with gloves?), I set the keys on the little tray inside the false tank and closed the lid. If you have integrated bags there's another dumbass possibility.

P.S. Free motorcycle with every key purchase. Are we there yet?
 
Evoex said:
I also had a negative experience with downtown BMW. Friend sent me there, I walk in at 6pm (they closed at 8) and the entire Mottorad floor is empty, I waited 10 minutes, didn't see a soul. So I went back down the front desk and asked for them to send someone to help me, I could tell they were new so I cut them some slack on the wait. Comes back 'Sorry I think they all left for the day." 2 hours early??? Must be fuckin nice.

So I left a message 'Serious buyer, if you have the bike in stock as per your website I will buy it immediately."

Never got a call back.

F em. I guess they actually don't like money.
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Sounds like an experience I had at Bay Bloor radio about 30 years ago. I was significantly younger, but flush with cash, and really into expensive stereo equipment at the time. Bay Bloor radio was the place to go for high end stuff at the time.

I walked in looking to see some high end receivers. Found the section I was looking for but couldn't find anyone to help me - guess I didn't fit the mold of someone with money to spend. Finally found a salesperson, asked to see the remote control for a specific receiver I had in mind, and promptly got dumped as he ran off about 15 seconds later to go help someone else who apparently looked like he might have had more money than me to spend.

So I walked out and took my money somewhere else and have never been back. Spent about $5K at Whitby Audio instead.
 
PrivatePilot said:
Sounds like an experience I had at Bay Bloor radio about 30 years ago. I was significantly younger, but flush with cash, and really into expensive stereo equipment at the time. Bay Bloor radio was the place to go for high end stuff at the time.

I walked in looking to see some high end receivers. Found the section I was looking for but couldn't find anyone to help me - guess I didn't fit the mold of someone with money to spend. Finally found a salesperson, asked to see the remote control for a specific receiver I had in mind, and promptly got dumped as he ran off about 15 seconds later to go help someone else who apparently looked like he might have had more money than me to spend.

So I walked out and took my money somewhere else and have never been back. Spent about $5K at Whitby Audio instead.
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Guy that i know was doing sales at that very location circa that time.
They were doing quite well with high end sales to victims of the AIDS epidemic a amazing number of them would come in and max out their credit on very elaborate systems knowing that they had a short time line left.
It was a golden time for the sales staff.
 
Drove to airport , wife and I switch seats and she heads home , I get on a flt to Seattle . She stops someplace in Missisauga for lunch , I take the key fob to Seattle. Once she figured out why the car wouldn’t start , I get several unflattering texts .


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crankcall said:
Drove to airport , wife and I switch seats and she heads home , I get on a flt to Seattle . She stops someplace in Missisauga for lunch , I take the key fob to Seattle. Once she figured out why the car wouldn’t start , I get several unflattering texts .


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Key fobs are very convenient, until they aren't. So far🤞, I have not found myself in a situation where I shut off the car and the fob is not with me. However, I do a similar thing to myself almost every day. I wear several different jackets depending on whether I'm working, or if the weather changes and I'm forever forgetting to get the fob out of the pocket of the last jacket I was wearing. I go out to the garage, get in the car, hit the button and nothing. Realize the issue and have to come back into the house, try to remember what jacket I was wearing last and dig through the pockets to find the damn thing.
 
oioioi said:
My Suzuki bike does not have chip, however a factory spare key (blank) is $60 plus cutting fees.
A lot of motorcycle dealers do not cut key themselves, they either bring in a mobile locksmith or tell you to go to one they recommend.

I ended up going to a locksmith in Hamilton, who is also a rider. New key (non factory) and cutting service was $20.


Its always good to have a spare key on you or on your bike. Especially when traveling further away from home.
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I keep a stash of Yamaha, Suzuki and Honda non-chip blanks I bought off Aliecpress for $1 each.

My local Rona cuts them for $5.
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