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				Steering lock
				Posted: 09 Oct 2025 23:44
				by barney 66
				Any pointers where I can get a steering lock for my 76 31/2 Strada please ? Mdina says out of stock, I know there not the best thing but would be ok while calling at local places where i’m near the bike
Thanks barney
			 
			
					
				Re: Steering lock
				Posted: 10 Oct 2025 13:12
				by norbert
				They use to be Neimann locks
			 
			
					
				Re: Steering lock
				Posted: 10 Oct 2025 13:23
				by AntietamClassicCycle
				The same lock is used on Moto Guzzis, so try Gutsibits.
https://www.gutsibits.co.uk/pr/TheShop/ ... rch=SEARCH 
			 
			
					
				Re: Steering lock
				Posted: 10 Oct 2025 14:48
				by barney 66
				Thanks, maybe I should try and remove it first to make sure, any tips to remove it ? I have no keys
Thanks barney
			 
			
					
				Re: Steering lock
				Posted: 10 Oct 2025 16:54
				by AntietamClassicCycle
				barney 66 wrote: ↑10 Oct 2025 14:48
Thanks, maybe I should try and remove it first to make sure, any tips to remove it ? I have no keys
Thanks barney
 
I used the Guzzi lock in my '77 3 1/2 Strada. 
You could have a locksmith "pick" the lock and make keys. As Norbert wrote, it's a Neiman lock, so keys for a BMW Airhead seat lock will be the same. Here's a list of other blanks: 
https://www.thisoldtractor.com/moto_guz ... _lock.html 
If you don't have keys and can't have some cut, then the lock will be destroyed removing it. Here's how I do it. First, remove the cover, which is accomplished by using a thin bladed tool to pry under the cover at the rivet. Then use a punch and hammer to drive the lock inward - this breaks off the head of a tiny screw in the lock bore that secures the lock. You should now be able to pull the lock out. It's helpful if you can line up the groove in the steering stem with the lock before doing this.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Steering lock
				Posted: 10 Oct 2025 17:08
				by barney 66
				AntietamClassicCycle wrote: ↑10 Oct 2025 16:54
barney 66 wrote: ↑10 Oct 2025 14:48
Thanks, maybe I should try and remove it first to make sure, any tips to remove it ? I have no keys
Thanks barney
 
I used the Guzzi lock in my '77 3 1/2 Strada. 
You could have a locksmith "pick" the lock and make keys. As Norbert wrote, it's a Neiman lock, so keys for a BMW Airhead seat lock will be the same. Here's a list of other blanks: 
https://www.thisoldtractor.com/moto_guz ... _lock.html 
If you don't have keys and can't have some cut, then the lock will be destroyed removing it. Here's how I do it. First, remove the cover, which is accomplished by using a thin bladed tool to pry under the cover at the rivet. Then use a punch and hammer to drive the lock inward - this breaks off the head of a tiny screw in the lock bore that secures the lock. You should now be able to pull the lock out. It's helpful if you can line up the groove in the steering stem with the lock before doing this.
 
Great Thanks for the detailed response, if that’s the lock that fit yours then mine should be the same being a 76 31/2 Strada so maybe I order first then I can see what Im doing 
Thanks barney
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Steering lock
				Posted: 10 Oct 2025 19:45
				by dunk 1
				If  you search this forum for a post by dvhttm titled missing parts _ replying to another post there is a link to a bmw site with information on how to remove the locks - sorry thus is a bit roundabout but I cant copy the link very well on this device - Duncan
			 
			
					
				Re: Steering lock
				Posted: 11 Oct 2025 06:11
				by dunk 1
				This is the post with the link referred to above - the link is to an old  BMW site and has a lot about how to remove these locks.
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2093&p=10072&hilit= ... ock#p10072 
			 
			
					
				Re: Steering lock
				Posted: 14 Oct 2025 15:51
				by Guzziando
				This video explains it well. I drilled a hole where he suggests:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=euRfvhFmGrc][/url]
The lock is the same as the VESPA ET3 PRIMAVERA SPRINT RALLY MK1 PE PX P200, for example: 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154548382718 
			 
			
					
				Re: Steering lock
				Posted: 22 Oct 2025 11:44
				by barney 66
				Steering lock now all sorted so Thanks for everyone’s help, couldn’t pick the lock tried with different lock picking tools for over an hour then resorted to the drill using one of the links posted here for drilling position.
Purchased the lock via the link on here to the vespa item, as stated it was identical as the old one
Thanks again to everybody’s help