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    Harley locks left, Suzi locks right

    I've been locking the forks, then locking the front wheel of my Sportster to a steam pipe. When it was finally joined by my 11E in the garage of my apartment building, I figured I'd just lock the bikes to each other, as for the time being I just have the one cable lock.

    Being that one of our members bikes was just stolen, I did something I'd rarely ever done: I locked the forks on Suzi. It was only a couple of years ago that I learned the proper way to park a bike on the side stand is with the forks turned all the way left.

    I wonder why Suzi locks right. Maybe it's supposed to be on the center stand (which I don't have).
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    Actually, when everything is working properly, a GS will lock in either direction.

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      #3
      Oh! Interesting.
      1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

      2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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        #4
        Yeah either way. I expect your lock or your key is worn. It's not uncommon for people who never use the lock to lock it one day & find the key cannot be removed....
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          #5
          Originally posted by salty_monk View Post
          Yeah either way. I expect your lock or your key is worn. It's not uncommon for people who never use the lock to lock it one day & find the key cannot be removed....
          Or in my case....One day I locked the forks, and the lock never unlocked again.
          Several hundred miles from home.
          That was 4-5 years ago.

          After some searching, I found a NOS, original OEM Ignition lock assembly.
          It was cheap, and now I never lock the forks. Nope....

          (And BTW, I am not the only one who has had this issue)
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          '83 GS1100E ~ '24 Triumph Speed 400 ~ '01 TRIUMPH TT600 ~ '67 HONDA CUB

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            #6
            I've heard that before, and you guys are scaring the shyte out of me!

            I have what I assume is the original key and three years ago it stopped working the...seat. Whew! The tank or ignition would have been a disaster. As it was, good ole handy me couldn't even drill it out. I ended up having to flex the rear of the seat enough to force it open. Then, of course, the lock cylinder was easily removed.

            A nice clean hole with rubber grommet remains on the rear shroud, and I have no intention of 'fixing' it. As Cycle World said in 1982 about removing the seat:

            "This is sometimes a three-handed operation in which the rear clasp relocks while you wrestle with the side levers. Not too much fun."
            1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

            2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Rob S. View Post
              As Cycle World said in 1982 about removing the seat:

              "This is sometimes a three-handed operation in which the rear clasp relocks while you wrestle with the side levers. Not too much fun."
              LOL...Never had that happen in 14 years of ownership...LOL...
              Bob T. ~~ Play the GSR weekly photo game: Pic of Week Game
              '83 GS1100E ~ '24 Triumph Speed 400 ~ '01 TRIUMPH TT600 ~ '67 HONDA CUB

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