Fecking keys

[White Noise]

Can't believe how stupid i can be!
Got to work today put the disk lock on all sorted, just a minute ago went down to check my oil level, look around the office for my ignition key, can't find it!
WTF have i done with it? oh you tw@t go down and sure enough there it is in the ignition! Thankfully our office carpark is off the road and i put the disk lock on!
Anyone else done something more stupid?
WN
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[JonB]

I was hoping you would say you lost them, i've always wanted to say "it'll be in the last place you look".
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[Bendy]

Plenty times. This is why I now have a rather convaluted keyring thing going on... means I might leave the key in it but won't leave the alarm bipper.

[.....]

When I first started riding I often left my key in the ignition. Luckily it was in a garage with an alarm and immobiliser. But still, I soon got out of the habit. I was used to cars where you have to pull the key out of the ignition to lock the doors

[Davo]

I've lost count of the number of times that I've done that.

Just before I sold the busa, I left it out on the road overnight with the key in the ignition and the ignition turned on & no physical lock either! Fortunately it was still there in the morning, tried to start it and didn't get much from the battery though just a click.

Thought I'd done some damage by leaving the igntion on all night, but just bumped it and it was ok.

[EuropeanNC30R...]

The first time I ever took my first bike anywhere I left it outside a newsagents while I went to get a bottle of coke (needed to cool down after the 55mph adrenaline rush I'd just had). When I got outside I realised I'd left the keys in it

[Kram]

i left my keys in my ignition over night, while my bike was on the drive
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[wantser]

I leave the keys in the ignition all the friggin time! I cover the bike over when its outside work tho. So you cant see they are there.

Other stupid stuff I have done is try to ride off with the disk lock on. Take it from me you cant. Luckily at very low speed as only travelled a matter of inches. Duhhh
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[sychosis]

I went to the wheel on my rs, and left it over the road on the grass, well ended up talking to this guy whilst I was putting my gloves under the seat, left the key in the seat lock.
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[White Noise]

Adding to my stupidity i got on the bike at home and went to move it from the pavement to the road to start it, sat on it i push it forward, it moves a little the stops. i think the worse have the brakes seized shut? no as the bike moves a little? takes me 30 sec or so to realise that i left it parked in gear!
its amazing what you can forget in 2 days without riding!
WN
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[jonnay]

Do it ALL the time

Was parked at the entrance to a woodland walk type-thing for about an hour and a half with the keys in it... Middle of nowhere, but loads of people about.

I remember to take them out now, I've got a fat keyring on them that's very visible... if I am about to forget them I notice that and pull them out.

My worst fear is locking the keys under the seat... that would be difficult to sort out, especially if my phone was under there. Having said that though, my dad works up in the local garage, and is forever having to sort out ped bois who manage to close their seat with the keys in it.. Apparently the seats are very easy to undo..

Jon
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[EuropeanNC30R...]

I did lock my keys underneath the seat once. Luckily Phoenix was there and I had a feeling the key for his blade would unlock the seat. It did

[killa]

Yeah, I left TS125 in the centre of Cheltenham (not a good idea) for about 30 mins.
Came back and it was there. You can’t help but feel like a Rodney.

Another embarrassing moment was a very rare occasion I was slightly stoned, went to the garage down the road from my mates house to get some munchies, paid the woman behind the glass (it was late) I had all the gear on ready to make a quick get away. For some reason at 11:30pm there were around 5-6 people waiting in the cue, all watching me.
Paranoid enough anyway I struggled with the keys tried to get on and the thing fell on top of me.
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[Akiraprise]

I have a few times, not overnight nor in anywhere public though, however the moment i leave the keys in my bike it allways gets started by a mate, lol, so i remember not to leave the keys in it .

[Gazdaman]

I've left mine in my bike, on a friday night outside work (Tesco) which turns into Chavville after 9pm TWICE.

Didn't nick it though, shame..

(It was disk locked, but the key to the disk lock was on the keys)

Now I've got an alarm for the XJ, I keep the blipper seperate.

Gaz

[ZaphodBeeble]

I've left the keys in the ignition overnight near to the city centre of Cardiff. I was staying at a friend's house and put the bike in her front garden, which was about a metre wide with no gate. When I went to leave the next day I was hunting around for my keys for a while, then realised where they were. Needless to say I don't do that any more, I'm a tad more careful with my keys nowadays.
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[Robby]

I always turn my bikes off by turning the ignition key. Turn key, remove key. Never leave it in the ignition that way.

[Keith]

I'm usually good at remembering things like keys, but as I was going into town a while back, I parked the bike up and noticed a load of teenage scum eyeing the bike up. I got so distracted by those kids that I forgot to even take my keys out! Needless to say, I returned to the bike as soon as I realised the keys werent in my pocket. Thankfully that was only about 2 minutes later.
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[Vespa]

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[Mantzy]

Did it a couple of times at work last summer when it was nice weather. Nowhere to sit down outside while having a fag and reading my book and to stop my alarm going off I turned on the ignition and sat on the bike. Then went back in afterwards leaving the ignition on. Never do it at home because the keys to the bike are on the same key ring as the house keys.

R
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[mrchips]

Done it the first time I ever took the bike out, and sometimes I would leave the key in it in the garage.
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[plugger147]

thought he was going to blame one of us for a second
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[Born2bVile]

Not entirely the same, but key-related........

I used to commute into City Centre Manchester every day and get changed into a suit when I got there, leaving my lid, Jacket, Jeans & boots in the cloakroom.

Anyway, one day some sneak thief tiptoes in and steals my jacket. With the bike keys in the pocket

My mate had a key that fitted the ignition of the bike, so I rang him. Unfortunately, he didn't have a key for the padlock, so I told him to bring a hacksaw.

So we sat in the middle of a very public bike park, (at 5pm, when everybody was coming out of work) sawing away at a padlock.

Did anyone call the police? (bear in mind, we were two of the scruffiest bikers around)

Did anybody even look at us or speak to us?

Did they feck!

Cheers,

Byrnie.
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