I'm working on a problem here, and a bit of digging about has raised a few questions.
Problem - some scrote tried to steal my bike, and broke the ignition barrel casting. (they smacked the bars round to break the steering lock, but then discovered the disk lock and gave up).
Problem - Yamaha UK only sell the entire set, including immobilizer stuff, petrol cap and seat lock. This comes in at just under £1,000. Adding together my insurance excess and no claims, it's still not worth claiming for.
I only need the casting, everything else is OK. I have stripped it all down, but the barrel is beyond repair - the spindle that turns the ignition on has broken inside the barrel.
I have looked at the US parts site, and I can see there is an ignition barrel and wiring for about £60. The problem is that it is not exactly the same as the UK part, it is missing what I presume to be the gadgetry that 'reads' the key.
Now, I have all that, it just seems the US barrel doesn't have the lugs to fix the thing to. This doesn't look like much of a challenge to solve to me, so I'm planning to order on in the US, and ship it over.
So, to the questions;
1. Can one of our US buddys confirm that the FZ07 does not come with the radio key security system? This is for me to make sense of what I'm seeing in the parts catalog.
2. Does anyone know how the UK security system actually works - is it just a case of making sure the key is in proximity with the part of the system that is on the bike (fitted to the ignition barrel, in fact)? I will need to work out how to fix the thing to the barrel, in about the same position as it is on the UK model, but the US one doesn't have the tags. I can't see this will be too difficult though.
I'm thinking its worth the risk of spending £100 to buy and ship one over here. If it doesn't work, I haven't really lost much. If I have to spend a grand to fix it, it'll be off the road for a while.
Thoughts appreciated - clarifications gladly given.
PS - in case anyone is still interested, the respective part numbers are;
UK complete system - 1XB-W8250-00
US barrel/cable only - 2RC-82501-00-00
Problem - some scrote tried to steal my bike, and broke the ignition barrel casting. (they smacked the bars round to break the steering lock, but then discovered the disk lock and gave up).
Problem - Yamaha UK only sell the entire set, including immobilizer stuff, petrol cap and seat lock. This comes in at just under £1,000. Adding together my insurance excess and no claims, it's still not worth claiming for.
I only need the casting, everything else is OK. I have stripped it all down, but the barrel is beyond repair - the spindle that turns the ignition on has broken inside the barrel.
I have looked at the US parts site, and I can see there is an ignition barrel and wiring for about £60. The problem is that it is not exactly the same as the UK part, it is missing what I presume to be the gadgetry that 'reads' the key.
Now, I have all that, it just seems the US barrel doesn't have the lugs to fix the thing to. This doesn't look like much of a challenge to solve to me, so I'm planning to order on in the US, and ship it over.
So, to the questions;
1. Can one of our US buddys confirm that the FZ07 does not come with the radio key security system? This is for me to make sense of what I'm seeing in the parts catalog.
2. Does anyone know how the UK security system actually works - is it just a case of making sure the key is in proximity with the part of the system that is on the bike (fitted to the ignition barrel, in fact)? I will need to work out how to fix the thing to the barrel, in about the same position as it is on the UK model, but the US one doesn't have the tags. I can't see this will be too difficult though.
I'm thinking its worth the risk of spending £100 to buy and ship one over here. If it doesn't work, I haven't really lost much. If I have to spend a grand to fix it, it'll be off the road for a while.
Thoughts appreciated - clarifications gladly given.
PS - in case anyone is still interested, the respective part numbers are;
UK complete system - 1XB-W8250-00
US barrel/cable only - 2RC-82501-00-00
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