Have you checked ebay?  There is at least one used switch there but pricey.  

NOW.....onto bigger and even MORE important things.......where can I obtain a "good condition" (NEW would be nice, but I'm not obsessed about it, depending on price) replacement ignition switch for my 2003 Midnight? (I'm in Canada, but I have a post office box in Niagara Falls, NY, so that improves my "continent wide" access.)

On 6/16/2012 at 12:06 AM, straycatt said:

I'm definetly going to do more research on the rekey issue. Though at this point the dual key setup doesn't seem like it's going to be a real big hardship. lol

Agreed, Glenn.......on BOTH points...as per my comments below: 1. No big hardship, 2. The tumbler (according to Murphy's law) will ALSO fail, two weeks after you go to all the work of RE-installing the OLD one! 😞 

On 6/15/2012 at 6:13 PM, eusa1 said:

you guys dont need to re-key or cut a key or use 2 keys or 2 sided keys!! all you have to do is remove the 2 smaller tamper proof heads on the sides of the ignition housing and swap the old cylinder to the new switch! it's easier than the big bolts that hold the housing to the frame!

use a small drill bit and an easy out on the old one first, and ya have nothing to lose.

mike

i still have the original key and my 3rd ignition at 160,000 miles

Thanks again for your time on the phone, yesterday, Mike
Just a couple of follow-ups here (for "everybody's" benefit)...
The comment you make above..."don't need to cut a key...(just) remove the 2 smaller heads...swap the old cylinder to the new switch...ya have nothing to lose"....that assumes....
a) that the "tumbler" portion of our old switch is in good/perfect shape, and
b) we don't mind accidentally drilling a hole in ANOTHER finger while performing the "pilot hole/easy-out" process as we did to get the entire assembly out of the bike initially. 

Speaking of which...I haven't seen it SAID anywhere..... but is it safe to assume that all FOUR of these bolts WERE installed from the TOP DOWN? (as opposed to "From the BOTTOM UP"....which is entirely possible. (It is, of course, critical to know this...IF we want to know whether turning CLOCKWISE or COUNTER-CLOCKWISE turns the easyouts.......OUT. 🙂 

Lastly, I saw someone comment, words to the effect, "What's the big deal carrying two keys around? One for the ignition switch and one for everything else?"

In response to this, I have a couple of comments:
1. I'm old enough to remember when most if not ALL vehicles HAD two keys...one for the ignition, and one for everything else....trunk lid, DOORS, glove compartment...and I WAS NO BIG DEAL.
2. Even NOW, my A4 Audi has a key FOB that, yes, is a more talented than a single key......but that SUCKER weighs as much as four or FIVE keys...and takes up the same amount of "space in pocket" as 4 or 5 keys....and no one (including me) complains about it.
3. Carrying ONE extra, 2 oz key around (attached on one of these newfangled things we call a "keyring") seems a small price to pay to have a COMPLETELY new ignition switch......one in which the LOCKING mechanism is as new as the electrical contacts portion....and that the tumbler, which (granted) MAY have been working.....BUT might ALSO fail....two weeks after I go to all the trouble to R&R it back into the bike. 
Why not just put in ALL NEW and "man up" enough muscle and pocket space to carry 2 little keys?

85 frame is preferred and in good condition.

thanks