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Replacing the ignition switch on a trackbike?
My trackbike project is coming together slowly, I'm in need of a replacement for the ignition switch which didn't come with the bike.
I'll replace the starter with a custom button on the triples & use a dirtbike style killswitch.
I was thinking of one of those battery mains switches with the red plastic key, but I'm not sure it will hold up on a bike, are there any other options? Looking for low tech & idiotproof if possible!
Cheers in advance.
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Tyre destroying, mad bastard menace
Those red key jobs i use heaps at work they are okay and hold up well but is a bit extreme for your application and they dont last to long with water getting in them . The marine ones are better . Jump on jaycars web page i wouldnt have thought current draw on a bike starter would be high im guessing under 100amp maybe more never really checked
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Do you reckon they'd hold up to the vibration? Don't want the thing switching off down the main straight of PI!
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Tyre destroying, mad bastard menace
What bike are we talking about here? You know most bikes made this side of 2000 have some sort of anti-theft system in the ignition switch? Some have a chip in the key whilst others have resistors in the ignition switch wiring to reduce the voltage to the ignitor.
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Yeah, it's a Honda VFR 800 with the HISS system, but I've got a US ECU & wiring, harness, no HISS any more.
The switch just needs to power on the bike really, tapped into the +12 battery line.
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Tyre destroying, mad bastard menace
The red key jobs would hold up to the vibes but there are better options to using one of them .
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Tyre destroying, mad bastard menace
Why not just use an on/off style killswitch for both instead of a killswitch and an ignition switch?
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More like a battery master switch & a kill switch, probably more accurate way to describe it. If it's sitting for month I can disconnect the battery, but I don't really want to kill the battery when turning off the bike in general use
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Tyre destroying, mad bastard menace
No worries mate - just another option.
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