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Looking for a 2008 GS Master Key - any ideas?

Ronray

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I am looking for a master key for a 2008 GS Spyder. Does anyone know a dealer that still sells the master key? I lost mine 7 months ago. Living in RI, there's not a lot of riders or dealers. Anyways, glad to be a member.
 
Do you still have a key that works at all? If so, you should be able to find a locksmith who can clone that key onto an appropriately chipped key blank and cut it, negating the need for a Master Key. (y)

Sorry, but I cannot remember the part# for the chipped key blanks, but a search here should bring it up, or maybe someone else will answer?? :unsure:
 
I was looking around for similar information and found this thread - very interesting...


If this actually works, then you can get any key cut to fit and simply clone your old key onto a fob. Put the key on the fob and bingo, you have a new key.
 
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I am looking for a master key for a 2008 GS Spyder. Does anyone know a dealer that still sells the master key? I lost mine 7 months ago. Living in RI, there's not a lot of riders or dealers. Anyways, glad to be a member.
You're not going to find a dealer who would sell a Master Key... assuming they haven't lost theirs. And that's not what you need, anyway. Most people just buy this chipped blank, and have it cut and cloned to one of their existing Spyder's keys. Hard to find in stock anymore. Good luck with it.

 
So are you saying that you have keys cut you can have someone with BUDS program the keys and they will work on my 2008 GS? I have three cut but they are not programmed.
 
so are you saying that you have keys cut you can have someone with BUDS program the keys and they will work on my 2008 can-am spyder? I have three cut but they are not programmed.
No. Not saying that. BUDS is not used for key programming prior to 2014. You buy that key that I linked to up above. It has a blank chip in it. You go to your locksmith and get that key cut to match your BRP key that already works. Then you have your locksmith CLONE the blank chip in that key, to the chip in your BRP key that already works. They should have the electronic equipment for that, or you can buy one yourself. Then, both keys contain the same code and the bike can’t tell the difference. You can do this for any number of keys. The bike will never know.

One thing to understand, the chip in OEM BRP keys comes new with a code already on the chip. It’s a misnomer. You are not programming the key itself, even though the terminology makes it sound that way. You are downloading the code on the key to the DESS module on the bike. You can not over-write the code on an OEM BRP key. It’s read only. So, if those three keys that you already have cut are official OEM BRP keys, that you paid around 50 bucks or more for, they’re useless without that mythical Master Key. Even if you found a dealer that still had or could find their Master Key to add your three BRP keys, (for a fee) if that’s what they are, he sure won’t sell it to you.

If you just don’t care about DESS anymore, then refer to this thread. Having an immobilizer on a bike is ridiculous anyway.

 
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