Savage_Rob wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:



You can get a steering lock key blank from here (get 2)  

http://www.motorcyclekeys.com/blanks4.html

and have a locksmith impression a key with it for your fork lock.  It may be a little more expensive than spending $28 or so for a new fork lock, but it will save you the work of switching the locks.  You could try to make the key yourself if you wanted to try it - put the blank in the lock and twist it hard in each direction so that the pins make marks on the blank & file down the marks.  Repeat the process, making small adjustments each time.  I've never tried it, but it sounds interesting.  One thing I read said to hold the key above a candle or lighter so it gets black with soot  and then twist it in the lock.  The pins should make clean  marks on the blank.

Weez wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:



Call different dealers because prices can vary a lot.  You might try online as well like bikebandit -

Look at part #21 in the link below

http://www.bikebandit.com/partsbandit/oem_schematic_view~mp_id~~mscssid~1LSBE...

Come on, It can't be so bad !
Here You can get keys made for $15-25. Pull Your seat, take 4mm alen wrench and remove the ign. switch. If everything is original, the same key should open all the locks. If not - You will have to remove the gas tank and eventually the fuel, so gas cap key is made and after that use a screw driver and remove the battery box cover and have a key made for it.
The only problem is to find a blank for the steering lock key. You might have to go to the stealer or check the Ebay.
  Good luck !

Sorry i havent been online in a while...WOW lots of help from this topic! But, NO i havent found them. im "over" the initial feeling on shock and depression and now am trying to deal with my predicament.    i had a locksmith come by my house this morning to take a look at the bike. I was at work at the time, and i have yet to hear from him. but my roommate showed him the bike, and she said that HE said it shouldnt be so hard for him to make new keys. Bottom line, i havent talked to him yet so i dont know how much its going to cost or what the deal is. other locksmiths i talked to ranged from  $160 to $250 for them to come TO the bike and make the key and most of them wont touch the bike. this guy has motorcycle experience so we'll see... i will update you on the progress

also- the 1987 ignition on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SUZUKI-LS-650-SAVAGE-GAS-CAP-HELMET-LOCK-IGNIT...)
would that work in a '98? If so i will for sure go that route if the locksmith is too expensive. If anyone knows off hand, pleeease let me know!! thanks!
lauren
ps- missing my bike like a puppy misses her mama

I think you made the right decision going with the locksmith; anything else should really be used as a last resort IMHO.  When you start taking stuff off your bike and mixing and matching, you can end up with a disorganized headache.  Is he doing the fork lock as well?  If not, check the link I posted and see about getting the steering lock blanks & get the locksmith to make a key.  It sounds like the locksmith you've got is pretty customer-oriented.  Let us know how it turns out.

Good luck!