Mobile Motorcycle Locksmith Melbourne
A mobile motorcycle locksmith travels to wherever your bike is stranded instead of you getting it to a workshop. Ostan Locksmiths is a Melbourne mobile motorcycle locksmith run by Michael, cutting, replacing, programming and repairing motorcycle keys, ignition barrels and locks beside the bike at your home, work, car park or the roadside, 7am to 10pm daily.
- We come to the bike: kerb, driveway, car park or basement
- Motorcycles, scooters and mopeds only, never cars or homes
- Across Melbourne, 7am to 10pm daily, price agreed before we travel
Get a Free Quote
Bike immobile right now? Call 0410 380 354
We confirm a price on the phone before we travel.
Specialist Motorcycle Locksmiths
We focus solely on motorcycle and scooter locksmithing, giving riders the specialist knowledge a general locksmith cannot offer.
Mobile Service Across Melbourne
Our fully equipped mobile locksmiths travel to riders anywhere across Melbourne, wherever the motorcycle happens to be.
Complete On-Site Service
Key cutting, transponder programming, replacement keys and ignition repair are all handled on site in a single visit.
Verified Ownership Required
Before cutting any key, we check identification and proof of ownership to protect every rider we serve.
Can a Motorcycle Locksmith Come to Me in Melbourne?
Yes. Ostan Locksmiths works mobile only, so a locksmith comes to your motorcycle wherever it has stopped in Melbourne, from a Fitzroy Street kerb to an apartment basement in North Melbourne. Most key cutting, transponder programming and ignition repairs are finished beside the bike, with no tow, no push and no workshop visit.
- Call 0410 380 354 and we tell you the soonest we can get to you
- We travel to homes, workplaces, car parks, laneways and the roadside
- ID and proof of ownership are checked before any key is cut
- A price is confirmed on the phone before we travel, 7am to 10pm daily
Which of These Is You Right Now?
Four situations account for most of the mobile callouts we get across Melbourne. If yours looks like one of these, we already know what to bring before we leave.
Stranded Where You Stopped
You rode somewhere, parked, and now the key is gone, snapped in the barrel or the ignition will not turn. The bike is on a nature strip, in a bike bay or against a kerb and it is not moving. You do not need a street number to get help. A cross street, the shop you are standing outside or the nearest car park entrance is enough for us to find you.
Bike Stuck in a Basement Car Park
Apartment basements around Southbank, North Melbourne and St Kilda Road are one of our most common callouts, because a bike down there cannot be pushed anywhere useful and phone reception is patchy. Tell us the building, the level and whether we need a fob, a boom gate code or someone to meet us at the door. We work in the bay, beside the bike, and the job does not need daylight.
Stuck at Work With No Ride Home
The bike got you to work and now it will not start, or the only key went missing during the shift. A two hour bay, a loading zone, a staff car park or a multi-storey level all work for us. Tell us the level, the bay and the ticketing situation when you call, so we arrive knowing whether to head for a gate, a lift or a street entrance.
At Home, and the Only Key Is Gone
Not every mobile job is an emergency. Plenty of calls come from a driveway, a garage or a shed, where the only key has been lost, a spare needs cutting before it becomes a problem, or a worn ignition barrel is getting harder to turn every week. Same visit, same equipment, less stress, and you pick the time between 7am and 10pm.
What Actually Happens When You Call
Every mobile job runs the same four steps, starting the moment you call 0410 380 354.
1. Call 0410 380 354 and Describe It
Call and tell Michael the make, model and year from the registration papers, where the bike is, what happened and whether any key still exists. He tells you what is likely involved, confirms a price before anyone travels, and tells you the soonest he can get to you.
2. Pin Down the Exact Spot
Give a street number if you have one, or a cross street, a building name, a car park level or the nearest park gate or shopfront. Mention boom gates, fobs, permit zones or road closures now, so the approach is planned before we leave rather than worked out at your kerb.
3. We Arrive and Check Ownership
We travel to the bike carrying the blanks, cutting gear and programming equipment the job needs. Before any key is cut, we check your photo ID and proof the bike is yours: registration in your name, a receipt or transfer papers. That happens on every job, no exceptions.
4. Job Done Beside the Bike
The key is cut and, if the bike runs a transponder immobiliser, programmed to it on site. We test that the bike starts and runs, and that the steering lock, seat lock and fuel cap lock all work, then you ride away from the same spot.
What a Roadside Job Can and Cannot Solve
Nearly everything a motorcycle key job needs travels with us: key blanks for common Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, BMW, Ducati, KTM and Vespa profiles, a cutting machine, transponder programming equipment and diagnostic leads. That is why a kerb works as well as a workshop bench for cutting a blade, matching a chip to the immobiliser, or stripping and rebuilding an ignition barrel.
What varies is the immobiliser. A bike with no chip in the key is a mechanical job and is usually straightforward. Honda H.I.S.S., Kawasaki KIPASS, BMW Keyless Ride, Ducati Hands-Free and the factory-fitted transponder immobilisers on Yamaha, Suzuki, KTM and Vespa each pair keys their own way, and some model years need steps others do not. That is decided by make, model and year, which is why Michael confirms them on the phone before anyone travels.
Cutting a blade with no key to copy
With no key left to copy, the blade is cut to the bike's own lock rather than duplicated. That can mean reading the ignition barrel, the seat lock or the fuel cap lock, all of which we can do beside the bike.
Matching a chip to the immobiliser
A cut blade turns the barrel, but a chipped bike still will not start until the transponder is accepted and the ECU drops the immobiliser block. That electronic step happens on site with programming equipment, not at a bench.
