My brother (the rocket scientist) has a 2013 Tri-Glide. The battery, he thought went dead, but it was the FOB battery that was dead, so he says he couldn't start the trike.....

To make a long story short, Can't you start a 2013 Tri-Glide using the pin code?????????

 

This may help IF he has the FOB with a fresh battery:

 

He has a fresh battery and can start the trike, my question was with a pin code can you start a 2013 WITHOUT the Fob?? I could have be a bit clearer I guess LOL

My bother thinks the 2013 does not have that capability.

 

My 2013 has a PIN (that I changed from the previous owner), to start the bike without a FOB.

 

It does have that capability, but unless you have the PIN# you're SOL.

I keep new FOB batteries on the bike. And test them each year when I renew my license plates, and at the same time put a new battery in the FOB.

 

If you have the FOB, you can retrieve/change your PIN.

 

Yes, if the battery is good.

You have to use five single numbers 1 to 9, using any number as many times as you want to.

 

Yes, if his bike has the factory security system with a FOB, then it can be started with a PIN (As long as he knows what that PIN is).

 

ALL of my bikes, going back to 2003 with the factory security system COULD be started without a FOB being near the bike IF I entered my PIN number.

WITHOUT a FOB being near the bike the ONLY way the bike can be started is by knowing and entering the PIN number.

This is why it is a MUST to have your FOB (and a fresh back-up FOB battery) and to either KNOW or to have your PIN number written down somewhere (in your wallet or at home) where you can access if needed.

When you re-program your 5-digit PIN number choose a number that you WILL ALWAYS remember (DOB, ZIP CODE, etc.) and IF you DO NOT have a "back-up" FOB get one to leave at home go to the dealership and order one....just in case!

In 20+ years in owning bikes with a security systems I've only HAD to use my PIN number TWICE once when leaving a FOB at home and the other when a FOB battery unpredictably "died" after only a couple months of use.

I don't know if anything has changed with the factory security system, but a few years ago the service manager at my dealership told me that a guy from out of state came in and lost his key FOB and didn't know his PIN number and that there was nothing they could do for him!
I would like to think that there is a means to remedy a situation like this even if requires a replacement module or processor?