Plow Horse, you were absolutely right! In truth I did both... I bought two blanks from a Triumph dealer and then, when I took them into the locksmith, the key maker practiced making a key on a separate blank b4 cutting my "expensive" Triumph blanks (by expensive, I paid $15 apiece... not bad really). I took the seat lock off as per your suggestion in an earlier post and handed it to the locksmith. a few hours later (and $80 out of pocket for the locksmith work) I had a total of 4 keys in my hand: two non-descript generics and two "official" Triumph keys. They work great... problem solved! I have since then removed the gas tank.... oh boy. I'm going to start a new thread on my fuel tank issues... it's a real mess from some seriously bad gas left inside for years. Well, one problem at a time, right?