{"id":1094,"date":"2012-10-19T01:05:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T17:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2012-10-19T01:05:14","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T17:05:14","slug":"getting-a-modern-ducati-key-keyported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2012\/10\/19\/getting-a-modern-ducati-key-keyported","title":{"rendered":"Getting a Modern Ducati [Key]ported"},"content":{"rendered":"

I realized that getting my Monster’s key converted into a Keyport<\/a> blade cost me a whole lot more than I had expected. <\/p>\n

Let’s be clear however, that this is through no fault of Keyport. Instead, it was the simple fact that I was the first customer to ever hand them this particular type of key (high security, transponder chip) – which turned out to be quite a nightmare for everyone. But all has been sorted out and I now have in my possession a properly working Keyport<\/a> blade that works with my Monster’s immobilizer system.<\/p>\n

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I figured I’d make my “sacrifice” worthwhile by sharing whatever knowledge I’ve gleaned from the experience and help Ducati owners interested in getting ported blades for their [recent] bikes.<\/p>\n

Of course this post wouldn’t be worth its salt if we didn’t have a blow by blow of my experience with this key. So let’s get right to it.<\/p>\n

The Story<\/h1>\n

Since I’m not necessarily new to the Keyport<\/a> system, I had assumed I’d just end up ordering their chipped auto blade<\/em><\/a> like I did with my Lancer. You basically take a picture of your car’s key<\/a>, upload it to their [secure] server, they identify the key, and send you the correct blade and transponder<\/a> to be cut and programmed.<\/p>\n

Easy peasy right? So I did the exact same thing, but I did this before<\/em> I had bought my motorcycle – cuz you know, I want to be able to use the ported blade with it as soon as it arrives.<\/p>\n

This required me to purchase an official OEM blank from the dealer – which cost roughly $110 (in Philippine pesos) I’m not sure if this is the same key type used for all newer Ducatis, or if there are still keys types specific to each model. <\/p>\n

<\/a>Blank Ducati OEM wrench with transponder<\/em><\/div>\n

In any case, no worries, I figured you can never have too many spares keys.<\/em> So I ponied up the cash, got the key, took a picture of the key in their form just like before – and sent it to them. <\/p>\n

After a few days I get an email informing me that they actually don’t have that particular blank\/blade stocked… at all<\/em> (as it was very new) – and that I would have to send in the key<\/a> to them for them to do a manual conversion. 1 <\/sup><\/a>Basically they’d take the key apart, and put the required “skull” on it to make it compatible with the Keyport.<\/span><\/span>