I have a 98 v-mas sx 700 and a 99 vmax 600 deluxe. One day on the trail I was riding with girlfriends daughter and she lost the key to the 99. I had 2 keys to the 98 in my pocket and gave it a try and vroom. The same key worked in both sleds.
Last week I bought another 05 rx-1 and am tearing it down I needed to look at something on my other one and notice someone lifted the key. I grabbed the one out of the new sled and guess what - vroom.
I know we are all yammi lovers and would never take another sled but this is way to much coinkydink how many key codes did these guys use?
My guess is 3 max and 2 are the same. I am switching my ignition out to with an 06 Apex switch I have laying around I know that doesn't match and maybe those who would steel this won't catch on.
Last week I bought another 05 rx-1 and am tearing it down I needed to look at something on my other one and notice someone lifted the key. I grabbed the one out of the new sled and guess what - vroom.
I know we are all yammi lovers and would never take another sled but this is way to much coinkydink how many key codes did these guys use?
My guess is 3 max and 2 are the same. I am switching my ignition out to with an 06 Apex switch I have laying around I know that doesn't match and maybe those who would steel this won't catch on.
arteeex
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That's not a bug. It's a feature.
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The site member srxtwins has a security unit installed on his sled where the sled will not start without the proper control unit. It is a little box that beeps a couple of times and then the sled will start. I have no idea how much they cost, but I do know that you cannot start his Apex without this control unit.
srxtwins
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All manufacturers do production runs using the same key code. On the older machines I think the runs were longer and the diferent number of key codes were smaller. This would make it much more common to get matching keys in machines. I have even seen this senario happen on cars but it is much more rare.
As Matt mentioned I do sell an anti theft system for the sleds but I do not discuss them on the site out of respect for Tom because I am not a registered advertiser. If you want more info on the system you can pm. me.
As Matt mentioned I do sell an anti theft system for the sleds but I do not discuss them on the site out of respect for Tom because I am not a registered advertiser. If you want more info on the system you can pm. me.
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A low cost measure to foil anybody with a matching key would be to install an extra hidden switch that would need to be used in addition to the ignition.
Perhaps a momentary push button in the starter solenoid circuit that must be pressed while cranking the engine with the key.
Perhaps a momentary push button in the starter solenoid circuit that must be pressed while cranking the engine with the key.
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Keys and locks only keep honest people from stealing
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Blue Dave said:
This would have been a good idea, but everybody knows about it now.
chevmal67
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arteeex said:
Knows about it, yes... but knows where it is, no. Hidden is the key word here. If your still worried about it with one switch, why not add 3 hidden switches, all in different places? I doubt anyone jackin a sled will spend the time to play hide and seek with all these switches you have hidden!!
Put an extra kill switch in . hidden of course!!
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Ain't that the truth.
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could always put a cat cover on it unless you rather have a rev one on it.
maim said:
You guys soooo funny
I was actually thinking of renting a junk yard dog and chaining it to it at night.
Several years ago we were riding up in Virginia, MN and it was 3 am we were in one room having a cocktail when we heard some sleds roaring in the parking lot. We toasted those late night riders and then looked out the windows to watch 3 of our sleds flying out of the parking lot. It took us till 7 am to run them down with 2 remaining sleds and then got the cops to their shop and by that time all 3 were stripped and they used saw-zalls to get the driveshafts, tracks and gear boxes out.
after 6 months of court dates they were charged as minors and had to pay $50 a month restitution.
Side note they stole 2 polaris and 1 Arctic cat leaving my 2 Yammis. I'm not sure if they couldn't figure out how to jump start it or they didn't like Yamahas.
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Landoman
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Simply hit the kill switch when you stop and leave it down. Thieves are in a hurry and dumb in most cases.
i'm too dumb for that the last time I did that I had the whole thing torn apart in a blizzard cussing the whole time. 
