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10-06-05, 08:23 PM

sometimes, when i go to start the bike, nothing happens. i know exactly what it is, its the two cable connectors on the clutch. does anybody else get this problem, and is there any way of sorting it??? its slightly loose, so is there a way of tightening it up??

northwind · 10-06-05, 09:28 PM

You can bypass the whole switch and remove the switch assembly... IMO not at all unsafe unless you're a spanner, and gives you a lighter clutch action as well as a nice one-handed start.

11-06-05, 08:50 AM

how do you bypass the switch then??

11-06-05, 08:56 AM

I had the same problem on mine.

Just cut the 2 wires going to the switch by the clutch lever and soldered them together, then wrap in electrical tape.

Easy peasy.

northwind · 11-06-05, 06:13 PM

Proper self-amalgamating tape would be better for permanence mind.

10-06-05, 08:23 PM	#1
riktherider Guest Posts: n/a	Problems starting sometimes, when i go to start the bike, nothing happens. i know exactly what it is, its the two cable connectors on the clutch. does anybody else get this problem, and is there any way of sorting it??? its slightly loose, so is there a way of tightening it up??

10-06-05, 09:28 PM	#2
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,082	You can bypass the whole switch and remove the switch assembly... IMO not at all unsafe unless you're a spanner, and gives you a lighter clutch action as well as a nice one-handed start. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

11-06-05, 06:13 PM	#5
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,082	Proper self-amalgamating tape would be better for permanence mind. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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11-06-05, 08:50 AM	#3
riktherider Guest Posts: n/a	how do you bypass the switch then??

11-06-05, 08:56 AM	#4
Clunk Guest Posts: n/a	I had the same problem on mine. Just cut the 2 wires going to the switch by the clutch lever and soldered them together, then wrap in electrical tape. Easy peasy.