I have an aftermarket ignition cylinder on my bike that I just bought. It uses those weird round keys (like a soda machine). The bike only had one key (sucks). It seems awfully difficult to find a locksmith to make me a copy. So... who sells aftermarket cylinders? Anyone sell them in a gas cap set or the whole ignition/gas/helmet set? Besides the dealer that is...

Also, are any special tools needed to swap out the cylinder?

 

1st off , nice bike!!!!! I just bought my 1st bike-95f3 in april with same color scheme exept I have yellow decal on upper fairing. I am not that comuter savey but waitin on abuddy to help me with pics to show soon. Any ways, I know exactly what you are talkin about with the key. that sucks. my opinion would be , if it works for now then cool, Be patient look on ebay every couple days for a ignition,tank.helmet set and purchase it . I HAVE seen them. or even watch the forum classifieds here. let me know what you come up with..........

 

hey Scrufdog I just realized that I spoke to you on your" what to look for when purchasing" thread butyou never replied.I assume everything went well for you.

 

yeah, i made a new thread stating I bought it right under that one, that Saturday.

 

right on what did you pay 4 it if you don' mine me askin

 

2300

 

nice!!! I paid 3,000 but came with new tires, sprocket, chain,helmet,textile jacket ,battery charger,manual and few xtra parts.it had 43,000miles on ithedid a lot of long rides and ownwed it for like 5 years. just like a car though it s better to runthem than sittin for years. he guy put his heart and soul in the bike. And he has even invited be along his 6 group ride which is cool. you usually don 't build a relationship from someone you buy a carfrom. for him I think it's hard for him to let go of his bike---- kinda like if i hooked up with his ex-girl friendhe just want to kep an eye on her---- LOL so that's kinda cool causeI ride for my self but gettin to know other riders will be fun on Sundays and what not.here in saint louis missouri theyare being listedfrom $2100 to $3700 so I think I did good on my first bike. Thisforumwill hopefully be a good learning expeirience for both you and me. feel free to post any thing you might learn to me any time problems, mods, whatever.P.S. The first thing I did to my bike was bought illumiglo gauges for like 90 bucks . they are sooooo freakin sweet!!!! they smoke the dull oem gauges and they are all white in the day. at least check em out. till next time

 

thx for the tip, I'll look the gauges up.