Bike switch options

[TrentMember]

My bike is an 09 so won’t be due for inspection until 2014 – I was told that the bike didn’t come with blinkers and I don’t have any and even if it did I would’ve taken them off until needed and I still expect that I’ll ring around and tell them I’m a dirt rider only please renew without blinkers etc. Now that I’ve smashed it I’m not going to spend the $100 or whatever to put another fragile redundant one on there so in 4 years time I’ll be set up for inspection.

Thanks for the help guys.

[GregMember]

Ollie wrote:

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Comes standard on most real Enduro bikes as well? Cant say Ive ever seen that happen preety low odds Id say!

Cost him $3550 Ollie, low odds yeah I agree willing to chance not on your life :laugh:

TB

[TrentMember]

Is someone from here bidding on that? This is the problem with posting ebay links, you bring the item to everyone’s attention!

Ollie wrote:

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Most bike shops should have them mate about $20. The yamaha style is a good one from memory.

ebay Item number: 150403639692

Ollie

[DeanMember]

I Just did a search on Ebay and that one came up. Im not bidding on it :dry:

$3550 :ohmy: must of been one of those shitbox 4 strokes :laugh:

35 years of riding with my fair share of submarine activities ive done alright,only ever destroyed a Motoplat CDI on my old 88 430 Husky at a Nulla creek Crossing :blink:

each to their own I guess. The only problem with the toggle type switch is they have an extra degree of complexity built into them,which exacerbates the reliability issues. How often have you seen someone pulling their kill switch apart in the bush when the bike wont start or run properly,usually because of water ingress?
Ollie

[GregMember]

Yeah a WR250 and was only idling when it went in

To answer your question Ollie I have to honestly say the only kill switchs I have ever seen give a problem has been KTM and a Husky. I hear about the KTM ones all the time and the KTM one I had play up was an old my 86 model. The Husky was a twin shock 240 and both push buttons.

You do whatever you want (or is cheap :laugh: ) AB you do whatever you want I dont care :laugh: Truely I dont

TB

[TrentMember]

NFI what you’re gibbering about mate, I’m considering bidding on that one for the horn but I’ll be buying the toggle switch for the kill switch because I like the idea of it being a switch rather than button even though I expect my fine motor skills are limited to puckering up when I’m heading at a large puddle :p

I haven’t seen a post that said the switch in my opening post was no good but then it’s hard to pick through the shit sometimes

[Anonymous]

Trailboss wrote:

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Cheapest not always best or cheapest in the long run, just my opinion

TB

Thanks TB you have just destroyed everything that I have ever believed in :laugh:

Just bare the wire and touch it on the hangers when you need it

Thank god this is not in the technical section

[GregMember]

As I said in my first post AB I have one of those switches from you first post and they work great, they are actually a copy of the genuine Honda and when Chicken smashed mine :angry: I couldn’t get a genuine so that’s what I got 4 years ago.

TB

[GregMember]

Austblue wrote:

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it’s hard to pick through the shit sometimes

Post it in the tech help then AB, there are some good answers, opinions and experience in there but boys will be boys out in the general forums sorry mate :laugh:

TB

[TrentMember]

Ollie wrote:

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I Just did a search on Ebay and that one came up. Im not bidding on it :dry:

You outbid me by a dollar you prick! I’ll just take my horn off and grab one of the original switches for my kill/earth.

Thanks for the help

[DeanMember]

Austblue wrote:

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Ollie wrote:

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I Just did a search on Ebay and that one came up. Im not bidding on it :dry:

You outbid me by a dollar you prick! I’ll just take my horn off and grab one of the original switches for my kill/earth.

Thanks for the help

So Trent did you win it or not ? I can guarantee it wasnt me who bid on it :ohmy:

Ollie

[TrentMember]

Nah went to the beach and was outbid by a dollar but I wouldn’t have upped mine anyway.

[TrentMember]

Wired my switch up yesterday. I retained all of the original wiring and bought a 2 pin plug from jaycar which didn’t match the tail on the ebay switch I bought so I cut that plug off and used the jaycar on both ends without a worry. I was a bit nervous about it but it was all extremely simple and it worked first go I just need to cable tie the excess wires behind the lights and the tie the kill switch wiring to the bar.

I decided I’ll put a simple rocker switch behind the headlight to turn it off if I need to but for now it’s off and will most likely stay that way.

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