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I've learned a lot dealing with this. The spare key AND the fob with a dead (or no) battery should work to get the bike started IF they are very close to the under seat antenna - like a couple of inches. The battery in the FOB serves only to extend the range of the connection so you can carry the FOB in a pocket. Otherwise, as with the spare key you'd have to (in my case) press it into the driver seat to get it close to the antenna. My issue is that even with a fresh battery the antenna sometimes does not detect the FOB in my pocket and often while driving it "loses" the connection and warns me that the key is not detected.If I understand this right, if the battery in the FOB dies while I am in the middle of no where desert, there is no way to start the bike if I do not have the spare with me? Thats crazy, even toyota prius will let you put a dead FOB next to the push button to start the car if the battery goes dead.
What seat do u have?I've learned a lot dealing with this. The spare key AND the fob with a dead (or no) battery should work to get the bike started IF they are very close to the under seat antenna - like a couple of inches. The battery in the FOB serves only to extend the range of the connection so you can carry the FOB in a pocket. Otherwise, as with the spare key you'd have to (in my case) press it into the driver seat to get it close to the antenna. My issue is that even with a fresh battery the antenna sometimes does not detect the FOB in my pocket and often while driving it "loses" the connection and warns me that the key is not detected.
Oh ok, that makes me feel better, I took the spare and held it under the fender close to the seat and it did work, if I can do that with the regular FOB when the battery is dead I am fine. I have the regular r18, the 2022 model and last week I started the bike with the FOB on a table next to the bike and forgot to pick it up, I rode for about 8 miles before I looked and saw the indicator that the FOB was missing, I could have ridden as far as I wanted as long as I did not shut it off, the bike was running fine and I had gone almost 20 miles by the time I got back to my garage.I've learned a lot dealing with this. The spare key AND the fob with a dead (or no) battery should work to get the bike started IF they are very close to the under seat antenna - like a couple of inches. The battery in the FOB serves only to extend the range of the connection so you can carry the FOB in a pocket. Otherwise, as with the spare key you'd have to (in my case) press it into the driver seat to get it close to the antenna. My issue is that even with a fresh battery the antenna sometimes does not detect the FOB in my pocket and often while driving it "loses" the connection and warns me that the key is not detected.