General Thoughts on Keyless Ignition?

[CorriganJ]

What do people think of buying a bike with keyless ignition? Not as in some fancy wireless technology, but as in it has a simple on off switch instead?

The reason I ask is that my speedo is kaput, and I am struggling to find a replacement. It would be cheaper and easier to get a generic Amazon special speedo and throw that on. However, the ignition barel seels to be part of the odomoter assembly (I haven't taken it apart to look in detail yet so the assembly may in fact just sit on top) so I would need to change that as well and it would be easier to wire in a switch than another ignition barrel.

My main reason not to do this is resale value. I don't want it to be another badly done ebay "cAfE rAcEr CoNvErSiOn". So what are peoples opinions? Would you buy a keyless bike, or would it be a "steer well clear of this one" thing?

[Riejufixing]

WHAT is the bike? There may be things you can do. See "The Workshop".

[Ste]

I direct your attention to your previous threads where people have asked what bike you've got.

Is there any reason you need to remove the odometer assembly?

I'd be concerned about resale value and how quickly it could be stolen.

[xX-Alex-Xx]

Good luck ever trying to sell it if that’s what you do. Most sane people wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole, and just wait to see what your new insurance quote is when you tell them you’ve removed the primary security device.
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[CorriganJ]

[Riejufixing]

[NJD]

[P.]

It's a housing gt125. No. What you want to do is retarded.

Hope that helps.

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Stick a fake ignition barrel on, superglue the key in it, have the ignition combination switches hidden, 16 wired in series.

Sit back laughing as you watch some scrote trying to get the key working.

Then cry as he comes back with a van, and the bike gets shipped to Albania.
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[CorriganJ]

[CorriganJ]

[WD Forte]

As the Op cant be feckin bothered i googled it and found this pic
of a hiyosilver gt125 nekkid
So,
the odo dont work and you want to dump the ignition switch eh?
oh yeah I see
its deffo impossibru to fix that
cant be done
no way can that be fixed
smart move
why not just set fire to the thing?

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FXf4leM-M8C0%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&f=1&nofb=1
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[ThatDippyTwat]

Bit fucking drastic methinks. The ignition, odometer, and tachometer are all separate assemblies under that cover. Chances are it's just a speedo cable loose or snapped anyway.
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[stinkwheel]

My mate has a harley with keyless ignition, you just need to be near it with the key on your person. When we were camping at the weekend, every time he got too close to it, someone started it.

Repeat until funny...
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[Nobby the Bastard]

Jeezuz. Op needs to step away from anything mechanical with anything resembling a tool.
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[Ayrton]

Just find someone on ebay breaking the same bike and buy a replacement dash. I wouldn't go moving the key and potentially screwing up your insurance and it would devalue the bike.

I've got keyless on my car and I hate it. Every so often I'm looking for my key and I realise I've left it in the the car