The guys are right about this one. Just be sure to change out the batteries every year or so. It's heck to get caught out away from everything and that's for sure when you're batteries will die on you in the fobs. I change mine every spring to be safe. It's $5 insurance that's well worth the 500 pennies!

I'd like to add that it would also be a good idea to keep a spare battery in it's packaging somewhere on the bike itself, just in case that less than one year old battery in the fob suffers a premature demise. It happens.
I'm not sure this has been discussed before, but I have a question for those with the late models. Does the infotainment screen show any kind of warning about a low battery in the fob, and if so is it obvious enough to assure people will react to it? I know some cars have a warning, but unless they are obvious and persistent enough to cut through the fog many people seem to be in while driving, they aren't much good.
Regardless, everyone with one of these 2007 and later buttonless security system fobs needs to take this seriously, and one of the very first things to do is set up their personal security code so they can still turn off the security system and start the bike when the fob fails. The owners manuals have a wallet card that you can fill out with your personal code and it has the instructions on it for using the code. Set your code, fill out the card, and keep it in your wallet. And it would be a good idea to practice using that code once in awhile.
Jerry