I apparently left my keys including the fob in the lock of my top box, the whole lot fell out on the roadside somewhere, I retraced my steps (twice) trying to find them, a total of nearly 200 miles, and spent 3 hours walking/searching the roadside grass verges looking for the keys/fob, I never noticed the display warning of a lost/out of range fob.
The exact same way I lost mine, except only 30 miles and 1 hour looking for it. Same end results as you.
At the risk of
, you might want to check/test (unless you have done so already, and know all this repeated info) the passive part of your new FOB by removing the battery and testing if the RFID chip was also programed into your bike by the dealer.
Most Many dealers on this side of the pond forget or never knew there was dual programing to be done with the active FOBs. If you have to go back, make sure you bring all of your FOBs, active and passive with you and test them all for functionality before leaving. Sorry about the
As for the OP, I'm with the others, I don't remove the stove knob and I had another key made which I keep on a long bright red lanyard so I don't leave it hanging out of a case (or at least I'll see the lanyard blowing around in my mirrors).
Maybe Techspec can be talked into making tiny snakeskin grips just for our stove knobs. Admit it now, they'd be cute right? You know you want some.