Kawasaki Concours Forum
The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: chap on May 28, 2012, 01:54:37 PM
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Just wondering where are you keeping your KIPASS Transponder when you are out riding. There is no keyring on it, so I cannot attach it safely to anything. I am just worried I will loose it when I am out somewhere. If it were attached to a keyring it would be so much better.
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It does have a hoop cast into it, so I ziptied a keyring to it. Have both my bike keys and house keys on it. Front pants pocket for me.
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Most have been a small Zip Tie. I put a piece of thread through, but it seems like it might break
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There are lots of neck lanyards with stong string/cord loops - often designed to carry mp3 players.
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It stays in the inside pocket of my riding jacket. There is no reason that it needs to be quickly available.
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Just wondering where are you keeping your KIPASS Transponder when you are out riding. There is no keyring on it, so I cannot attach it safely to anything. I am just worried I will loose it when I am out somewhere. If it were attached to a keyring it would be so much better.
Mine (active fob) is actually in my zipped, inside motorcycle jacket pocket. I never take it out of the jacket. I keep the spare (small passive fob) in my pack, which gets put into one of the side cases when I am riding.
As I pointed out in another thread, this does pose a problem on the rare occasions when I try to lock my jacket into the side bags, since it is close enough to allow the bike to engage. In such a case, I have to remember to take it out first.
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Tourmaster made a sleeve pocket perfect for a fob.
http://www.tourmaster.com/product/Textile_Jackets/Transition_Series_2_Jacket/240/3 (http://www.tourmaster.com/product/Textile_Jackets/Transition_Series_2_Jacket/240/3)
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Try a little piece of braided 40-60 lb fishing line, or steel leader material using the crimping sleeves. If it'll hold a 60 lb fish the odds of your breaking it are slim.
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I throw mine in the tank bag and leave it there til I need to lock the bike.
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My right front pants pocket.
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Most have been a small Zip Tie. I put a piece of thread through, but it seems like it might break
Yes, a small zip-tie fits fine. I have two big fobs now, I bought a spare, and I have 'em set up the same way.
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My right front pants pocket.
+1... same here.
(my pants pocket though, not Sparky's ;) )
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+1...when bike is home, always keep fob in the same cabinet. I don't keep it in my jacket because quite often I leave my jacket on the bike or in the side bags
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I put mine in a zip lock bag and then in a cell phone holder with a velcro flap closer. That goes on my belt and stays there. Out of the way, but always works. I had a copy of the key made and it's on a ring with the key to the trunk and one for a bike lock cable I carry. Those are in my pocket. When I stop I usually put my jacket on the windshield over the dash. I don't want those needles melting again!
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Tourmaster made a sleeve pocket perfect for a fob.
http://www.tourmaster.com/product/Textile_Jackets/Transition_Series_2_Jacket/240/3 (http://www.tourmaster.com/product/Textile_Jackets/Transition_Series_2_Jacket/240/3)
Yes that is where i keep mine....
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Right pants pocket. Tried putting it in my jacket, but I sometimes leave my jacket on my bike.
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It stays in the inside pocket of my riding jacket. There is no reason that it needs to be quickly available.
That's where I keep mine as well. It's inside the inside pocket inside of a ziplock baggie. Like Max, if I have to lock my jacket inside of the bags for some reason I have to remove the fob from my jacket first.
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in the cell phone compartment of my tank bag. when I get off the bike I grab my phone and the fob.
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any pocket
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Mine stays in the left front pocket of my Tour Master mesh riding pants. The Velcro at the top of the pocket won't let anything out. The right front pocket is reserved for the trunk Fob.
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It stays in the inside pocket of my riding jacket. There is no reason that it needs to be quickly available.
Same here. It is the only jacket that I use for this bike (I have a cruiser bike that has it's own jacket as well). I had a spare key made up for the gas tank/bags that I use to access them. So, the fob never leaves the inside pocket for any reason.
-David
Athens, GA
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Fob goes in hosrizontal Cell Phone holder on my belt that has a velco flap closure a very secure clasp. A key with a key ring is attached to a metal link dog collar that goes around my belt and hanges into my pants pocket for easy access to use for gas cap and saddle bags.
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KiPass is so awesome we have whole threads on how we tote and store it
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j180/stevewfl/kneedragvl3.gif)
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Mine stays in the left front pocket of my Tour Master mesh riding pants. The Velcro at the top of the pocket won't let anything out. The right front pocket is reserved for the trunk Fob.
You have a trunk fob? Tell us all about it. Please post pics.
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Sounds like one o' 'dem Coocase top boxes. They have a remote unlatch module as well as an integrated alarm function, at least some models.
Brian
You have a trunk fob? Tell us all about it. Please post pics.
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So many thoughts....
1) You simply cannot have too many fobs.
2) Wow, those fobs must make a lot of lumps in your pants.
3) Have you ever gotten in trouble because you grabbed the wrong fob?
4) Does the excuse "I meant to grab the other fob" really make much of an excuse?
5) Have you tried to daisy- chain your fobs? You know, you carry one fob that activates the next fob that activates the next system....
6) A KiPass thread cannot be ruined although introducing additional fobs is surely the best attempt so far.
As to where to carry the fob: just find something you have been able to carry successfully for years and place the fob next to it.... car keys, a wallet, dentures, whatever. I carry mine in my right pants pocket because I never ride without pants and the fob is not big enough to cause any discomfort (or undue attention) no matter where I go with it. I also have not washed or lost it so far but that is because I applied the 'where do you keep your wallet' idea where and how to carry it around.
I miss Haroldo- he could absolutely have added something to this thread.
Brian
Mine stays in the left front pocket of my Tour Master mesh riding pants. The Velcro at the top of the pocket won't let anything out. The right front pocket is reserved for the trunk Fob.
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My front pants pocket.
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So many thoughts....
1) You simply cannot have too many fobs.
2) Wow, those fobs must make a lot of lumps in your pants.
3) Have you ever gotten in trouble because you grabbed the wrong fob?
4) Does the excuse "I meant to grab the other fob" really make much of an excuse?
5) Have you tried to daisy- chain your fobs? You know, you carry one fob that activates the next fob that activates the next system....
6) A KiPass thread cannot be ruined although introducing additional fobs is surely the best attempt so far.
As to where to carry the fob: just find something you have been able to carry successfully for years and place the fob next to it.... car keys, a wallet, dentures, whatever. I carry mine in my right pants pocket because I never ride without pants and the fob is not big enough to cause any discomfort (or undue attention) no matter where I go with it. I also have not washed or lost it so far but that is because I applied the 'where do you keep your wallet' idea where and how to carry it around.
I miss Haroldo- he could absolutely have added something to this thread.
Brian
^^^him and one or two more (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j180/stevewfl/avatars/iconhammer.gif)
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You have a trunk fob? Tell us all about it. Please post pics.
It's one of these LT, pretty slick, I've seen it in person on Robs bike and like it! :)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200758447193?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/200758447193?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649)