Saddlebag lock question

[Slvrvalk1]

I bought a set of Honda hard bags to add to my Valk standard.  I do not think the guy has the key.  I know that you can order the cylinders for the locks, but I have a couple questions.

Do the saddlebag lock cylinders come with a key?  How difficult and expensive would it be to try to have a key made for the cylinders that are already in the hard bags.

Thanks for any help that you can provide.

Dave

[hubcapsc]

I bought a set of Honda hard bags to add to my Valk standard.  I do not think the guy has the key.  I know that you can order the cylinders for the locks, but I have a couple questions.

Do the saddlebag lock cylinders come with a key?  How difficult and expensive would it be to try to have a key made for the cylinders that are already in the hard bags.

Thanks for any help that you can provide.

Dave

Your local locksmith may be able to make your saddlebag locks work with your normal key...

My local locksmith could not, so when I had a problem with my ignition, I bought the whole lock set
and changed out all the locks so that I would only have one key. I was trying to figure out how
to remove the cylinder from the saddlebags, when I realized how easy it would be to exchange the
guts of the old and new cylinders without removing the old cylinder...

-Mike

[BnB Tom]

Honda made two different keyways for the Valkyrie.  If you look on Ebay, there is a picture showing the difference between A and B.

IF your ignition key will slide into the saddlebag lock (doesn't have to turn), then any competent locksmith can make them work as one.

IF you ignition key will NOT slide into the the new locks, then you have opposite keyways which means you cannot use the SAME key in both BUT, once again, a competent locksmith can at least make you a separate key that will work in your new saddlebag locks.

[Ricky-D]

Although this suggestion may seem like a non-starter it certainly will solve all the key fitting problems.

My suggestion is to remove the innards of the cylinder so that anything can turn the lock, any key, whatever, that will slide into the cylinder.

My reasoning is that locks are for honest people, anyone intent on getting access will not be stopped by the locking mechanism.

As long as you can still turn the locking mechanism and it still looks like a certified locking mechanism, most all would be deterred from increased inspection to see if they could turn the lock.

When I lock one bag at the request of my rider, I automatically lock the other bag also. Reason being that if a person, looking to view the inside contents, found one bag locked and the other bag unlocked, they would see how easy it would be to simply pull as hard as needed to defeat the locking mechanism by viewing the simplicity of the lock system itself. I have never tried to force the bag locks however so my observations are only that. 

I find my key fitting in the ignition is getting tenuous at times now and removing the inner parts to the cylinder is what I plan on doing when the key becomes a real problem turning the lock.

I don't feel the Valkyrie is a high value target for thieves but rather down at the bottom of the list in the schedule of things targeted by thieves.

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[Slvrvalk1]

Ricky-D

I agree with you .  I looked at the underside of the locking mechanism, and it is a simple tab that fits in a slot.  If I can't figure things out, I will probably follow your suggestion.

Thanks.

Dave