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What is this wires do?!
- Thread starter Nickyd
- Start date
jd750ace
Front Toward Enemy
That's to the safety switch so your starter won't engage with the bike in gear.
jayel
#9 Guru 74 TX650A
if the bike is in gear you have to pull the clutch lever before it will start
Nickyd
XS650 Enthusiast
Ok thanks! So my next question is.. Can I eliminate it? Or are there serious safety problems if I took it off. I ask because I'm trying to clean up the bike so it looks like a cafe racer. So I'm trying to get rid of as much as I can. Thoughts?
jayel
#9 Guru 74 TX650A
sure, it's just a safety nazi thing anyway, most people can figure out it's not a good idea to start your bike in gear all by themselves,
Nickyd
XS650 Enthusiast
Ok but are there any unseen risks to getting rid of the safety switch? All it does is to not let the bike start in a gear? im not sure what would happen if i try and start the bike in gear other then it lurching foreword? and im only going to be running a kick start as of now.
jd750ace
Front Toward Enemy
If you are only kicking then the worst that can happen is you'll fall over as it starts, or it runs out from under you as it belches to life while you are all off balance from starting.
Nickyd
XS650 Enthusiast
ok so no real reason to keep it, especially if im sure its in N.
Thanks for the help guys!
Thanks for the help guys!
jayel
#9 Guru 74 TX650A
of course there is a 1 in a whatever chance the bike could actually start ((easier on the center stand) no weight on the wheel) hard to do on the kickstand because you have to turn the rear wheel thru the tranny and the motor for it to start, then the bike falls over or not, or it could take off and run into the side of your neighbors new Cadillac,
damn better leave it hooked up if you're accident prone
The clutch switch, and the neutral switch, are both part of the interlock for the electric starter motor. If you are only using the kick start, then go ahead and remove the clutch switch.
Assuming your bike still has the Starter Lockout Relay (Cutoff Relay), and you later begin using the electric starter motor, your bike will only start if in neutral. If you stall the bike in an intersection and want to do a quick re-start, while in first gear, it won't work. You would have to re-install the clutch switch, so that the safety interlock will allow a start in first gear (or any gear), once you pull the clutch lever.
My 78SE has no safety interlocks for neutral or clutch and I like it that way.
Assuming your bike still has the Starter Lockout Relay (Cutoff Relay), and you later begin using the electric starter motor, your bike will only start if in neutral. If you stall the bike in an intersection and want to do a quick re-start, while in first gear, it won't work. You would have to re-install the clutch switch, so that the safety interlock will allow a start in first gear (or any gear), once you pull the clutch lever.
My 78SE has no safety interlocks for neutral or clutch and I like it that way.
