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Offline tofan

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Lost My Key
« on: November 14, 2023, 02:18:24 PM »
 :( I lost the ignition keys to my 76 CB750F. I took out the ignition to find the number and the only thing I found was 71127H48. Took it to two locksmiths and they couldn't find anything. Went to hondakeys.com and can't figure out which one I need based on that #. I emailed him, but no response. My seat lock is a replacement so it won't help. Do I have any other options other than getting a new ignition?
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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2023, 02:44:37 PM »
The key # should be on the ignition cylinder
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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2023, 03:17:22 PM »
There's no other number on it and if I need to remove the cover it won't budge...
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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2023, 03:28:36 PM »
Unless you can get a GOOD locksmith to work out the key you will need a new lock
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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2023, 07:40:47 PM »
A good locksmith can cut you a new key if they have the cylinder, even if it is an  unknown number. Years ago a guy did mine in about 5 minutes,  I don't know how, but he did. Keep shopping for a real locksmith.
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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2023, 08:20:22 PM »
This is a true story. I live in the West, and I usually know the postal delivery person, quite well. And as advertisements for auto dealers they'll send out an ad to everyone with a thin key, claiming you've won a free car, either if the key fits, or you won but all you have to do is give an email address so they can spam you and you won, but only a Wifi speaker. Well on a windy day a bunch of those ads blew away. So I went and collected them. They were destroyed by landing in gutter water. So I got a bunch, but I has already known about those keys and cracked the code a few years before. I loose keys all the time. Any way, on cb400f, those fake keys, all you gotta do or any key that goes into the key hole can be made in seconds to open and lock and function perfectly, and often even being able to lock the steering., with a sharp file or knife starting where the the peaks and valleys begin halfwaydown from the the handle and going towards the tip, start aggressive filing or shearing, shaving tapering to the tip, it can get pretty thin. But if you remember only slightly how yours was shaped, you can short cut the process, just tapering at the tip, and you'll have either spares, or the master set., the seats, most of the time will open with a screw driver or another key that will side in. I always have a spare or 2, under the seat. It's a small town. Oh the beauty of the car dealership keys, is they are ambidextrous. The groves are very shallow and the same on each side. Watch for those keys in the mail.

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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2023, 09:09:10 PM »
Since your key doesn’t open anything but your ignition switch already, the cheapest solution is a new switch. Vintagecb750.com has it on sale for $25 and you get two keys!

If your new key slides into the seat latch, pay the locksmith to match them up.

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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2023, 08:27:43 AM »
If you have a matching set of locks you should be able to find another number on your seat lock... i ordered lots of keys from ebay, i even managed to file one from a blank according to the pictures provided by a seller...
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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2023, 10:10:47 AM »
Since your key doesn’t open anything but your ignition switch already, the cheapest solution is a new switch. Vintagecb750.com has it on sale for $25 and you get two keys!

If your new key slides into the seat latch, pay the locksmith to match them up.

Yeah, I went ahead and purchased one. For $25 + S/H it's almost the same price as getting a locksmith to get it sorted for you.
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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2023, 01:52:40 PM »
Since your key doesn’t open anything but your ignition switch already, the cheapest solution is a new switch. Vintagecb750.com has it on sale for $25 and you get two keys!

If your new key slides into the seat latch, pay the locksmith to match them up.

Yeah, I went ahead and purchased one. For $25 + S/H it's almost the same price as getting a locksmith to get it sorted for you.

With the new key and lock in hand, he can probably match it to your seat latch too.

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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2023, 08:23:56 PM »
I have a '75 CB550 and new ignition sets are like $20 on ebay or amazon. Thats been my solution so far!
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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2023, 07:58:17 AM »
I got drunk and lost my keys, replaced it w/ a $20 ignition switch. Works great. Just make sure you disconnect your battery before installing, lmao
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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2023, 04:54:47 PM »
This is a true story. I live in the West, and I usually know the postal delivery person, quite well. And as advertisements for auto dealers they'll send out an ad to everyone with a thin key, claiming you've won a free car, either if the key fits, or you won but all you have to do is give an email address so they can spam you and you won, but only a Wifi speaker. Well on a windy day a bunch of those ads blew away. So I went and collected them. They were destroyed by landing in gutter water. So I got a bunch, but I has already known about those keys and cracked the code a few years before. I loose keys all the time. Any way, on cb400f, those fake keys, all you gotta do or any key that goes into the key hole can be made in seconds to open and lock and function perfectly, and often even being able to lock the steering., with a sharp file or knife starting where the the peaks and valleys begin halfwaydown from the the handle and going towards the tip, start aggressive filing or shearing, shaving tapering to the tip, it can get pretty thin. But if you remember only slightly how yours was shaped, you can short cut the process, just tapering at the tip, and you'll have either spares, or the master set., the seats, most of the time will open with a screw driver or another key that will side in. I always have a spare or 2, under the seat. It's a small town. Oh the beauty of the car dealership keys, is they are ambidextrous. The groves are very shallow and the same on each side. Watch for those keys in the mail.

