Motorcycle Keys in Berkeley
Keys cut and transponders programmed for motorcycles and scooters, $105 to $259.
$105–$259
Typical price
19 min
Avg. arrival
24/7
Availability
Bike keys disappear at a turnout on Grizzly Peak Blvd, in a shared garage below a co-op on Dwight Way, on a rack near the Berkeley Marina, and on the industrial blocks west of San Pablo Ave. Campanile Lock & Key cuts keys for Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Harley-Davidson, Triumph, BMW, Ducati, Vespa and most scooters, at the bike, from the ignition or from a lock code. No trailer, and no waiting on a dealer's parts counter.
Ownership is confirmed against ID with a registration or a title first, because a motorcycle is the easiest vehicle in the world to walk away with. Then the ignition or the seat lock is read. On most bikes these were keyed alike at the factory, so one correctly cut key runs the ignition, the fuel cap, the seat and the helmet lock, and each of those is tried rather than assumed. Bikes with an immobilizer, Honda's HISS, BMW's EWS and the Ducati red-key arrangement among them, need the chip written to the bike's module, which is done on site. The fork lock is worked several times before the van leaves, since that is the lock most likely to bind on a key cut a fraction shallow.
Motorcycle keys run $105 to $259. A plain mechanical key for an older Honda or a scooter is $105. Transponder keys, and immobilizer bikes where no key exists at all and the module has to be read, reach $259. The $89 visit is inside that figure. An ignition lock damaged past reading, which is what a failed theft attempt usually leaves behind, is quoted as its own line before any work starts. Weekends carry no premium; only the $35 evening and $70 overnight figures apply.
Give the make, model and year, whether the bike has an immobilizer, and whether any key still exists. The figure is agreed there. A text names the technician and the window. At the bike: ownership, the cut, programming where it is needed, and a test of the ignition, the fuel cap, the seat, the helmet lock and the fork lock. Card or tap at the curb, receipt by email.
“Pulled the door shut behind me on Ashby with the keys on the hall table and my daughter due home from school. The call gave me $145 and a thirty-minute window, and the text with the technician's name arrived a minute later. He came in sixteen minutes, had the deadbolt open in about four with a pick and a tension wrench, and the lock still works exactly as it did. $145 on the card, nothing else.”
Every job is priced from the list below. The figure is agreed on the call, before a technician touches the lock, and the receipt repeats it.
- Daytime (7am–8pm)standard rates
- Evening (8pm–12am)+$35
- Overnight (12am–7am)+$70
FAQ
Motorcycle Keys: quick answers
Harley with no key at all. Is that possible?+
It is ordinary work. Most Harley ignition switches and fork locks can be read at the bike and a key cut to the code found in them. Models with a fob-based security system need the fob paired or the PIN entered, which is done with you standing beside the bike.
A Vespa or an older scooter?+
Gas scooters are cut and priced like small motorcycles, and most use simple mechanical locks that read quickly. Some scooters have a shuttered ignition opened by a separate magnetic key; if yours does, say so on the call, because that shutter key is its own item and its own method.
Someone tried to force the ignition and now nothing turns.+
A punched or twisted ignition normally has broken wafers inside and cannot be read at all. The lock is removed, and either the cylinder is rebuilt to your existing key or a replacement goes in keyed to match the seat and the fuel cap. That figure is named before any panel or fairing comes off.
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One call, one figure, agreed before the work starts
Calls answered 24/7 across Berkeley and the north East Bay. The $89 service call, the labour and the parts are inside the number you agree to, and nothing is added to it afterwards.