took it out for the first ride

[icyuod2]

Where did you get your switch from? Can you take some pictures of how your looks like? Preferrably with all the wire in the picture so i can get an idea of what it looks like. Thanks a lot

you can pick up a 12volt toggle switch from any automotive store.
hide it well and it will prevent unwanted riders from firing up the bike.

gotta charge the batt in my camera, then i'll post some pic's for ya.

 

[icyuod2]

so this is a temp set up.

i'd planned on mounting the toggle switch in the triple tree (small hole)

problem is the charger for my drill ain't charging. lol

once i get a drill that works, i'll hide all the wires in the frame and fish them up to the front of the bike.

 

[ty151]

so this is a temp set up.

i'd planned on mounting the toggle switch in the triple tree (small hole)

problem is the charger for my drill ain't charging. lol

once i get a drill that works, i'll hide all the wires in the frame and fish them up to the front of the bike.

Can you explain to me how you wired that switch though? The ones i saw at the store had three prongs so i wasnt sure how they were gonna work. Thanks in advance

 

[icyuod2]

my switch cost me a couple bucks from canadian tire auto. they had 3 prong accessory switches, but all ya need is a 2 prong 12 volt toggle.(you could use the 3 prongs with only 2 wires connected)

basicly, plug the blue wires together just like the manufacturer suggest.
now instead of connecting the black wires together, connect the black wire from the motor to one side of the switch, and the black wire from the electronic ignition to the other side of the switch.

heres a better, bigger pic
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s7/icyuodd/IMG_0796.jpg

and a great little site that tells ya how to wire just about anything (including 12 volt toggles and accessory switches.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4868819_wire-volt-toggle-switch.html

 

[ty151]

Okay sounds good. And do you have to solder the wires to the switch?

Also, this will get rid of the killswitch assembly all together right?

 

[icyuod2]

Okay sounds good. And do you have to solder the wires to the switch?

Also, this will get rid of the killswitch assembly all together right?

i didn't want my turn of the century , indian inspired boardtracker to have a cheap plastic throttle assembly. instead i used a standard brake lever for my throttle.
when i did away with the throttle, i had to come up with another idea for a kill switch, and here we are.

the toggle switch will do away with the kill switch assembly completely.
check out how clean my bars look.
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s7/icyuodd/IMG_0809.jpg
i also got the switch mounted properly and fished the wires through the frame.
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s7/icyuodd/IMG_0798.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s7/icyuodd/IMG_0802.jpg

soldering is always the best option, however.....
... if you have shrink tubing, you can slide a piece over one wire before you connect them. tightly twist the wires together and fold the twisted wires flat like so.
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s7/icyuodd/IMG_0807.jpg
then slide the heat shrink over the wire and heatit up.

this will be more than strong enough to make a good connection and prevent the wires from pulling apart.

if for some reason you snag a wire (pull with lots of force) they will seperate at this connection apposed to snapping somewhere else.

 

[ty151]

How would i mount that switch if i wasnt going to do it up on the handlebars like that? Its going to have to be down by where the engine is because thats all my wires reach to.

The switch i got has screw in terminals, should i take the connectors off that came with the engine and buy ring connectors? Thanks

 

[give me vtec]

Is that okay on the engine though?

And how quick does it kill the engine?? Thanks

mine shuts off as soon as the lever is all the way up... i wouldnt recommend something to you that takes 30 seconds or more to work.

its fine on the engine... all it does is close off the air passage.

 

[ty151]

how is that for the engine though?

 

[give me vtec]

haven't had a problem yet... there are quite a few other people here that do the same. I had the same problem, this is where I got the idea.

Did you fix the idle prob?