Motorcycle Keys in San Francisco
Bikes and scooters, blade cut and chip coded where the machine is parked. $119 to $275.
$119–$275
Typical price
18 min
Avg. arrival
24/7
Availability
Motorcycle and scooter keys are their own small trade. The blades are narrow, the locks are exposed to weather in a way a car's are not, and the ignition, the steering lock, the seat and sometimes a top box all take the same key. Losing the only one is a common call, and it does not need the bike moved anywhere.
Cutting is done to the lock rather than by code where the code is unavailable, and a chipped key is coded to the immobiliser at the machine. If the bike has a separate seat or luggage lock on a different key, it can usually be brought onto the same blade in the same visit, which is worth doing when the equipment is already out.
Exposure is the local wrinkle. A bike parked on the street on the west side takes marine air directly on its locks with no bodywork to shelter them, so ignition and steering locks corrode faster here than almost anything else we see. A key that has started to feel gritty in a bike lock is a shorter warning than the same symptom on a house door.
Work runs $119 to $275 with the $89 service call inside it. A plain blade for an older machine sits at the low end; a chipped key with all keys lost sits at the top. Evening adds $55 and after midnight $95. Everything is tested with you: the ignition started, the steering lock thrown, the seat opened.
All sixteen jobs and their ranges sit on this page, nothing saved for the phone. Describe what the key is doing and the range closes to one figure on the call, with the evening or overnight hour already folded in.
- Daytime (7am–8pm)standard rates
- Evening (8pm–12am)+$55
- Overnight (12am–7am)+$95
FAQ
Motorcycle Keys: quick answers
I have lost the only key to my bike. Do I need it towed?+
No. The blade is cut to the lock and any chip is coded at the machine, where it stands. All-keys-lost sits higher in the range than a duplicate because it is more work, but it does not need the bike moved.
The seat lock takes a different key. Can that be fixed?+
Usually, and it is worth doing while the equipment is out. Bringing the seat and any luggage lock onto the same blade costs little on the same visit and saves a ring full of keys.
Why do bike locks corrode so fast here?+
Because they are out in the weather with nothing sheltering them. On a bike parked on the street west of Twin Peaks, the ignition and steering locks take marine air directly, and they are among the fastest-failing locks in the city. A gritty feeling in the key is a short warning on a bike.
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Say what the key is doing, hear the figure, get back inside
San Francisco plus Daly City, Colma, Brisbane, South San Francisco and Pacifica, 24 hours, holidays included. Stiff, halfway, snapped, or a healthy lock on the wrong side of a closed door: one number comes back with the $89 visit and the hour of the night already inside it, and it is the number on the receipt.