KTMphil
Senior member
I needed to get a key cut for a Triumph Street Triple, tried all the best key cutters in Chiang Mai & no one could match the blank key design.
Britbike/ Triumph, Chiang Mai, didn't have any key blanks, said they could "order" one from the UK, didn't know how long, so looking like a usual Thailand headache developing here. So, was sitting with Steve, who has owned a successful, wholesale key cutting business for decades, he said "show me the key". Got the key for him, he took a photo of the key & said "I'll have a key for you next week". I chuckled & thought he was joking, low and behold a key turned up the week after, put it in the Triumph, it fitted like a velvet glove, amazing - all from a photograph of the key.
1. TAKE A PHOTO OF YOUR MOTORCYCLE KEY (even if its the only key you have, if lost a replica can be cut from a photo)
2. If you've got a key you need copying and can't source the blank, Steve can probably get a replica cut for you.
Steve's email is:
steve "AT" elkie "DOT" co "DOT" uk
This is what Steve sent to me after the replica's cut from the photo of the key worked:
We can cut almost any key in the world, not just bikes and cars, often from just a photo (preferably a few from different angles, but most important, from directly above) like the one attached of your Triumph. By the way did I tell you, the numbers on the label stuck to the head of the key, is the actual key number. So, in future we can cut from that.
As for the price, it depends a bit on what blank we use, but mainly on how many ordered at the same time. To send a key from the UK is about 250 baht, to send two is probably still 250 baht. I can't guarantee it but a rule of thumb would be….
300 baht per key plus 250 baht postage
But I think the way to go would be to send me a clear photo and give as many details of the application as possible. I will then reply confirming that we can do it, with options of keyblank and postage costs.
How's that sound?
Cheers
Steve
Britbike/ Triumph, Chiang Mai, didn't have any key blanks, said they could "order" one from the UK, didn't know how long, so looking like a usual Thailand headache developing here. So, was sitting with Steve, who has owned a successful, wholesale key cutting business for decades, he said "show me the key". Got the key for him, he took a photo of the key & said "I'll have a key for you next week". I chuckled & thought he was joking, low and behold a key turned up the week after, put it in the Triumph, it fitted like a velvet glove, amazing - all from a photograph of the key.
1. TAKE A PHOTO OF YOUR MOTORCYCLE KEY (even if its the only key you have, if lost a replica can be cut from a photo)
2. If you've got a key you need copying and can't source the blank, Steve can probably get a replica cut for you.
Steve's email is:
steve "AT" elkie "DOT" co "DOT" uk
This is what Steve sent to me after the replica's cut from the photo of the key worked:
We can cut almost any key in the world, not just bikes and cars, often from just a photo (preferably a few from different angles, but most important, from directly above) like the one attached of your Triumph. By the way did I tell you, the numbers on the label stuck to the head of the key, is the actual key number. So, in future we can cut from that.
As for the price, it depends a bit on what blank we use, but mainly on how many ordered at the same time. To send a key from the UK is about 250 baht, to send two is probably still 250 baht. I can't guarantee it but a rule of thumb would be….
300 baht per key plus 250 baht postage
But I think the way to go would be to send me a clear photo and give as many details of the application as possible. I will then reply confirming that we can do it, with options of keyblank and postage costs.
How's that sound?
Cheers
Steve