Ignition barrels and steering locks
A seized barrel, a snapped key wedged in the wafers or a steering lock that will not release can be stripped, repaired or replaced where the bike stands. Forcing it first with pliers usually turns a small job into a bigger one.
Where we stop and call it mechanical
If the bike cranks on a key the immobiliser accepts, the problem has moved past locks and keys. We are locksmiths, not mechanics or auto electricians, so batteries, wiring, starter motors, coils and fuel systems are for your workshop.
Worth knowing: Power and light are not a problem at the roadside. What decides a job is the immobiliser on your exact make, model and year, which is why Michael confirms it on the phone before travelling.
Not sure which applies to your bike?
Tell us the make, model and year and we will say straight away what is involved. Call 0410 380 354.
What the Mobile Service Covers, and What It Does Not
Clear boundaries save everyone a wasted trip, so here is exactly where the mobile service starts and stops.
What this service covers
- Travel to your bike at home, work, a car park, a laneway or the roadside
- Lost, broken and spare motorcycle keys cut and programmed on site
- Transponder and immobiliser key matching, subject to make, model and year
- Ignition barrel, steering lock, seat lock and fuel cap lock repair or replacement
- Motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and trail bikes across greater Melbourne, 7am to 10pm
What we do not do
- Cars, vans, trucks, houses, shopfronts or any building lock work, ever
- Engine, wiring, battery, starter motor and other auto electrical faults
- Towing, trailering or transporting your bike, and there is no workshop to visit
- Any key cut without photo ID and proof you own the bike, no exceptions
Have This Ready Before We Arrive
A few minutes of preparation while you wait removes almost all of the delay at your end. Get these together before we pull up.
- Photo ID in your name: driver licence, passport or another government-issued card
- Proof the bike is yours: registration in your name, a receipt or transfer papers
- The make, model and year read off the registration papers, not from memory
- Every key you still have, including bent, snapped or non-working ones
- The exact spot: street number, cross street, car park level, or building and gate
- Anything needed to get in: fob, boom gate code, security door or someone to meet us
Have this ready: If the bike is not registered in your name, say so on the phone. There is usually a way through it, but it has to be sorted before Michael travels, not once he is standing beside the bike.
Places We Ride Out To, Not Just Suburbs
Brand and immobiliser detail lives on our key programming page; what matters here is the spot your bike is standing in. These are the location types we work in most, on Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, BMW, Ducati, KTM, Vespa and others.
Other Motorcycle Locksmith Services
Not quite the problem you have? These are the other jobs we handle for riders across Melbourne.
Lost Motorcycle Keys
Every key gone. A new key originated from the lock itself, on site.
Motorcycle Key Replacement
Snapped, bent, worn or water damaged keys replaced and programmed.
Key Cutting & Spare Keys
A spare cut while your original still works, before you need it.
Motorcycle Key Programming
Transponder and remote keys matched to your bike’s immobiliser.
Ignition & Lock Repair
Seized, worn or theft damaged barrels and locks repaired or replaced.
Scooter & Moped Locksmith
The same key and lock service for scooters, mopeds and Vespas.
We cover Albert Park, St Kilda, South Melbourne, Port Melbourne, North Melbourne, Brighton and the wider Melbourne metro area. See all service areas.
Mobile Motorcycle Locksmith FAQs
Do you actually come to me, or do I have to get the bike somewhere?
We come to you. Ostan Locksmiths is mobile only: there is no shop, no workshop and no address to bring the bike to. Michael travels to wherever it is standing, whether that is a driveway in Port Melbourne, a basement bay in Southbank or the kerb where it stopped. Nothing needs towing, pushing or trailering first.
Do you work after hours, or only during the day?
We work 7am to 10pm, seven days a week, so evenings and weekends are ordinary calls rather than exceptions. Outside those hours we are not available, and we would rather say that plainly than claim to be open around the clock. When you ring, Michael tells you the soonest he can genuinely get to you, based on where he is and what is already booked.
I do not know the exact address. Can you still find me?
Yes. A street number is ideal but rarely necessary. A cross street, the shop you are standing outside, a car park level and bay, the nearest park gate or a building name all work fine. Drop a pin on your phone and read out the coordinates if you would rather. Stay with the bike if it is safe to, and keep your phone on in case Michael needs to confirm the spot.
What can you actually finish at the roadside, and what needs more?
Most key and lock work finishes on the spot: cutting a blade with no original present, programming a transponder key to the immobiliser, freeing a snapped key, and repairing or replacing an ignition barrel, steering lock or seat lock. What can hold a job up is an unusual immobiliser on a particular model year, which is why the make, model and year are confirmed on the phone first.
How far out of Melbourne will you travel?
Albert Park, St Kilda, South Melbourne, Port Melbourne, North Melbourne and Brighton are the core patch, and we cover greater Melbourne beyond that. Rather than list every suburb, call with yours. Michael will tell you straight away whether it is one for him, confirm a price before travelling, and tell you the soonest he can get there.
What should I do while I wait, and what should I not do?
Get yourself and the bike somewhere safe and visible, off the traffic lane and out of a driveway if you can. Do not attack a snapped key or a seized barrel with pliers, a screwdriver or lubricant spray, because that usually damages the wafers and turns a straightforward job into a barrel replacement. Have your ID and registration papers out and keep your phone on.
Stranded? Tell Us Where the Bike Is
Wherever it stopped, kerbside, in a basement or in the driveway at home, Michael comes to the bike between 7am and 10pm. He will confirm a price and the soonest he can get to you on 0410 380 354.
Prefer email? Michael@ostanlock.com.au
Open 7am to 10pm, seven days.