1500 Nomad Handle bar lock

easims · 04-02-2015, 01:08 AM

I can't seem to get the lock to move at all on my 2004 1500 Nomad Handle bar. Any ideas???

**cnc** · 04-02-2015, 09:30 AM

You can try spraying some graphite lock lube on the key and insert it. Does the key go in all the way? Did it work before?

**GIBBY** · 04-02-2015, 09:35 AM

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**Top Cat** · 04-02-2015, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by GIBBY

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dgconstable · 04-02-2015, 01:04 PM

I never use my lock,,,unsure if it works

easims · 04-02-2015, 01:23 PM

Sorry everyone. ..
My name is Andy and I am new to the site. I purchased a 2004 kawasaki vulcan nomad 1500 recently and was told that if I ever had any questions, this was the place to ask them. I am in central Ohio and have had a number of bikes but this is my first Kawasaki. I will upload a picture as soon as I figure it all out.
Thanks everyone!

**HwyRider** · 04-02-2015, 02:43 PM

Welcome from MA

**cnc** · 04-02-2015, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by easims

Sorry everyone. ..
My name is Andy and I am new to the site. I purchased a 2004 kawasaki vulcan nomad 1500 recently and was told that if I ever had any questions, this was the place to ask them. I am in central Ohio and have had a number of bikes but this is my first Kawasaki. I will upload a picture as soon as I figure it all out.
Thanks everyone!

Andy, welcome. Ok so it seems by your reply that the bike is new to you, that being said my previous questions are some what answered. If you have no idea if the key you are using ever worked, it is possible that the ignition was changed and the keys don't match, on the other hand if it works in the saddle bags it is probably safe to assume that it is the right key, does it go in all the way?, is it stiff to go in?, or does it slip in nicely but won't turn?
If it is stiff to get in then lubing it might help, if it goes in nice try jiggling the handle bars a bit as you try to turn the key. Seems to me mine does no engage when the forks are right over on hard lock but just somewhere off of that.

easims · 04-02-2015, 03:19 PM

Thank you CNC. Yes it is new to me and the key seems to just slide right in. I just put some liquid wrench in it and will let it sit for a while. On my bike, the ignition key fits just the ignition and fuel cap. I have a different key for my bags. I am beginning to believe that it may have been changed. Thanks again for the help!

6m4now · 04-02-2015, 03:35 PM

Have you tried the key that fit's the bags?

easims · 04-02-2015, 03:37 PM

Yes it is a long narrow style key. It is very sloppy. The ignition key fits this lock just as the ignition switch.

macmac · 04-02-2015, 10:06 PM

if the key won't turn lube the lock and get air to blow it out maybe. You may have to joggle the bars around to line up the hole.

mick56 · 04-03-2015, 05:53 AM

My ignition key also fit's the bag's and petrol cap, the steering lock has a separate key.

InkyDoggy · 04-03-2015, 06:45 AM

I locked mine once and it would not unlock for me. I had to ride in circles for a week after that one!

mick56 · 04-03-2015, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by InkyDoggy

I locked mine once and it would not unlock for me. I had to ride in circles for a week after that one!

You should do a week going the other way round,otherwise your tyre's are going to have uneven wear.

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dgconstable Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: PEI, CANADA Posts: 351	I never use my lock,,,unsure if it works Login or Register to Remove Ads
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04-02-2015, 01:23 PM	#6
easims Jr. Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 8	Sorry everyone. .. My name is Andy and I am new to the site. I purchased a 2004 kawasaki vulcan nomad 1500 recently and was told that if I ever had any questions, this was the place to ask them. I am in central Ohio and have had a number of bikes but this is my first Kawasaki. I will upload a picture as soon as I figure it all out. Thanks everyone!
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04-02-2015, 03:19 PM	#9
easims Jr. Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 8	Thank you CNC. Yes it is new to me and the key seems to just slide right in. I just put some liquid wrench in it and will let it sit for a while. On my bike, the ignition key fits just the ignition and fuel cap. I have a different key for my bags. I am beginning to believe that it may have been changed. Thanks again for the help!
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6m4now Jr. Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 23	Have you tried the key that fit's the bags?
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04-02-2015, 03:37 PM	#11
easims Jr. Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 8	Yes it is a long narrow style key. It is very sloppy. The ignition key fits this lock just as the ignition switch.
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macmac Sr. Contributor Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tamworth New Hampster 06 1600 Posts: 12,484	if the key won't turn lube the lock and get air to blow it out maybe. You may have to joggle the bars around to line up the hole. __________________ 06 1600 Nomad Just call me Mac molon labe come and get it
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mick56 Sr. Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: The Newforest, England Posts: 4,664	My ignition key also fit's the bag's and petrol cap, the steering lock has a separate key. __________________ when this you see, remember me, and bear me in your mind, let all the world say what they may, speak of me as you find.
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04-03-2015, 06:45 AM	#14
InkyDoggy Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Sharon, Pennsylvania Posts: 112	I locked mine once and it would not unlock for me. I had to ride in circles for a week after that one! __________________ We will be friends until we are old and senile! Then we will be new friends!
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