If you ever find yourself with a low voltage problem i.e...stator gone bad, regulator crapped out, or a weak battery and need to limp home without your lights on, here is a simple fix you can do and I did it in less than a 1/2 an hour. This re-wiring is only intended for the older style flat keyed switches with the brass posts not the new round keyed solid state switches.
1) Remove the cover and get to the switch.
2) Put some electrical tape around the switch.
(Sparks will fly without it, trust me.)
3) find the ignition wire (red w/black stripe) and the lights (Red w/grey stripe)
4) move the wires as directed in the pictures
Now when you turn the switch to the 1st position you now have ignition but no lights and you can ride on home, (the only down side to this is you will not have a neutral light in the 1st position) and when you turn it to the 2nd position you have both ignition and lights.
Cool
My bike has theis built in since it's really old. I never use the light unless a cop tells me to then I just give it the old ...It's an old bike deal
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"parts left out cost nothing and create no service problems" Boss Kettering
Had the regulator go out on mine and didn't have one in stock (plus I am a lazy bastard) I pulled the fuse for the lights and rode a week before I had to recharge the Battery.
My Golf Swing is so bad, I look like a caveman killing his lunch.
Ya, I rode a whole summer with the lights out on the Shovel cause my stator went bad. Just like Wide's bike it was already wired this way.
Yeah but Relic had one of those minors helmets with the light on them
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"parts left out cost nothing and create no service problems" Boss Kettering
Originally Posted by Wide
Yeah but Relic had one of those minors helmets with the light on them
How did you know?
My Golf Swing is so bad, I look like a caveman killing his lunch.
I knew you would see that one
I can picture the helmet & a beer riden through the night
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"parts left out cost nothing and create no service problems" Boss Kettering
Will that work on a '06 softtail?
This re-wiring is only intended for the older style flat keyed switches with the brass posts not the new round keyed solid state switches.
Hope for the best, but pack for the worst!
I'm confused.Yeah but Relic had one of those minors helmets with the light on them
Did you mean minor's helmet?
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Or miner's helmet?
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