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texsam Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 138	disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40 05/01/09 at 14:33:29 my sidestand switch is actin up how exactly step by step do i go about doing this i have some directions but i just need to be xtra sure about what i'm doing
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40 Reply #1 - 05/01/09 at 18:45:29 Why don't you just get another switch and fix the problem, instead of bypassing a safety?
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Re: disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40
Reply #2 - 05/01/09 at 19:03:00

In installing forward controls, I had no choice in the matter of the side stand switch. There are instructs ( I think) on disabling it in the tech section; but what I did was to reroute the apparatus back to the part of the frame reserved for the Cali canister. I then wrapped zip ties around it to hold the plunger in, and then wrapped the whole mess in duct tape, and secured it to the part of the bike where the canister would sit with more zip ties. The reason I did this instead of snipping the wires was in case the forward controls didn't work out, or I ever wanted to return the bike to stock. I fully intended to go back and make the change permanent; but 5,000 miles plus later, I've frankly forgotten about the thing, and have never bothered to make the disabling permanent.

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Re: disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40
Reply #3 - 05/01/09 at 19:41:24

On a '06, it's probably not the switch. More likely a wire issue. Unless you have a "flood" bike. Or if you're missing one of the springs.

But, the way the switch works:

.... sidestand up, switch makes contact (closes), allows bike to run when not in neutral.

.... sidestand down, switch opens the contacts. Bike will only run in neutral.

Now.... get you high school science book out and read the chapter on electricity....

Also, when I installedmy Ed L.'s I added lenght to the SS switch wire.

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prechermike Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Kalashna Kitty, from Skat Posts: 1190 Ponzer, NC Gender:	Re: disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40 Reply #4 - 05/02/09 at 11:08:30 I too added a little wire to keep the switch in place. I figure I make enough dumb mistakes without asking for one.
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texsam Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 138	Re: disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40 Reply #5 - 05/02/09 at 11:20:12 did you judt extend the wire by cutting and twisting together?????
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texsam Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 138	Re: disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40 Reply #6 - 05/02/09 at 11:22:22 do i have to take the whole kickstand assmbley off to get to the switch??????or willl an offset wrench work around that
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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: disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40 Reply #7 - 05/02/09 at 11:38:05 Only 3 bolts, take 'em off.
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Re: disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40
Reply #8 - 05/02/09 at 13:54:26

texsam wrote on 05/02/09 at 11:20:12:

did you just extend the wire by cutting and twisting together?????

Always solder the wires. Twisting the wires together will later be the headache you don't want. Use heat-shrink tubing too. Do it right, you'll be happier in the long run.

texsam wrote on 05/02/09 at 11:22:22:

do i have to take the whole kickstand assmbley off to get to the switch??????or willl an offset wrench work around that

The switch is held in place by two screws (or was it three..... Huh

). Crawl under and look . I seem to remember that it is a funny angle and you might be able to get it out but .... maybe not.

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texsam Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 138	Re: disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40 Reply #9 - 05/02/09 at 14:18:25 yeah it is 2 and that is kinda what i was thinking it will be a miracle to get them out....maybe an offset wrench will grab it
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texsam Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 138	Re: disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40 Reply #10 - 05/02/09 at 14:21:17 the thing is i don't even know if it is the switch i'm thinking of letting the dealership diagnose it....and i'll put it together its like 80 bucks but i know electrical is a headache and kinda a guessing game but i'm scared if i take it in it won't act up and they will just take money and i'll be sol
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Re: disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40
Reply #11 - 05/02/09 at 14:24:24

texsam wrote on 05/02/09 at 14:21:17:

the thing is i don't even know if it is the switch i'm thinking of letting the dealership diagnose it....and i'll put it together its like 80 bucks but i know electrical is a headache and kinda a guessing game but i'm scared if i take it in it won't act up and they will just take money and i'll be sol Angry

Short out the connector under the seat to do a diagnosictic run. Make use you tape up waht ever you use to short it out. Don't want it falling out or touchingsome piece of metal.

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Re: disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40
Reply #12 - 05/02/09 at 15:04:16

[quote author=0871113D3F376D5C0 link=1241213610/0#8 date=1241297666]texsam wrote on 05/02/09 at 11:20:12:

did you just extend the wire by cutting and twisting together?????

Always solder the wires. Twisting the wires together will later be the headache you don't want. Use heat-shrink tubing too. Do it right, you'll be happier in the long run.

TMack beat me to the punch. That is what I did, solder and heat shrink tubes. I was adding Ed L's forward controls, I did not remove the switch, just cut the wires.

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texsam Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 138	Re: disabling sidestand switch on a 2006 s40 Reply #13 - 05/03/09 at 04:50:07 well doing diagnoststic run i shorted it out let it run for 2 or 3 weeks if it doesn't act up i need to order a new switch just got to wait and see
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