Not sure if this works for all models with a FOB. But this is something all FOB users should know and try.
There are three ways to start the Energica Experia that uses a FOB (I assume other FOB models as well, see the Owner's Manual for the location to put the dead FOB for your model).
The three ways:
1. Using the normal working FOB, using it as active.
2. Using a totally dead FOB, using it as passive.
3. Using the PIN number with no FOB at all.
So just to be sure I know how to do it, in case I have the need, I just tried this:
I took the battery out of my FOB to prevent it as working as an active device.
I put the dead (no battery inside) FOB just to the right of the bike's screen, held against the fairing.
I turned on the keyless of the bike. It did NOT ask me for a PIN number, and it started up normally.
IMO, we should all be sure how to do this.
FWIW, the battery is a single CR2032 inside the Experia FOB.
Another interesting note. If you have no FOB at all, as I did l two weeks ago, when I went to the Placerville Tesla Charger to try it out. . .
I accidently brought my FOB to Reno the week before and left it there without the bike.
If the PIN number is put in three times incorrectly, the bike goes dead meaning a tow truck if I cannot get the FOB back to the bike. Even a dead FOB should then work. I was lucky, as I wasn't being extra careful. I had no idea then about the after three times I would have to call a tow truck.
My 2022 Chevy Bolt uses something similar. I can unlock the doors and run the car with a totally dead FOB. There I also needed to know now to do it just in case, so I took the battery out of that FOB as well to make sure I could still drive the car by the procedure in the Owner's Manual. That FOB battery is also a CR 2032. I keep spare FOB batteries with my vehicles, but I think it is a good idea for all of us to practice with a dead FOB as other things can make it crap out besides the battery.
-Don- Auburn, CA