St Rs, Has Anyone Considered Retrofitting And Actual Ignition?

Hacking and splicing could be fun with CANBUS wiring.....
What's the problem with the keyless system?

 

Same side switch in Canada. It doesn’t allow the electronics to turn on.

 

I personally like the keyless idea just wish the fuel cap and rear seat had been keyless too modded my fuel cap to a keyless will live with the rear seat

 

With respect, it’s not a problem with the bike then. Why don’t you put the key on a lanyard and attach that to your belt or similar?

Matt

 

I've no problem with the keyless key at all - but I can't remember where I last left my bike.

 

I got a lightech fuel cap no key need bolts straight on there like the ones used in race bikes

 

I love it too - but tell us more about your fuel cap...it sounds great!

I turn my ignition off when I fill up (to cut the engine of course), but then straight back on again, to prevent the alarm from setting itself...which is another aspect of working out how to live without needing to reach for the key fob.

 

Ah that's a shame.

I love the keyless ignition, but I am dithering over fitting an Oberon cap - because I like the look of the Triumph original with its T logo. At the end of the day I don't find reaching for the key an issue (at all), it just annoys me that it wasn't thought through properly...like on your KTM.

 

I feel your pain Dave , it sounds like Triumph have gone down the same (dead end) road as Ducati, I too had a Multistrada and found the same problems. Stop for fuel and you have to remember which pocket you put the key in, use the key to lift the seat and forget to remove it, ride off, lose it, and you're looking at £100's to replace it. Unless the system is fully keyless you end up with a half arsed system. Ducati would sell you a keyless petrol cap for a few hundred quid, but it also took away the option for key opening, when the electronics failed (it was Italian - so it did) you had to break out the allen key and remove the cap to fill up..... (and you still needed the key for the seat lock)
Added to all this it seems electronic systems (cars included) are potentially less secure due to clever scrotes being able to scan the active key (unless you keep it in a Faraday cage wallet ).

So I have a 2015 Speed, I can't ride away with the key in the seat lock and lose it, when I stop for fuel the key's there right in front of me, the passive chipped key is more secure.
Do I lust after a keyless system.... Ummm let me think about that.

 

The Triumph key can be deactivated when not in use, so apparently doesn't need the Faraday wallet...
Reading the previous posts, the main problem with the partial keyless system seems to be down to the owners memory or lack of.....

 

I completely agree.............but because the system is "partial" not complete IMO the system is flawed.
(and sounds like KTM thought it through properly)
It presents the owner with added complication and potential problems with virtually no tangible advantage as far as I can see. So you press a button instead of turn a key...is that it? (oh and don't forget to deactivate your key before you put it in your pocket).

 

Not a massive advantage I admit, but I like it that my key, alarm fob and disk lock key aren’t flapping around in front of me

 

Even though it's 'half' a system, I still prefer it to the full 'key' system for my Bonnie.

 

Yes, "each to their own"
After 2 years of endlessly returning the Multistrada to get technology fixed by the dealer I changed my opinion about what is important in a motorbike......
We could even start a debate about the relative merits of different types of key-rings now!
(I have my old fashioned key on a detachable fob so there's nothing flapping about)
.......or I could get a life

 

No need for you to get a life.

I think that I've spent more time faffing around with keyring combinations than any item connected to motorcycling. Quick disconnects, clips, straps, lanyards, rings, string, you name it. The free Triumph wrist bands that I pick up in handfuls at various events send me into a frenzy, only topped by what to do with the absolutely massive Triumph key fob that came with my RS (if you use it, you have to dial in a couple of clicks of rebound as compensation).

Maybe this is why I was so pleased to put the whole arsing lot in my pocket

 

Like this right?



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