killswitch help

Let your motor idle! When you need to shut it off you have two choices:

#1 - Lift up the choke (This is what I do.)
#2 - From a stop, pop the clutch

Get rid of the kill switch - it creates all kinds of problems, including high EMF output that messes up digital speedometer, and will probably make you grow an extra limb or worse! :)
 
I have been reading that EMI post and I dont have any of those problems. The extra wire from the throttle mounted kill switch is coiled up right next to my digital speedo. I would not ride without some emergency kill switch..

My wiring is black from engine to black on CDI
blue from engine to blue on CDI
white from engine to yellow on kill switch
black from kill switch to "good" ground on bicycle frame.
I used the water bottle mount for my ground.

I very seldom use the kill switch, I stall the engine to stop. But I feel more comfortable knowing it is there. You dont want to be going down the road at 20 or 30 mph heading for an intersection, with the throttle stuck open, fumbling around trying to find the choke...

Just my opinion......
 
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hmm! Interesting thread!
The simplest fix for you would be to use misterright's wiring configuration. Just take your yellow wire off of the blue and attach it to the white, you should be fine.
The killswitch functions by gounding the power supply. The correct configuration (in my earlier reply) grounds the power supply lead to the CDI. Misterright's configuration grounds the alternate power supply. Both accomplish the same thing, depriving the CDI of power to fire the plug.
Come to think of it, your original configuration is backwards, but it should still work. Assuming that there are no breaks in the wiring and the connections to the blue wire and the ground are good. Where did you put the ground wire? There is always the possibility that the killswitch is defective. Remember, these things WERE made in CHINA.
P.S. I don't have any problem from EMF. In fact, I've grown an extra finger on my left hand. This is great! Now I can count to eleven without unzipping my pants. Rock on!!!
 
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Sound's too complicated

Hey,

Thought I saw it mentioned somewhere before, but I was just going to take out the yellow switch and replace it w/ a simple on/off toggle switch. - already purchased, fits perfect w/ a little trimming on the back. I was going to run it to both sides of the blue wire. It would be the same principle as a battery kill switch like I have on my car - nothing to short, it would just kill the power to the CDI, and that's it.
Is there a reason why something this simple wouldn't work??

This is one of the projects I will be working on today - pic's to follow.

Thanks,

Troy Fitz.
 
Ya my kill switch crapped out on the second day of me riding it... worthless piece of plastic really! Couple bucks nets you a toggle switch you just connect to the wires and mount however you want.
 
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