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Replacing Keyed Ignition Switch with On-Off Switch

Started by junior varsity, November 15, 2010, 07:38:40 AM

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junior varsity

it does. hoping to find a more attractive alternative.

xcaptainxbloodx

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for those with immobilizers;

you can run a hidden switch in conjunction with a wireless fob.

just take the chip out of your key (a reversable procedure) and wire a hidden switch somewhere. remove the lock mechanism and place the antenna where you like (I recommend not altering the antenna in any way. its a bit of black magic in there).

with everything finished up, place the key fob over the antenna when you flick the switch. the light will blink once and stay off. If someone finds the switch they can turn the bike on but not start it, seems sketchy but if your relying on a thief's inability to hotwire the bike for safety then your kinda fooling yourself anyway.

also leaves a really, really nice spot to mount an electric port.

671M900

It's sort of expensive, but how about one of them transponder ignitions, hold the key fob near it, turn the bike on. Looks really cool too!
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junior varsity

that would be pretty cool. Looking at getting an on-off switch and making it protrude nearly identically to where you formerly put the key into it.

Milli's Monster needs a keyed ignition... i do not.  so what comes off of mine, may move onto hers.

junior varsity

oh, to explain: milli is my wife. i just bought her a fixer-upper.

Düb Lüv

i don't quite have an on-off switch, but i do have a push button start right by my ignition. was very simple. later i would like to wire a universal harley style ignition switch hidden somewhere.
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TAftonomos

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Looking at doing something similar....  [thumbsup]

xcaptainxbloodx

Quote from: a m on November 15, 2010, 04:27:20 PM
that would be pretty cool. Looking at getting an on-off switch and making it protrude nearly identically to where you formerly put the key into it.

Milli's Monster needs a keyed ignition... i do not.  so what comes off of mine, may move onto hers.

the surround for the key is seperate from the guts. cut a piece of metal or plastic and epoxy it on the inside. then you just drill what you need for the switch.

alternatively, use the footprint of that piece to make a template and do something low and flush.

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junior varsity

Quote from: xcaptainxbloodx on November 15, 2010, 08:28:05 PM
the surround for the key is seperate from the guts. cut a piece of metal or plastic and epoxy it on the inside. then you just drill what you need for the switch.

alternatively, use the footprint of that piece to make a template and do something low and flush.


i knew that, i have carbon and billet ones sitting around. I'm hoping to make it protrude as though its a key, but be hollow inside. Save a bit of weight, but looks will be very similar to stock.

xcaptainxbloodx

like a dummy key? I dunno man, leaving a bike parked with what would appear to be the key in the ignition is just asking for people to mess with it.

Drunken Monkey

The m-lock isn't going to be exactly plug and play. They only provide a single pole, single throw relay and as others have mentioned you need a separate circuit for the lights and the ignition.

I'd go with the "tear the guts out of the stock lock and use a screwdriver method"

Mind you, I've got the m-unit and I've been seriously considering getting the m-lock (the m-unit only requires a few milliamps going through the old key switch to turn the bike on)
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