Spare Keys

I did a lot of googling to find spare key blanks for my 5th Gen VFR and luggage, and I couldn't find anybody who had definitively found a matching blank for the Givi Monokey. So I ended up ordering several that looked close, and I thought I'd throw my findings out there in hopes of helping somebody else. 

I've confirmed the giant red Givi Monokey that doesn't fit well on a keyring can be successfully copied using Ilco LF12:

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The STLUN/Emgo Chinese top box key can be copied using Ilco X84/HD74:

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And finally, the Honda key used in a 5th gen VFR (I assume other gens as well) can be copied using the same key! Ilco X84/HD74 can be cut to fit both the Honda ignition and the STLUN/Emgo top boxes!

Naturally, this has led me to look into keying the two alike, so one key can start the bike, unlock the seat/helmet lock, and open the top luggage case. Unfortunately, when I took the cylinder off the STLUN/Emgo case, it appeared to be crimped sealed at the factory, and it uses some kind of weird square tumblers so that even if I did bend it open, I don't know of a good source for square tumblers to key it with. Being a brand with little support, I have doubts I will ever figure out how to order spare cylinders or pins to fit it.

I didn't look into rekeying the Honda ignition and seat lock since I'd much rather mess with a $100 top case than my bike's ignition. Also, I doubt Honda has any official support for rekeying their cylinders with custom key codes. If anybody has done that, I would be very interested. 

Unfortunately, the Givi Monokey keyway is very different than the ignition key, so it's probably not a good candidate for matching the ignition key unless somebody could retrofit a STLUN/Emgo cylinder in one. For now, I'm just happy to have found some more compact metal keys I can carry on my key chain instead of three separate large rubber head keys. 

Interesting stuff. Thank! that givi and alternate look pretty different...

11 hours ago, bmart

Interesting stuff. Thank! that givi and alternate look pretty different...

I just eyeballed the blank, I didn't put a micrometer on it or anything, but once copied at a hardware store it opens my Monokey bags just as smoothly as the big red factory Givi key.

Some of the blanks I see suggested online, like the Ilco B59 X162, look very different, and people still claim they work. I suspect the Monokey cylinder isn't the highest quality, so the tolerances are probably quite forgiving of blanks with slightly wrong dimensions.