Its a 2016 R1200RT.

Lately, Ive done a lot of experimenting.

1.  I have a "new-ish" top box that came with another emergency key.  (it too had a chip in it)
2.  I had been carrying my emergency key along with the fob.

so, I first removed the chip from the top box key; since it didn ...

I've had several instances where the bike wouldnt recognize my key.  I've replaced the fob battery (2x) but this still happens.

I noticed that its less frequent if the bike sits in the sun for a while.  I have no idea how that relates.

My immediate thoughts would be to replace the ...