Bruce Arnold
Well-Known Member
I lost one of the keys to remove the battery from my CCS frame. I think that the plastic top simply gave way under pressure and the key fell off the key chain. Not sure about that; good guess though.
So having one key bothered me. If the same thing happened again, I'd be SOL as far as not being able to remove the battery from the bike. This might not be a problem most of the time, since you can charge the battery on the bike. However, lifting the bike with battery onto my Thule carrier is considerably more effort than hoisting the bike without battery. Bon and I like to take our bikes to the many scenic locations here in coastal NC, so this is not an unusual event. There are other times I prefer to remove the battery also.
I emailed Juiced and they don't have spare keys. OK. I get that. They get two for each bike and send them out. No spares. Fine.
Looked around on the web for Reention Dorado battery keys and found a thread discussing how to have spares cut locally. Someone in the thread mentioned that there is a Honda key that works which most locksmiths would have. He gave a number for it.
However, when I went to my locksmith today, the number given was slightly incorrect: it was the mirror image of the key we need. (It was interesting, though, when I gave the saleslady the key and the number I'd found, she went right to the panel of blanks -- didn't blink an eye as though it was some kind of weird request.)
The number we need is HD-74. (Edited to correct the number)
I had her cut two keys, because why not. They are both all metal, without the black plastic top. I put the original key away where it won't get lost, and put one of the all-metal keys on my keychain. Let's see that sucker get torn off my keychain. You'd have to pull the split ring off with it!
Write this down somewhere, put it in your EverNote, whatever. Go ahead to your locksmith and get one or two made ($6.75 total for two keys, not bad at all.) This is cheap peace of mind.
So having one key bothered me. If the same thing happened again, I'd be SOL as far as not being able to remove the battery from the bike. This might not be a problem most of the time, since you can charge the battery on the bike. However, lifting the bike with battery onto my Thule carrier is considerably more effort than hoisting the bike without battery. Bon and I like to take our bikes to the many scenic locations here in coastal NC, so this is not an unusual event. There are other times I prefer to remove the battery also.
I emailed Juiced and they don't have spare keys. OK. I get that. They get two for each bike and send them out. No spares. Fine.
Looked around on the web for Reention Dorado battery keys and found a thread discussing how to have spares cut locally. Someone in the thread mentioned that there is a Honda key that works which most locksmiths would have. He gave a number for it.
However, when I went to my locksmith today, the number given was slightly incorrect: it was the mirror image of the key we need. (It was interesting, though, when I gave the saleslady the key and the number I'd found, she went right to the panel of blanks -- didn't blink an eye as though it was some kind of weird request.)
The number we need is HD-74. (Edited to correct the number)
I had her cut two keys, because why not. They are both all metal, without the black plastic top. I put the original key away where it won't get lost, and put one of the all-metal keys on my keychain. Let's see that sucker get torn off my keychain. You'd have to pull the split ring off with it!
Write this down somewhere, put it in your EverNote, whatever. Go ahead to your locksmith and get one or two made ($6.75 total for two keys, not bad at all.) This is cheap peace of mind.
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