Newer Rider, New GZ owner

[Ted324]

Hello all glade to be a part of this community. I just bought my first bike last week and love it. Its a new GZ250 2009 that I plan on using to drive to work and back to save some big $$$$ on gas.

I am having a little problem with getting the wheel lock to work for some reason I cant turn the key into the lock position when i have the handle bars turned all the way to the left.

[blaine]

Welcome.Getting the bars to lock is a problem on these bikes.You need to wiggle the bars back and forth while turning the key to "lock".Just be careful,not to turn the key back to the "park" position,or the tail light will be on and you will be sitting with a dead battery.
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[alanmcorcoran]

Do you have a windshield? Some of the aftermarket windshields, depending on how they mounted, can prevent the wheel from turning all the way to the left. And ditto what blaine said about the park position. Did that twice and drained my battery before I learned my lesson.

[Ted324]

Nope no windshield and I am pretty sure I am turning it all the way to the left, but the key wont budge. Do you think this is something i should take up with the dealer or something I am doing wrong?

[blaine]

Try what I said earlier,if that don't work,than I would definitely take it back to the dealer.
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[alantf]

Sometimes you need to move the bars SLIGHTLY to the right from full left to get it to work. :2tup:

[alanmcorcoran]

I have an '08 and do not have this problem (excepting when I was unable to turn all the way because of my windshield.) Not sure if this helps, but I would say if you continue to have the problem it's worth having the dealer take a look at it. Sounds like it might just be a minor adjustment to a "safety" feature.

[Ted324]

Thanks, yeah I think i'll have to talk to the dealer about it because I cant get it into the park position either.

[cayuse]

Did you push the key 'in' while turning it towards 'lock'. That, and moving the bars slightly off full left lock does the trick for me.

[mole2]

Welcome aboard Ted! Since you are a new rider my recommendation is to take the MSF BRC (Motorcycle Safety Foundation Basic Rider Course) so you get off on the right foot and not develop bad habits. Good luck and ride safe.


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[Ted324]

I took the MSF class already. It was a lot of fun. In Texas it is a requirement to get a motorcycle licenses.

[GZBrian]

Hi Ted and welcome aboard. To get my GZ front to lock, I turn all the way to the left, then push back a little bit with my left hand while turning the key with my right. That way when you get the the perfect line up spot, it will pop in and lock. So far it always works for me. You may want to try it. Aftre a few times, I can sometimes know where the matched up position and it locks right away. Let us know if this helps. GZBrian

[alantf]

Hi Ted and welcome aboard. To get my GZ front to lock, I turn all the way to the left, then push back a little bit with my left hand while turning the key with my right. That way when you get the the perfect line up spot, it will pop in and lock. So far it always works for me. You may want to try it. Aftre a few times, I can sometimes know where the matched up position and it locks right away. Let us know if this helps. GZBrian :plus1:

[7653]

I just got the bike too. I had the same problem. I was confused why I couldn't turn the key into lock.

The secret is to wiggle the handle bars while turning your keys into lock.

[Ted324]

Yeah i finally figured it out. I felt like such a fool with not being able to lock it.

[blaine]

Yeah i finally figured it out. I felt like such a fool with not being able to lock it.
No need to feel foolish,many of us had the same problem.That's the whole point of this forum,to help each other.
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