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On side of the road right now - bike's not starting

  • Thread starter Thread starter LoopGaroo
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Yes. There is a tab on most electrical terminals that, when depressed, allows for the terminal to be removed from the hard shell.
I use a small flattened cotter key or a pin to depress the tab.
 
Okay - got'r started tonight with Posplayr's guidance.

Seems that a wire snapped between the kill switch and the first connection. I'm not exactly sure what caused the break, but the wire was clean-cut. Strange stuff mang...

So I bypassed the wire. It looks kinda funny, and it ain't pretty. My kill switch is bypassed, but it'll hold for the trip this weekend. I can clean up my janky wiring after I get back.
 
LoopGaroo said:
Okay - got'r started tonight with Posplayr's guidance.

Seems that a wire snapped between the kill switch and the first connection. I'm not exactly sure what caused the break, but the wire was clean-cut. Strange stuff mang...

So I bypassed the wire. It looks kinda funny, and it ain't pretty. My kill switch is bypassed, but it'll hold for the trip this weekend. I can clean up my janky wiring after I get back.
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If possible take a picture to see what happened to cause the damage. generally the wiring should be secure so that it doesn't bounce around. Copper is not steel with an infinite life on flex cycles. Copper will eventually work harden and break under vibrations.

If there is no other damage then maybe it just got cut so look for what might have done that. Reconnecting (solder or crimp) would get you back to a functional kill switch.

I did see what looked like someones handy work after a broken connection in the attached picture.
 
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LoopGaroo said:
Okay - got'r started tonight with Posplayr's guidance.

Seems that a wire snapped between the kill switch and the first connection. I'm not exactly sure what caused the break, but the wire was clean-cut. Strange stuff mang...

So I bypassed the wire. It looks kinda funny, and it ain't pretty. My kill switch is bypassed, but it'll hold for the trip this weekend. I can clean up my janky wiring after I get back.
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posplayr is the man!
 
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