Trunk Key Elimination

[Cap44]

Has anybody here replaced the key for the trunk and passenger seat with a lever of some kind. I have bent the key over twice now just sliding myself past the parked bike in the garage and one of these times it's gonna break. It is also so inconvenient to have to shut the bike off just to get into the trunk

 

[670cc]

Many people, including me, have made a dedicated key/knob for the frunk/seat lock. There are 10 pages of postings about it here: https://www.nc700-forum.com/threads/creating-a-dedicated-key-for-the-storage-compartment.393/

We don’t know the year of your motorcycle and it’s key style, thus can’t say if it will work for you. For the old school, non HISS keys, a spare key can be made and shortened, so it will work in the frunk lock but is too short to operate the ignition switch.

 

[the Ferret]

I have a wave key blank on order (back order) just for making a knob key for my frunk. Dang thing is nearly $30 and then I still have to have it machined (cut). Think I will leave it full length though so I can use it as an emergency ignition key if necessary. I don't care if the knob sticks up a bit in the frunk. Will just have to look at it when I get all the pieces together. (key, knob, epoxy lol)

 

[76Hawke]

Emergency Frunk Cable made simple

This will be a short thread that many people in here can use- hopefully. The problem of locking keys in the frink or the frunk lock not working has come up more than once. I said when I get the time, I would make an emergency cable with pics. This job is too easy NOT to do it. The first pic...

www.nc700-forum.com

I believe this is a thread that I referenced when I made my emergency release for the frunk. The little black "Tug" that you see is stainless steel cord wrapped with electric tape so that it was low visibility. I can pull that to let myself into the frunk anytime. That being said, I have never had to use it as I always use a dedicated Frunk key.
In the rear, I have 2 braided stainless steel cables that I pull from each side and tuck underneath the rails which allow me to access the gas in case the lock were to fail