I'd like to bump this conversation for some clarification. I have washed my original fob one time too many, and now it is working then not working. It seems to drain the battery pretty quickly (like in 3hrs). I want to be clear about the credit card FOB, does it work the SAME as the original that came with my 08? Like I can just get on the bike and ride? I believe I saw a post where someone stated that you had to wave it around the ignition to get it to work.
Just would like some clarification,
Scott
The full sized fob works in two ways. One is the method that uses the fob's battery to send out a confirmation signal to the bike from a short distance after the stove knob is pressed. The other doesn't use the fob's battery (this is the method the smaller fobs use, they have no battery) and the fob must be placed in very close proximity to the top of the ignition boss.
There is also a difference in the way the bike is programmed to recognize these fobs. Since the full sized fob can give the bike the 'go ahead' to start in two ways (at a distance and placing it on the ignition boss in case of a dead fob battery) so the programming for the full sized fob has two segments. The smaller fob only has one segment that needs to be addressed.
There's a bit more to this but basically that's it.