Yeah, I made keys myself before.  For my motocycles and my jeep and such. Our place, when I were a kid, had what you call skeleton key. My dad kept it on purpose, nobody knows how to pick that lock anymore. 

Anyway, when I was twelve, my dad showed me how and told me that I will be making those skeleton keys from now on when somebody from the family needs one.  It was a good skill to learn and practice. It was useful in miltary service - I was able to make a copy of a key to showers with hot water, not just cold like in the barracks.  :)
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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2023, 09:40:37 PM »
This is a true story. I live in the West, and I usually know the postal delivery person, quite well. And as advertisements for auto dealers they'll send out an ad to everyone with a thin key, claiming you've won a free car, either if the key fits, or you won but all you have to do is give an email address so they can spam you and you won, but only a Wifi speaker. Well on a windy day a bunch of those ads blew away. So I went and collected them. They were destroyed by landing in gutter water. So I got a bunch, but I has already known about those keys and cracked the code a few years before. I loose keys all the time. Any way, on cb400f, those fake keys, all you gotta do or any key that goes into the key hole can be made in seconds to open and lock and function perfectly, and often even being able to lock the steering., with a sharp file or knife starting where the the peaks and valleys begin halfwaydown from the the handle and going towards the tip, start aggressive filing or shearing, shaving tapering to the tip, it can get pretty thin. But if you remember only slightly how yours was shaped, you can short cut the process, just tapering at the tip, and you'll have either spares, or the master set., the seats, most of the time will open with a screw driver or another key that will side in. I always have a spare or 2, under the seat. It's a small town. Oh the beauty of the car dealership keys, is they are ambidextrous. The groves are very shallow and the same on each side. Watch for those keys in the mail.

Yeah, I made keys myself before.  For my motocycles and my jeep and such. Our place, when I were a kid, had what you call skeleton key. My dad kept it on purpose, nobody knows how to pick that lock anymore. 

Anyway, when I was twelve, my dad showed me how and told me that I will be making those skeleton keys from now on when somebody from the family needs one.  It was a good skill to learn and practice. It was useful in miltary service - I was able to make a copy of a key to showers with hot water, not just cold like in the barracks.  :)

that's so cool. it's those things of logic, our dads exposed us to, that matter the most.  my dad didn't talk alot. but he fished a lot, sometimes taking me with him. to cabo san lucas, loreto, ensenada, or local aqueducts with locked gates. and he had the keys to any sections we fished in. we could walk in without keys only it was long walks sometimes. so what he did was bring a lock home and pull out the tumbler and cut a key so we didn't have to walk far and it was where most of the fish were. he was a marines srgt aircraft mechanic in korea, and my hero. he rode a 650 triumph.

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Re: Lost My Key
« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2023, 12:32:41 AM »
This is a true story. I live in the West, and I usually know the postal delivery person, quite well. And as advertisements for auto dealers they'll send out an ad to everyone with a thin key, claiming you've won a free car, either if the key fits, or you won but all you have to do is give an email address so they can spam you and you won, but only a Wifi speaker. Well on a windy day a bunch of those ads blew away. So I went and collected them. They were destroyed by landing in gutter water. So I got a bunch, but I has already known about those keys and cracked the code a few years before. I loose keys all the time. Any way, on cb400f, those fake keys, all you gotta do or any key that goes into the key hole can be made in seconds to open and lock and function perfectly, and often even being able to lock the steering., with a sharp file or knife starting where the the peaks and valleys begin halfwaydown from the the handle and going towards the tip, start aggressive filing or shearing, shaving tapering to the tip, it can get pretty thin. But if you remember only slightly how yours was shaped, you can short cut the process, just tapering at the tip, and you'll have either spares, or the master set., the seats, most of the time will open with a screw driver or another key that will side in. I always have a spare or 2, under the seat. It's a small town. Oh the beauty of the car dealership keys, is they are ambidextrous. The groves are very shallow and the same on each side. Watch for those keys in the mail.

Yeah, I made keys myself before.  For my motocycles and my jeep and such. Our place, when I were a kid, had what you call skeleton key. My dad kept it on purpose, nobody knows how to pick that lock anymore. 

Anyway, when I was twelve, my dad showed me how and told me that I will be making those skeleton keys from now on when somebody from the family needs one.  It was a good skill to learn and practice. It was useful in miltary service - I was able to make a copy of a key to showers with hot water, not just cold like in the barracks.  :)

that's so cool. it's those things of logic, our dads exposed us to, that matter the most.  my dad didn't talk alot. but he fished a lot, sometimes taking me with him. to cabo san lucas, loreto, ensenada, or local aqueducts with locked gates. and he had the keys to any sections we fished in. we could walk in without keys only it was long walks sometimes. so what he did was bring a lock home and pull out the tumbler and cut a key so we didn't have to walk far and it was where most of the fish were. he was a marines srgt aircraft mechanic in korea, and my hero. he rode a 650 triumph.

YEAH !!  ;) :)
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