Disconnecting the kill switch.
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Disconnecting the kill switch.
The emergency kill switch on my F4i (38000 miles) is cause me problems. If I get anywhere near the switch the bike will shut off. I what I am wondering is if it is safe and can I disconnect it entirely from the rest of the electronics without it affecting anything else???
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If I lightly touch the button or the area around the button the bike will shut off. Normally, this isn't a problem at all, but sometimes when I ride my thumb may glance over the right handle bar and boom -- engine cuts off…
#7
I had the exact same problem on my bike, so I did what any responsible motorcyclist would do; I ignored it, until one day my bike decided it didn't want to run anymore. The fix was very simple. I took some electrical contact cleaner (available at any hardware or auto parts store) and sprayed it into the box that the kill switch lives in. This didn't seem to fix the problem, so I removed the black plastic piece that covers the left ram air intake duct, found the notorious gray plug that seems to cause problems on these bikes, and squeezed it together. Now I'm not sure which of these two things fixed the problem because by the time I had gotten to the plug, the electrical contact cleaner had had time to work on the kill switch, but whatever the case may be, the bike runs perfectly now and hasn't given me any problems since.
#8
I had the exact same problem on my bike, so I did what any responsible motorcyclist would do; I ignored it, until one day my bike decided it didn't want to run anymore. The fix was very simple. I took some electrical contact cleaner (available at any hardware or auto parts store) and sprayed it into the box that the kill switch lives in. This didn't seem to fix the problem, so I removed the black plastic piece that covers the left ram air intake duct, found the notorious gray plug that seems to cause problems on these bikes, and squeezed it together. Now I'm not sure which of these two things fixed the problem because by the time I had gotten to the plug, the electrical contact cleaner had had time to work on the kill switch, but whatever the case may be, the bike runs perfectly now and hasn't given me any problems since.
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F4i Killswitch Bypass Wiring and Key Relocation
Just skip the key relocation steps. What I did instead of bypassing the killswitch was just connect it to a push button or toggle switch and attached it to the ram air covers. and used a momentary push button for the starter, works like a charm and looks pretty good too. I also have the 1000rr throttle tube so no more big box on the bars. (you can get them on ebay for cheap and the throttle cables attach right to it, 5 min mod.
Just skip the key relocation steps. What I did instead of bypassing the killswitch was just connect it to a push button or toggle switch and attached it to the ram air covers. and used a momentary push button for the starter, works like a charm and looks pretty good too. I also have the 1000rr throttle tube so no more big box on the bars. (you can get them on ebay for cheap and the throttle cables attach right to it, 5 min mod.