Interesting.
First of all, the fob is not programmed and in fact, cannot be programmed. It is the KiPass unit on the bike that is programmed to recognize the particular fob's identification number.
As the fob cannot be changed, it is not possible to alter it in any way that would prevent it from being used not only on another motorcycle, but many motorcycles and all at the same time. For example: if a particular police dept. had a significant number of C-14's, they could all be programmed to respond to a single fob that, for example, the service dept. could keep and therefore use on any bike in the fleet.
The only way I can think of to defeat that process would be to register the fob's number along with a vehicle's VIN, associate the two (which would me than fob has been used on a motorcycle- that motorcycle specifically), and then upload that data to a data base that Kawasaki held. Then when using the KDS software to try and code any bike, the software could first scan the database to see if the fob(s) that were trying to be used on a particular bike had previously been used on a different C-14. With the 'Net available virtually everywhere today, it would be easy enough to require the KDS software to download a new database every single time it was powered up.
Of course the only reason to implement such a system would be to stop the sale and use of used fobs. There was not such a system in place previously but certainly Kawasaki could have installed it at any time without the consumer's knowledge.
Brian
"Once a KIPASS FOB has been programmed into the ECU of a motorcycle it cannot subsequently be programmed into the ECU of another motorcycle."
I guess you could call this another sad "FOB" story. I bought a new 2011 Concours in April of 2011 and it only came with the one, active KIPASS unit. Dealer didn't know anything about a spare, etc., etc. So, I just ponied up and bought a spare one for $260, or whatever, and had it programmed, tested, and then removed the battery and carried it in my top box as a spare (along with batteries, of course). I never had to use the spare FOB. So when I bought my new 2013 Concourse in February 2015 and then sold my 2011 on Craig's List I just kept the spare FOB even though my new bike came with the active FOB and the small spare one.
Subsequently, I decided to have the older spare FOB programmed to use on the new bike, made an appointment with the dealer, and took it in this morning. First drama, "we need the code number on the original baggie". Well, I dug that out and gave it to them - they were amazed that I had it (and so was I, actually).
Then, after another 20 minutes, or so, they reported that the older, spare FOB could not be programmed into my new Concours and showed me on their laptop some Kawasaki service bulletin that stated that a FOB that had been programmed into a bike could not ever be programmed into another one. I am posting this because I have seen numerous references on bulletin boards where people recommend finding used FOBs to program into bikes and I don't think it is possible once the FOB was orginally programmed to another bike.
Does anyone know anymore about this? It is really hard to believe, and so I have a call into Kawasaki customer service but have not heard back from them. It really galls me to have spent upwards of $300 and now all I have to show for it is a conversation piece!