Ah, but that's the problem I encountered w/ mine..... back in 95 (I had the bike for two weeks) I managed to lose BOTH keys in the same day (DOH!!) At the time, Yamaha DID punch most of their keys from codes relating to the respective bikes... EXCEPT the GTS -- it was a security thang. Besides the fact that you can't punch the stainless keys (even the locksmith couldn't scratch one out ... believe me, I tried EVERYTHING). It took a month of calls up and down Yamaha until they finally relented and gave me the machinists specs to carve out the key. Maybe things have changed since then, but in '95 you could NOT get a replacement key w/ out the original... they even sent me a whole new ignition assy, lot of good that did me... w/ those breakway bolts, there was no way to remove the orginal once the steering head was locked -- oh and let's not forget the gas cap as well.
Actually found one of the original keys six months later at the Texaco up in Frasier Park. -Thomas =========================== Thomas H. Keyworth http://www.keyworth.net http://www.district37ama.org http://www.jpt-promotions.com http://www.wallyscycleworld.com =========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 5:29 AM Subject: Re: Blank Key for GTS The keys all have codes which designate the depth of each cut on the key. They do it in code to make duplication more difficult for the people unintended to be doing the duplicating. Dealers have a book that translates the codes for the keys into meaningful numbers to cut the keys by. As far as punching them, I would think most dealers of any size would have the hand held cutting tool that does nip out the keys. RSRBOB
