RT quit on me.

[SupraSabre]

Lots of keyed bikes have gas cap issues with stuck caps and broken keys. Mine has been great.

It's not like a few ST1300s haven't lost gascaps to broken keys!

 

[dbst1300]

That being said...I will make sure I have the correct torx bits to loosen the cap..

Your time is coming! I think I’ll go out and open my Super Tenere gas cap with my spare $6.00 KEY.

 

[Kevcules]

@dduelin What type of oil did you have in the engine? lol

Not surprised you found the problem quickly and luckily it was an easy, inexpensive fix. Good job!

 

[Sadlsor]

Your time is coming! I think I’ll go out and open my Super Tenere gas cap with my spare $6.00 KEY.

New BMW 1250 owners can expect to pay roughly FIFTEEN TIMES that price for a replacement PLASTIC key for our bikes.
(According to those who have paid that, talking about it on ADVrider.)

 

[DJDixon]

An emergency (plastic) key for my 2020 RT is $80.36, precut and coded to the bike. DAMHIK - Ouch...

I only got the key fob with the bike, and one key doesn't cut it with me...

 

[dbst1300]

I had an extra BMW non-chipped metal key cut for a mere $50.00.

 

[Larry Fine]

. . . one key doesn't cut it . . .

Pun intended?

 

[Mellow]

I did a little research on the gas cap thing and BMW made it pretty easy to open the cap with just 2 screws in the upper section. There's a pin in there you can clean w/wd-40 and you're done.

I can see how ADV bikes might accumulate more dust and gunk in the cracks that might cause this more options - not something I'd typically have to deal with much even if I had a GS (lol.. poser!)

Your time is coming! I think I’ll go out and open my Super Tenere gas cap with my spare $6.00 KEY.

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[Tor]

I've had "Lube The Keyless Gas Cap" on my 6k miles service for years . I use Wilson Combat gun oil. Coincidently, I also use it in my .45acp. That's all I'm going to say about that .

 

[ST Gui]

I love the keyless ride, I want every bike I have from now on to have it.

I'd love to have a keyless-ride bike. But this keyless gas cap – I take it it's not what some here have replaced the ST's locking gas with? A simple twist on/twist off cap? Is this some sort of electro-mechanical access thing? It sounds trick which I like. But having my ST's locking cap fail to open via mechanical error and my compounding by breaking the key off in it via human error gives me pause.

Push a button on a fob or handle bar and a little door raises up? Or just a lock in the cap? That would be pretty trick and yes I might go for that. A release that let an access door pop up would be ok but less trick. Everything is until it isn't. After having the ST's gas cap replaced I still use it and haven't gone to a more pedestrian version.

 

[Smudgemo]

I'm not sure it would give you a clue to something like a switch falling loose from it's mount, but I never go far from home w/o my Hex Code GS-911. At least it would rule out things that are actually serious and let you focus on what else could be going on, or not waste time in calling for a tow and a flight home. Pricey, but you can charge nine other guys $50 to use up one license each in the unit and pay for it. Save someone one trip to the dealer to reset a service light or TPS sensor update, and they come out ahead, too.

 

[dduelin]

I'm not sure it would give you a clue to something like a switch falling loose from it's mount, but I never go far from home w/o my Hex Code GS-911. At least it would rule out things that are actually serious and let you focus on what else could be going on, or not waste time in calling for a tow and a flight home. Pricey, but you can charge nine other guys $50 to use up one license each in the unit and pay for it. Save someone one trip to the dealer to reset a service light or TPS sensor update, and they come out ahead, too.

I have a GS-911 and I connected it and ran the programs the afternoon of the first problem. It did indicate a 10 1111 error code for side stand switch but it also said fault is not currently present which indicates it did record a fault some time in the previous 4000 miles, but not at the present time. I should have checked the switch anyway, like I said earlier, but I was fixated on an ignition/spark problem and let it get by me.

 

[diferg]

I really Liked the old twist and remove type of gas cap! ---- and roll down car windows and, and ----Yeah I'm old!

 

[SMSW]

This all reinforces the wisdom of:
KNOW THY BIKE!

Noraly seems to belie this bit of wisdom. While she seems to have common sense and has a general knowledge of the bikes systems she does not exude mechanical prowess.

 

[SMSW]

The T3 Moto Guzzi I just sold had a keyless gas cap. You pushed down on this little chrome bump on the cap and click! it popped open.

 

[Smudgemo]

I have a GS-911 and I connected it and ran the programs the afternoon of the first problem. It did indicate a 10 1111 error code for side stand switch but it also said fault is not currently present which indicates it did record a fault some time in the previous 4000 miles, but not at the present time. I should have checked the switch anyway, like I said earlier, but I was fixated on an ignition/spark problem and let it get by me.

Thanks for sharing, this is an extra I didn't expect it to know. I guess it means we need to run a scan from time to time and investigate any errors.

 

[Sadlsor]

The T3 Moto Guzzi I just sold had a keyless gas cap. You pushed down on this little chrome bump on the cap and click! it popped open.

Oddly enough, I remember some older Japanese bikes that had gas caps like that... now what were they?
BSA?
Ducati?
Ural... nah.
Oh, wait! They were Hondas!