femurat wrote:1996 intruder has a pin tumbler steering lock, no wafers. so you could count the pins... I could measure my key and pm you some numbers, but I don't understand how this could be of any help.
why do you need that key? is the bike locked or you can ride to a garage to ask a mechanic to change your lock?
help us to help you, give us some more info!
The bike is not locked. It's not running either; so I can't ride it to garage to ask a mechanic to change the lock.
(besides, I want to do this myself. No fun, having a mechanic change the lock).
Yes, I could count the pins. In fact, I have picked the lock. That was a few months ago and I didn't note the number of pins (I just raked the lock.) It was very easy to pick, but I did not want to lock it in fear that it might not prove so easy the next time, and, of course, I can't resort to picking the lock every time I want to lock/unlock the steering. But as you say I can determine the number of pins by single pin picking. That's not the biggest of my problems though.
If you could measure your key, the numbers would prove helpful. For instance, you could confirm that the first cut is .125 from the shoulder and that subsequent cuts are .095 increments or not. I found those numbers somewhere on the internet, but don't know for sure whether to trust them or not.
You can probably help me determine what the depth increments should be. That would be VERY helpful since I may have to resort to impressioning, and knowing the depth increments would make that chore easier.
And perhaps you could tell me what blank your key is cut from. Again, through some searching on the internet I determined that an NE7 should be the correct blank, and I have purchased a few, but you may have a different alternative number. The blanks I have are steel and I would rather have blanks that are brass. It will make it easier to impression if I have to resort to that.
I just bought an HP 1200 code machine; so I would rather be able to cut by code than by impression. So I am hoping the numbers 0154 can be turned into the key code by someone with access to the information.
I am a hobbyist. So this is just part of that hobby. I have lived with no steering lock for the nine years + that I have owned the bike. I can continue with that, but I need to get the bike running and ready to sell (since I haven't ridden it in a couple of years), and I would like to provide the next owner with a steering lock key. But I would like to use my lockpicking/locksmithing hobby to do that myself.
I know lots of the members of this forum are in the professional; but perhaps those that are hobbyists like myself can sympathize with my wants.
Thanks in advance,
Paul
