[country boy]

New key

 

[Green Ghost]

Nuts

Looks Good Country !!! GG

 

[coley]

Nice.

 

[Retro Rich]

Nice, cost effective idea country! Very innovative.

 

[Goldsmith]

I was wondering what that was in your other post. Looks real good.


OK gonna pose this question again. The added weight, especially with the lug nut, is this going to prematurely wear the cylnder in the ignition??????????????????

 

[Green Ghost]

Maybe

I was wondering what that was in your other post. Looks real good.


OK gonna pose this question again. The added weight, especially with the lug nut, is this going to prematurely wear the cylnder in the ignition??????????????????

You may have a point Goldsmith, With really heavy stuff hanging out on the end, I guess it would make a difference in the long run. With the plastic cap I put on mine It may be lighter than the metal key??? Big X has posted no trouble with his. I guess it probaly weights more than the rest I've seen. Looks Killer Though. I think it worth the extra wear. As long as you don't have to change lock sets every couple of years. That could get pricey. GG

 

[mscales]

I was wondering what that was in your other post. Looks real good.


OK gonna pose this question again. The added weight, especially with the lug nut, is this going to prematurely wear the cylnder in the ignition??????????????????

I agree with this. I think they look great but with teh vibration of the engine it just seems like a lot of wear and tear.

 

[Goldsmith]

Yea, Rays does look cool, I have held it but cannot remember the weight. I know the lugnuts have a decent amount of weight. I really like the idea and if it can be done with the encaps or something in that weight range I think it should be fine. Long run on the heavier ones may take there toll on the ignition. Just my two cents and ramblings.

 

[MerwinT]

I don't think the weight will cause any trouble or premature wear on the cyclinder. We road bikes with multible keys on the ring and blowing in the wind without any problem. I did replace the cyclinder on my 77 wing after 110000 miles but I wouldn't call that premature...
Having said that I'm assuming that no one is putting a cinder block, or bowling ball on their key LOL

 

[cronicdrummer]

that is a great idea!!!

 

[Cowman]

Looks good countryboy. Now, how did you do it? I don't think a lugnut weighs enough to ruin the cylinder, but I wouldn't want to carry it around in my pants pocket but the key pocket on the leather would be allright. Great idea.

 

[ibified]

You're not going to hurt the cylinder with a lugnut on there for a keychain for a couple of reasons:

First, you have to understand what causes undue stress on a lock cylinder - namely, it's a lot of dead weight hanging down and swinging back and forth. The way that sits so close to the lock cylinder, there's not a lot of possibility for it to be shifting around and exerting varying pressure on the lock cylinder.

Second: as someone stated, it isn't like you have keys swinging around in the breeze on it. I imagine that my lock cylinder takes more stress than that does, and all I have on mine is a "remove before flight" fabric keychain.

 

[Retro Rich]

+1 ibi on all that. Shouldn't hurt a thing from my thinking.

 

[country boy]

Looks good countryboy. Now, how did you do it? I don't think a lugnut weighs enough to ruin the cylinder, but I wouldn't want to carry it around in my pants pocket but the key pocket on the leather would be allright. Great idea.

Frist stopped by Good year dude turned me on to a few used chrome nuts went to local lock smith don't even thingkof wm got 2 keys made tried um fore i left the place 7 bucks.Put nut in vise cut it at top of taper sanded it down smooth &evened up with belt sander.Sanded key equally on both sides till it would startin threads (fairly tight fit)screwed it in till it looked right on bike and would still open gas cap.Had some stuff called sonic weld (epoxy putty bout the same as liquid steel) just made sure key was centered and striaght pushed putty in with a small piece owood when hole was filled leveled it off and was done (used bondo on the one i made out of grip end cap)Next one i do will use shorter lug with threads all the way to end of cap.