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Last year I picked up a GS850G 83 that only started a few times and sat ... mostly due to me having other priorities. Today, Fathers Day, I finally got the time to work out the issue. Seems the clutch contact system in the lever/perch isn't connecting hence it wouldn't start. I have temporarily bypassed this and have it now running great.

I can not seem it find find a replacement cable gizmo for the clutch side of the bars, only the brake light cable gizmo. Are they interchangeable for either side?
 
Not quite, but they are not really "necessary".

In fact, many of us have intentionally disabled the clutch "safety" switch. :encouragement:

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I kind of figured that they were not necessary and perhaps that's why I can't seem to find a specific replacement for it. I'll likely leave it as is ... really it is $12 I don't need to spend.
 
you will want more than the wiring harnes. You will want a different part number thast includes the little spring and u-shaped contact thingy. The u-shaped contact thingy is what typically wears out. THe contact bars on the switch plate wear groves in the u-shaped contact thingy that are so deep that it doesnt contact any more. Maybe can file the surface down so the groves are not so deep.
Or maybe the switch just needs to be adjusted. loosen the screws and slide it forward or back (dont recall).

I think I recall that the only difference between the brake light switch kit and the clutch interlock kit is that the clutch interlock has two connectors, each of different gender, and the brake switch has two of the same. So can use one kit on the other if just cut off one connector and crimp on one of the other gender.
If you work on GS long enough you will come to know that will need a supply of connectors and a crimper.

Naw, dont absolutely need that clutch switch.
Advantage of not having it is that can start the bike with only one hand.
Disadvantage of not having the switch is that if do try to start the bike with one hand and the bike is in gear you are probably going to fall over, and if the bike does start you are probably going to run into something if you dont fall over.

I have adjusted, or repaired, or replaced my clutch switch(es) multiple times since 1982.
 
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