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Originally Posted by jvswan
Unfortunately, my ignition key was thicker than my luggage key. And the grooves in the keys were in exactly the opposite locations. So, where the luggage key had the groove on the bottom left and top right, the ignition key had the groove on the top left and bottom right.
Grr... Not sure if I can fix this. Don't think the notches inside the barrels that correspond to the key grooves can be changed.
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That would be because the cores are different. That's what I was trying to tell you above.
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Originally Posted by jvswan
Hmm... So, those luggage keys are exactly like the keys for my luggage. Maybe I've been operating under a false assumption, here. When getting a bike from the dealer, do they not have a single key for the luggage and ignition, seat, gas cap, etc? I had thought that I'd be able to set it up so that I have one key for everything. Perhaps that's not reasonably possible.
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Depends on what your manufacturer sells.
My Suzuki uses the same key for ignition, gas, steering lock and helmet latch. Suzuki does not sell luggage for my bike but even if they did it would most likely be a different key.
My Triumph has a different key for ignition, steering lock and gas. Each of those locks has a different core requiring a different type of key. It's not a case of rearrange the tumblers (or re-key the lock) to make them match. The type of key that each core will accept is different. You would have to change the entire lock (and probably housing) to make them match. That's not gonna happen with a Triumph ignition and a Triumph steering lock.