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Message started by savage.b on 03/01/16 at 04:52:55

Title: Kickstand safety switch
Post by savage.b on 03/01/16 at 04:52:55

alright so I have a 1986 Suzuki savage that I'm getting ready to put on the road, I have everything all ready I'm just trying to figure out how to get this kickstand switch to work, I don't think the bike has the original 1986 speedo as it doesn't have the kickstand down light. Would that make the switch not shut off the bike when you put it in gear with the kickstand down or is my switch faulty? And how would I test this switch? Thanks

Title: Re: Kickstand safety switch
Post by Kris01 on 03/01/16 at 05:35:37

Take the two wires on the switch and short them together. If the bike runs then the switch is probably bad.

Title: Re: Kickstand safety switch
Post by Blade on 03/01/16 at 05:39:26

Being a switch you can simply short out the wires to see if it is faulty (don't leave it shorted out, it's there as a safety precaution!)

There is another thread in this forum called kickstand switch bypass that explains that the connector is a two wire one under the seat.

If you short it out and the bike starts, it's the switch or the corresponding wiring.

Title: Re: Kickstand safety switch
Post by savage.b on 03/12/16 at 20:58:12

The bike starts with the kickstand up or down with it in gear and in netraul. Looking at the wiring diagram for the 1986, the kickstand switch green/white wire runs to the decomp control and up to the speedometer to a kickstand down light, there's also an orange wire that comes from the netraul light to the kickstand down light. But I'm pretty sure this isn't the stock speedometer since there isn't a kickstand down light. So I followed my wiring and it goes to the decomp control and up to the gas tank/speedometer connection but that's it there is no green/white wire after that connection, it connects to nothing. So does that mean if I connect that green/white wire to the Orange wire coming from the netraul light the switch will work?

Title: Re: Kickstand safety switch
Post by savage.b on 03/15/16 at 04:52:45

Or did the 1986 only have a clutch safety and sidestand light ? And not a sidestand shut off?

Title: Re: Kickstand safety switch
Post by Dave on 03/15/16 at 04:57:45

6775627573713A76140 wrote:

Or did the 1986 only have a clutch safety and sidestand light ? And not a sidestand shut off?

You may be right....the wiring diagrams don't show a sidestand relay in the diagram for the 1986 model - and the switch is wired to the indicator light. (The light they have labeled as an oil lever light is actually the neutral light).

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Title: Re: Kickstand safety switch
Post by savage.b on 03/16/16 at 04:47:16

Alright awsome thanks, I'm just going to go with its just a sidestand down light on the 86, unless someone else can say otherwise.