Faulty start button

[Mark_h]

Before I go taking it all to bits unnecessarily (long word for a Monday morning) is it possible to get at the internals of the start switch on a naked K3 SV1000?

It's started messing about and rather than wait for to fail completely (never anyone around for a bump-start when you need one) I'd rather give the contacts a good clean up now or if not, then replace the switch.

Is the switch available on it's own or is it a complete unit with housing, kill-switch, hazards etc?

If it's going to need a new switch and housing, anyone know what other bikes have the same fit so I can go trawl the breakers?

May also do the R6 throttle mod while I'm in that area as my wrist is not bendy enough to open it up fully in one action any more.

Originally Posted by Mark_h

Before I go taking it all to bits unnecessarily (long word for a Monday morning) is it possible to get at the internals of the start switch on a naked K3 SV1000?

It's started messing about and rather than wait for to fail completely (never anyone around for a bump-start when you need one) I'd rather give the contacts a good clean up now or if not, then replace the switch.

Is the switch available on it's own or is it a complete unit with housing, kill-switch, hazards etc?

If it's going to need a new switch and housing, anyone know what other bikes have the same fit so I can go trawl the breakers?

May also do the R6 throttle mod while I'm in that area as my wrist is not bendy enough to open it up fully in one action any more.

Do not discount the possibility of it not being the start switch at all. It could also be a dodgy connector block just inside the frame under tank/air box.

Yeah was going to say what are the symptoms? My 650 had a start problem and it turned out to be the clutch switch playing up, and if its anything like the 650 you just undo the 3 screws underneath and the top part of the casing should lift off easily enough.

IIRC, 2 bolts (under the switch gear) and the whole assembly drops apart.

But there's numerous points that could fail & lead to the starter not working properly. Kill Switch is a prime example, and luckily, is in the same housing.

[Dave20046]

Tried bypassing the clutch switch?

[Mark_h]

If you leave everything else EXACTLY the same (not moving bars, not moving bike, not changing clutch/side-stand etc) then after a few slightly more vigorous pokes the starter fires up so currently my money is on the switch itself.

If you strip the two halves of the cluster do a million tiny things make a bid for freedom of is it all fairly sensible inside there?

[Dave20046]

My money is on the switch gear cabling rubbing against the top yolk and knackering your ignition cable.

[Dave20046]

if not sounds like the switchgear.

yeah you can open them up and they wont burst everywhere, should all be held in by tiny screws

Before pulling it apart and having wires all over place. Try to just give it a squirt of WD40. You may just save yourself a whole heap of time and effort.