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Keys & Key Ring – Is it bad for the ignition switch?
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July 21, 2008 at 5:57 pm #1752WeaponZeroParticipant
I keep my motorcycle key on a ring with my house keys (2 keys, 1 for top lock and 1 for bottom), the keys to my craftsman rollaway toolbox, and the key to my guitar case. I have spares of all these keys sitting in a drawer at home. I’ve been hearing a rattling sound coming from the bike when moving at speeds in excess of 30mph and my dad says that it’s coming from the keys on my key ring and that I shouldn’t keep all those on it. He says that I could damage the ignition switch if I don’t have my motorcycle key seperate. Is this true?
July 21, 2008 at 6:06 pm #9046ShannonGParticipantI kknow that a heavy key ring is bad for a car ignition because it hangs. I don’t think you can damage your ignition with that number of keys, but there is the annoyance factor and the paint around my ignition is getting a little scraped up from my house key waving around. Sometimes my house key gets stuck in the gap between the ignition plate and the handlebar mount too.
July 21, 2008 at 8:06 pm #9056BuddParticipantI keep my keys on a d-ring. I have each car and my motorcycle seperate. I can, and do, just take my motorcycle key off when I ride. The D-ring is unobtrusive and can clip on to belt loops and such.
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July 21, 2008 at 8:49 pm #9058ShannonGParticipantOr, in my case, slip out of my pocket and into key limbo, where all my keys end up sooner or later.
July 22, 2008 at 2:29 am #9076AmorylParticipantyou’ve got to have a pretty huge number of keys on your chain before you start causing damage to the ignition, I believe the Car Talk guys figure near enough to a pound of general weight. that’d be like an entire skyrise maintinence man’s keyring. or a league’s worth of crap connected to it. not saying SOME people don’t have all that…but most people don’t
July 22, 2008 at 2:24 pm #9102AaronMerlotParticipantI keep my bike key on the small end of a detachable ring. That way all that is hanging from my bike is the small leather fob. I am mostly worried about scratches.
July 22, 2008 at 5:03 pm #9105AmorylParticipantyeah the only harm I can imagine with a normal key ring would be the other keys swinging around and potentially scratching something, weight wise, I don’t see it.
July 23, 2008 at 7:02 pm #9184AnonymousGuestI recently just put my motorcycle key on a detachable key fob, you’re not likely to cause any damage to the ignition switch, but i found a large number of keys had three major problems:
1. Scratches around the ignition
2. Excessive noise, as the keys would vibrate against the triple tree and handlebar
3. Weight – I mad a left turn and the weight of all my keys was enough to turn off the ignition.Dave
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