That '82-'83 safety switch equipped sidestand assembly is quite the contraption, lol. Just one sump plate removal was enough to bump replacing it to the top of my "to do" list. The extra tabs on the stand, along with the very large spring post bracket, make accessing the left side sump bolt very difficult. You can get at it if you partially retract the stand, but being spring-loaded, that means you have to hold it there with one hand while working the bolt out with the other. A royal P.I.T.A., plain and simple, lol.
The solution is to do away with that whole safety switch and it's relay. Replace the stand with the older plain version, along with older small spring post bracket .....
All the "junk" to the left of the spring in the pic below gets replaced with just the older type small spring bracket and simple stand on the right .....
..... and good riddance to all that stuff, lol.
The solution is to do away with that whole safety switch and it's relay. Replace the stand with the older plain version, along with older small spring post bracket .....
All the "junk" to the left of the spring in the pic below gets replaced with just the older type small spring bracket and simple stand on the right .....
..... and good riddance to all that stuff, lol.