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Dec 6th, 2011, 8:43 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Pebble Beach, CA, USA
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Key Fob
What's the trick to opening the key fob to replace the battery? I'm having a heck of a time and don't want to push it and risk breaking it. Any secrets?
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Dec 6th, 2011, 9:11 pm
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Newport Beach, CA, USA
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Already? How old is your bike? Here are the instructions:
Ducati Multistrada 1200
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Dec 6th, 2011, 10:22 pm
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Location: Midway, Kentucky, USA
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Thanks for the useful tutorial, I suppose we will all be referring to this at some point.
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Dec 6th, 2011, 10:58 pm
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THANKS! Got it open. It was still a bit of a stuggle. Will buy a CR 2032 tomorrow. The bike is 1 year 4 months old. Its a 2010. Took delivery in Aug 2010. I had heard people were having issues with this key fob battery life being quite low. Thanks again!!!!!
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Dec 6th, 2011, 11:20 pm
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Location: Sammamish, WA, USA
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The cr2032 packs often come in pairs. I leave the extra one in the packaging under the seat in case it dies on the road. Those batteries have a pretty good shelf life so it's a good bet it will do its job when you need it.
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Last edited by martys; Dec 7th, 2011 at 9:05 am.
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Dec 6th, 2011, 11:49 pm
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Wish I could put the key on a fob, actually. Some kind of something' so I can hook it to my pants belt loop or something'!
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Dec 7th, 2011, 1:22 am
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Interesting Concept.
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Originally Posted by Rockettman
Wish I could put the key on a fob, actually. Some kind of something' so I can hook it to my pants belt loop or something'!
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Just had my Active Key apart for battery replacement.
The electronic components for the Active Key are quite small. The electronic components could be removed from the active key and placed in a fob-like container. The container would have to secure the electronics so they would not rattle inside the fob. The fob should not be RF shielding in nature. Could even be waterproofed by vacuum packing.
A blank Ducati key could be cut to open seat/panniers/top-case/fuel-cap with few worries of loosing a dumb key.
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Dec 7th, 2011, 9:08 am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fultank
Just had my Active Key apart for battery replacement.
The electronic components for the Active Key are quite small. The electronic components could be removed from the active key and placed in a fob-like container. The container would have to secure the electronics so they would not rattle inside the fob. The fob should not be RF shielding in nature. Could even be waterproofed by vacuum packing.
A blank Ducati key could be cut to open seat/panniers/top-case/fuel-cap with few worries of loosing a dumb key.
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A friend of mine has a Kawi Concourse 14 which has a separate key and fob. He HATES it because now there are two things you need to carry vs one.
I agree the big key needs a loop so you can actually attach it to something, but overall the single key/fob design works "most" of the time for me.
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Dec 7th, 2011, 9:14 am
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Some kind of leather pouch like the ones used to hold pepper spray, but of the Ducati Key FOB size, of course.
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Originally Posted by martys
A friend of mine has a Kawi Concourse 14 which has a separate key and fob. He HATES it because now there are two things you need to carry vs one.
I agree the big key needs a loop so you can actually attach it to something, but overall the single key/fob design works "most" of the time for me.
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* 2010 Black Multi S (Slip-On Termi)
* 2006 Triumph Scrambler
* 2004 Triumph Thruxton
* 1977 Triumph Silver Jubilee
* 1974 Norton Commando
* 1964 BSA Rocket Lightning
www.RockettDrumWorks.com
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Dec 7th, 2011, 9:57 am
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Location: OMAK, WA, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockettman
Some kind of leather pouch like the ones used to hold pepper spray, but of the Ducati Key FOB size, of course.
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This is what I have done to not loose the damn thing.......scroll down to key, put it on a lanyard around my neck....
Motorcycle Info Pages - Ducati 1200 Multistrada > MTS1200 'Snippets'
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