need a key

just picked up a 95 gsxr 600 for 200 bucks, has title... runs, has a little road rash but looks good. BUT IT HAS NO KEYS! At first it was a little fishy to me but i called the police and the dmv and its not reported stolen so i got it right away. I was looking at lock sets on ebay but they are like 100 dollars plus i have to rip apart the bike to install them. Is there anyway to get a key made for the ignition and stuff thats on there now?

 

there should be a number on the bottom of the switch.

 

On my xj900 the key switch was held in place by 2 10mm bolts. After removing the switch from the bike I took it to a genune locksmith and from the letter and numbers code on the case he looked it up in his computer and cut me new keys. If the code method didn't work he said he would have to make impression of the switch cylinder and make one. The code way was less than $20 for one key ($25 for 2) and if he had to make an impression it would have been $40-$60. Check out a locksmith first. Not all can/will do it but the bigger more established ones can.

 

A yamaha dealership should be able to do the same thing. I called the one down the road from me to see about getting a key and they asked me for the code over the phone and had one waiting for me when I got there.

 

how long is this code? i took off the top clamp and looked all over the ignition and only found a letter and a number together

 

Codes vary can be 4, 5, or 6 digits long.
Can include lettters and numbers.
Use a magnifying glass to take a real close look at the switch.
I've found some that are just a faint image stamped on a decal that's stuck on the body. Some are actually stamped in the body.

 

I got mine at the lock smith there is a code on the ignition and also on the seat lock. he had to take them apart on mine,but made 2 keys for 23 dollars.

 

I just lost my only key yesterday, but it wasn't too tough to get another one made from the code. The difficult part was finding and reading the code on the housing of the ignition switch. I had to loosen the bracket that holds my turn signals to get to the bottom of the housing. I tried a mirror and flashlight to read the code stamp, but there still wasn't enough room for me to see the whole number. Took a trip to the local dollar general and bought some play-dough to make an impression of the code and voila! clear as day. After 15 min at a local locksmith, I have a brand new set of keys that cost me $20. Of course this wouldn't help if your code is on a sticker, but it did the trick for my '85 maxim since the code was stamped directly into the metal housing.

 

I am restoring a 67 Honda 305 Dream, and it was missing the key. Two years ago I took the ignition switch to Chenango Imports in Utica, and they said they could cut a key if I left it there cuz they'd have to order up a blank depending on the number. I walked in, the girl at the register got on the computer, got a quizical look, and walked into the back and came out with a whole new cylinder and key. NOS, brand new still in the box, covered with dust. She had come across it just a couple days before, and was wondering why something that old was still floating around the backs of the shelves.