{"id":127,"date":"2009-07-22T21:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T01:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kz750twins.com\/?p=127"},"modified":"2011-11-02T23:20:40","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T03:20:40","slug":"replacement-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"Replacement Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some times people buy an old KZ and the PO had lost the keys.\u00a0 Or you lost it yourself over winter.\u00a0 What then?<\/p>\n<p>First, try and find the original key number.\u00a0 This can sometimes be found stamped on the face of the lock, right next to the keyhole (mine was on my seat lock).\u00a0 If you have the key number, there are a few options as I see it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dealer:\u00a0 Yes, some dealers still actually keep old, stock, factory-cut and coded keys around.\u00a0 They might even be glad to sell them to you just to get rid of them.<\/li>\n<li>Local locksmith:\u00a0 Many of them carry stock keys for your model and only need the code to create one for you.<\/li>\n<li>Ebay:\u00a0 Duh.<\/li>\n<li>Online:\u00a0  Where I have had keys made quick and easy online, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorcyclekeys.com\/\">MotorcycleKeys.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/key-men.com\/shopping\/show_cat.php?catid=Kawasaki\">Key Men, Keys For Classics<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Though online services are quick and efficient, they are usually cut with a best effort from an old guide.\u00a0 I have used the online services mentioned above and had really good success, though not 100% accuracy to the original key cut&#8230; but they work.<\/p>\n<p>There really is nothing better than a stock\/original key, like from a dealer&#8217;s old stock or eBay if you can find them&#8230; it&#8217;s worth waiting for.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have the key number, and have no way of finding out what it was, you might have to take the lock to a locksmith, or just buy a new set&#8230;\u00a0 and finding a matched set can be a real pain!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some times people buy an old KZ and the PO had lost the keys.\u00a0 Or you lost it yourself over winter.\u00a0 What then? First, try and find the original key number.\u00a0 This can sometimes be found stamped on the face&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/?p=127\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vendors"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pEJEp-23","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}