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Bear_Rider Senior Member Offline Posts: 289	Miserable Parking Light Setting!!!!! 05/22/08 at 20:09:10 I just went out to go home after a long day at work, and the battery is dead. What dimwit came up with the idea for a "parking" setting? Can anyone tell me how to permanently disable that "feature"? Thanks.
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Duane Senior Member Offline Creatively Maladjusted Posts: 335 Terra Plane Gender:	Re: Miserable Parking Light Setting!!!!! Reply #1 - 05/22/08 at 20:12:44 Sometimes I wish the LS650 had a kicker as well. That is the only thing I miss about my 76 CB550F. It's always nice for those times.
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Max_Morley Serious Thumper Offline LT650 Luxury Touring & sidecar rig Posts: 1490 Moses Lake. WA Gender:	Re: Miserable Parking Light Setting!!!!! Reply #2 - 05/22/08 at 20:14:11 Look on the wiring diagram for single wire going to the rear light, if I remember correctly it is brown and cut it into and tape up the ends. Max
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Bear_Rider Senior Member Offline Posts: 289	Re: Miserable Parking Light Setting!!!!! Reply #3 - 05/22/08 at 22:16:04 I looked at the Clymer's wiring diagram. It looks as though it is the brown wire. I'll play with that this weekend when I change the oil. Thanks
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Reply #4 - 05/23/08 at 08:48:06

Other option is to pull the wire out of the ign switch connector (bike side) so that you can reinstall it to sell the bike..... when you trade it on on an 2009..... Grin

On most connectos, the metal part inside the plastic holder, has a little tab that holds it in. A small pointy tool , straight pin or even a DartBoard dart can be used to get the wire & metal end out.

Let me know if you need instructions.....

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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6057 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Miserable Parking Light Setting!!!!! Reply #5 - 05/23/08 at 11:20:44 if you cut the brown youll have no rear running light..quick study of the ssm diagram youd have to got into the switch to disable the parking contact...easier to train your brain left is off....
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KwakNut Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 332 Sheffield, England, mostly. Gender:	Re: Miserable Parking Light Setting!!!!! Reply #6 - 05/23/08 at 15:31:34 You could go to a lot of trouble to take the bike aparty and disable that feature, or you could just avoid setting it to park when you take the keys out - most bikes have the park feature, perhaps the key position on the Savage makes it more likely to get it wrong, but a little care should be all that's needed.
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dj-omaha YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 8	Re: Miserable Parking Light Setting!!!!! Reply #7 - 05/23/08 at 15:45:45 If you get stranded at night and had to leave the bike( heaven forbid) at least with the light on it won't get smashed on side of road as easily, or if you have to get off at night to piss alonside the road, nobody can steal your machine while you're taking care of business...that's very common in Nebraska
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Reply #8 - 05/23/08 at 16:22:25

dj-omaha wrote on 05/23/08 at 15:45:45:

or if you have to get off at night to piss alonside the road, nobody can steal your machine while you're taking care of business...that's very common in Nebraska

Peeing by the roadside, or sitting in the dark waiting for someone to stop to pee near enough to you that you can steal their bike?

Sounds like Nebraska needs some skating rinks or other forms of entertainment.

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Reply #9 - 05/25/08 at 13:59:53

thumperclone wrote on 05/23/08 at 11:20:44:

if you cut the brown youll have no rear running light..quick study of the ssm diagram youd have to got into the switch to disable the parking contact...easier to train your brain left is off....

From studying Clymer's circuit diagram, it appears that all I will have to do is pull the brown wire out of the socket and splice it into the same circuit as the ignition. I will have to check the speedometer and the front brake light switch, since Clymer's manual is unclear as to the details.

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Other option is to pull the wire out of the ign switch connector (bike side) so that you can reinstall it to sell the bike..... when you trade it on on an 2009.....

Why would I want to reset this boobytrap and then foist it off on an innocent party?

This "feature" may have made sense back in the days when bikes had a kick start. However, given the fact that the Savage has no kick starter and a relatively small battery, it is analogous to the human appendix -- nothing but a liability.

In reality, has anyone ever USED the parking lights other than as a novelty?

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Miserable Parking Light Setting!!!!! Reply #10 - 05/25/08 at 14:03:29 Bear_Rider wrote on 05/25/08 at 13:59:53: In reality, has anyone ever USED the parking lights other than as a novelty? yes, when towing.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Miserable Parking Light Setting!!!!! Reply #11 - 05/25/08 at 14:10:56 Does anyone know about how long it will stay lit before the battery go down
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Reply #12 - 05/25/08 at 14:17:25

I left mine on by mistake in the lean-to overnight. Shut it off about six, came back out at six in the morning and saw the light burning. Sinking feeling in tummy. I thought I might as well try the starter once anyway. It fired right up. I wouldn't want to repeat the experiment, but I got 12 hours out of it that time.

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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6057 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Miserable Parking Light Setting!!!!! Reply #13 - 05/25/08 at 17:53:32 bill67 wrote on 05/25/08 at 14:10:56: Does anyone know about how long it will stay lit before the battery go down 33.65 hours on a fully charged 14 ah battery..somebody check my math i dont believe it
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Reply #14 - 05/25/08 at 17:55:21

Bear_Rider wrote on 05/22/08 at 20:09:10:

I just went out to go home after a long day at work, and the battery is dead. What dimwit came up with the idea for a "parking" setting?

Can anyone tell me how to permanently disable that "feature"?

Thanks.

which way do you turn your cars' key to shut down??
my repeted mistake is using the kill switch then leaving the key on Embarrassed

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