Fork lock?

[jmink427]

Is the ignition key and the fork lock suppose to be the same? I know my ignition key will not even go in the drum the offsets are opposite from each other.... Where could a fellow find the code for the fork lock so a key could be made I couldn't see any numbers on it....

 

[sreimer]

Should be able to use the vin at a yamaha dealer to get a key cut

 

[gggGary]

You plan on using the fork lock? I did that one time at a campground in Florida. Got on Started up, turned a 180 and flopped over like Artie Johnson on a tricycle.
I do believe that is the LAST time I ever used one.
Even further back; We kinda stole a friend's brother's Electra glide one night. Turned around in a parking lot and the fork lock dropped in, I had to dump it over before I creamed a Rambler. 16 years old 6'3" and 150 pounds and I picked that damn thing up on pure adrenalin and got the hell out of there.

 

[jmink427]

Probably not just would be nice to have a key for it..

 

[blackbetty]

Yea I'd like one myself

 

[Dozuki]

I have a 75 and the ignition and the lock are the same key...

 

[DirtyErnie]

so... how the hell does the fork lock work, anyways?
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[blackbetty]

There's a keyway in the steerer that lets the deadbolt from the neck lock fall in when the bars are turned all the way on the left stop.

I found a nest of some sort inside my steerer when I pulled my front end to rebuild!