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Just saying

18” today

Just got done changing oil/filter on my 1986 Yamaha venture royal Trike. Also put a new tire on the front and bled front brake. Going to be riding again after getting two new knees last year. All that is left is to polish her up nice and shiny. Enjoy your day

LOL. My motivation was exactly the opposite. I have a bad habit of leaving my key installed in the bike after stopping. When I stop for lunch or for the day, I turn the key off, then proceed to dismount the bike, take off gloves, helmet, jacket, secure all of those and then walk away.... Can't tell you how many times I've woken up at midnight, in a hotel, thinking 'crap, left the key in the bike again!' Next step is the keyless gas cap to solve another of my first world problems.

circa1968, Nice work on this upgrade! Count me in for a plug & play kit. Thank you!

I spent many winters in NE, WI, MI, NY, IL, PA, VA, and OH contracting so I saw lots of snow. Don't miss it at all. My favorite job was south of MIami, FL close to the Keys. There were only a few nights here in Wilmington, NC this winter when it got below freezing.

I bet if you were to make that hook-up in a plug and play kit, you could sell a bunch of them. I know I would buy one. Who hasn't gotten themselves all geared up and gloves on only to realize that your key is in your pocket and you need to take the gloves off to dig out the key.

That one missed us! And I’m not jealous at all!

I've just finished installing a keyless ignition module from Digital Guard Dawg. As part of the install, I made a custom ignition cover where I installed a push button to activate the bike (essentially the same as turning the key on, once the module sees the FOB). At the same time, I added another push button to manually turn on the fan. And while I was in there, added a relay for the running lights to take a little load off the whole thing. I didn't follow the DGD's wiring guide, which would completely disable the key. I wanted the key to still operate as a backup. When I contacted DGD about wiring it in parallel to the key, they said yes, their police dept customers require this. They have plug-n-play wiring harness for a lot of bikes, but not the Venture, so I made my own as I did not want to cut any wires in case I ever decide to pull it out. The only thing I don't have with the keyless is ACC setting, which is ok because I can still do that with the key, if needed (which I rarely, if ever, use anyways). Next project will be a keyless gas cap.