Bryan Smith
Member
Hi, I'm building my first bike and learning lots from this site. I ride my bike around to do errands and I often hop off to go in a store for a few minutes.
I wanted to incorporate a simple keyed switch to slow down anyone who wants to jump on it for a "quick" joy ride. I know they could just throw it in in their truck or pedal away with it, but I wanted to prevent them from "driving" it away under power so for what it's worth, here's my idea.
The key I'm going to use is a 3/32 phone plug. as seen here:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103418
I soldered the contacts together on the inside to connect them.
on the CDI, I cut the blue wire and routed it through a surface mount jack I salvaged from some video equipment. Here is a similar jack that could work:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103450
When the plug is in, the connection is made and the CDI will work. When the plug is removed and in my pocket, no one is going to be cranking that bike up unless they know the secret.
I made short wire connections on mine and super glued the components to the CDI. Then, I epoxied over the top of this to make it rock solid and tamper proof. Afterward, I sprayed a little black paint over the epoxy to hide the wire trail. While I was at it, I fitted in a toggle switch beside it to turn off the Engine. Everything is wired in series off the blue wire.
Cheers,:crown:
Bryan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71858787@N00/3584921013/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71858787@N00/3584921241/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71858787@N00/3585727802/
I wanted to incorporate a simple keyed switch to slow down anyone who wants to jump on it for a "quick" joy ride. I know they could just throw it in in their truck or pedal away with it, but I wanted to prevent them from "driving" it away under power so for what it's worth, here's my idea.
The key I'm going to use is a 3/32 phone plug. as seen here:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103418
I soldered the contacts together on the inside to connect them.
on the CDI, I cut the blue wire and routed it through a surface mount jack I salvaged from some video equipment. Here is a similar jack that could work:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103450
When the plug is in, the connection is made and the CDI will work. When the plug is removed and in my pocket, no one is going to be cranking that bike up unless they know the secret.
I made short wire connections on mine and super glued the components to the CDI. Then, I epoxied over the top of this to make it rock solid and tamper proof. Afterward, I sprayed a little black paint over the epoxy to hide the wire trail. While I was at it, I fitted in a toggle switch beside it to turn off the Engine. Everything is wired in series off the blue wire.
Cheers,:crown:
Bryan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71858787@N00/3584921013/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71858787@N00/3584921241/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71858787@N00/3585727802/