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  • duaneage
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    GSResource Superstar
    • Apr 2004
    • 6149
    • Wilmington Delaware

    #16
    I clean my ignition switch when I get the bike out of storage. I do the run switch, headlight controls, and brake light switches too. I have only .18 volts of loss across my ignition switch, barely a problem.

    The amount of junk that gets into the contacts is surprising. It's a shame Suzuki didn't see fit to seal the switches better, but I think the best engineers were in the engine department not electrical.
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    • Steve
      GS Whisperer
      • Jun 2005
      • 35924
      • southwest oHIo

      #17
      Originally posted by Good Times
      Am I correct in thinking that I now just literally take that loop out of the harness and just hook up my remaining three stator wires to the RR?
      Yep.

      Think back for a moment or three. How many times have you see us post ... "wire your stator directly to the R/R"?

      (By the way, there is nothing "remaining", there are only three wires coming from the stator in the first place. )

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      • Good Times

        #18
        Originally posted by Steve
        Yep.

        Think back for a moment or three. How many times have you see us post ... "wire your stator directly to the R/R"?

        (By the way, there is nothing "remaining", there are only three wires coming from the stator in the first place. )

        .
        Yep....and now I know EXACTLY what that means. I'd rather be repetitive than wrong. I will connect with confidence now.

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        • Steve
          GS Whisperer
          • Jun 2005
          • 35924
          • southwest oHIo

          #19
          Originally posted by Good Times
          Yep....and now I know EXACTLY what that means. I'd rather be repetitive than wrong. I will connect with confidence now.
          And I have a feeling that, once you do that and see the results, you will be doing some "preaching", too.

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          mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
          hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
          #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
          #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
          Family Portrait
          Siblings and Spouses
          Mom's first ride
          Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
          (Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)

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          • Good Times

            #20
            Originally posted by duaneage
            I clean my ignition switch when I get the bike out of storage. I do the run switch, headlight controls, and brake light switches too. I have only .18 volts of loss across my ignition switch, barely a problem.

            The amount of junk that gets into the contacts is surprising. It's a shame Suzuki didn't see fit to seal the switches better, but I think the best engineers were in the engine department not electrical.
            Take care of your switches and they will take care of you right?

            Originally posted by Steve
            And I have a feeling that, once you do that and see the results, you will be doing some "preaching", too.
            ....I'll be all "fired" up for sure.

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