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'80 GS450 left hand control housing

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The message threading on this site is strange. It changes. Anyway, no choke level on my handlebars - it's on the carbs. The Ebay unit has the large white connector, and the wire colors don't completely match mine, so a simple splice wouldn't be at all simple. Has anyone tried one of those $9 Chinese units?
 
tom203 said:
Does this eBay unit look similar to the wiring on your unit? Does your old unit have a choke lever.?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-Suzuki...zuki|Model:GS450L&hash=item5411e1dfef&vxp=mtr
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No the blue connector is similar, but mine has no choke lever on it, and it has a second, white connector, plus a yellow wire with a bullet connector. Of course, some of this may have been done by a previous owner, but the routing into the light looks OEM. I'm probably, since all I need is a new horn button anyway, going to get a very small universal horn button and drill out the old button hole (the original fell apart), installing it in that space. Then I'll sell the unit I bought.
 
In case anyone is wondering how this tale ended, I bought a mini stainless steel button, designed to mount easily in drilled holes, from Ebay, removed the remnants of the old horn button, cut the corner of the circuit board inside the switch off where the horn contacts were, and mounted the new switch in that space, using the original hole, a stainless steel washer, and a split washer on the inside, sealing the lock nut threads with super glue. I soldered the new switch wires to the old horn wires (green and black w/white stripe) inside the switch and, after swearing at how "fun" it is to reassemble these sliding switch assemblies, I now have a new button in the old housing. Easy as baking a pie from scratch...
 
Super glue sure is handy stuff! Good job, is that SS button insulated from the 12v positive?
 
tom203 said:
Super glue sure is handy stuff! Good job, is that SS button insulated from the 12v positive?
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Yes, there are two separate insulated wires that exit the hollow mounting stud - no exposed contacts at all.
 
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