I leave the fob clipped to the side case latch as well and after 4 months no issues....yet.

 

As long as the bike has sufficient battery power, the security system is active. If it does not sense the fob, the security system is armed. Moving the bike enough, or trying to start the bike without entering the PIN will trigger the alarm.
When the Fob comes within range of the bike, it drops the security, and allows the bike to be started the usual way. Take the fob away, security rearms itself.
That said, it may be possible to have the security system disabled- you'd need to speak to a tech to find out.
Assuming you could disable it, the fob would likely be useless. I very much doubt you could program things to where the bike reads the fob strictly for allowing the bike to start, but without the alarm part of the security.

 

Why would you keep the fob near the bike anyway? It's an anti theft device so it makes sense for the fob to be away from the bike even in your garage. Garages get broken into and bikes get stolen. Why give the thief the key and fob??

 

Do you have an alarm?

 

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I don't understand why you would not take the key and fob away from the bike either. Seems like you are just handing the bike to a thief.

 

Dealer did end up programming a new fob today took 10 minutes. Amazing what happens when you get the manager involved. I will let everyone know if this fixed it.

 

Why I wanted a bike without it ......

 

TwiZted - What is up? It's BP (BlackPharoah). Changed my name. It's been a few years. Glad to see you alive and kicking, brother!

 

HD fobs have both a transmitter and receiver. The fob's receiver has a timer that wakes it up momentarily to see if the bike is nearby and polling it. This happens at a very low radio frequency of 125 kHz. If the fob hears this polling signal then it answers back with a coded identifier signal particular to your bike at 434 mHz. As you can imagine, if the fob is left within range of the bike it will constantly be consuming power as it continuously responds to the polling queries. Some fobs have a range of only a foot or two while others (like mine) will go 6 feet. This is why some folks can leave their fob in the saddlebag with no problems while others keep the key fob in their jacket but hung near the bike and still suffer dead batteries. For fob battery longevity, keep the fob well away from from your bike.

 

Hey man long time no see, dragged my *** outa the cave finally I bought a 17 road king.