Ignition switch sticking
Ignition switch sticking
When I lock the bike, I keep the front wheel straight, turn the ignition to the left and press it down and lock it with the key. I have been doing this for a couple of years.
Lately that isn't working. The key is getting stuck in the ignition, and it won't turn. I have to jiggle the key to try and get it to release it.
After getting the key out, I have to turn the wheel to the left, and then lock it.
Am I not supposed to be locking the ignition with the wheel straight?
Lately that isn't working. The key is getting stuck in the ignition, and it won't turn. I have to jiggle the key to try and get it to release it.
After getting the key out, I have to turn the wheel to the left, and then lock it.
Am I not supposed to be locking the ignition with the wheel straight?
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From: NorCal Rocklin
I thought that was BS....so I went home and looked at my owners manual.
It says the ignition can only be locked in the Fork Lock (wheel all the way to the left) or Acc positions.
Guess I was wrong.....please don't tell my wife!
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From: Sacramento, CA
On my bike you can push it down and lock it in any position. However the steering still moves because the only place for the pin (I think spring loaded) to drop down and lock steering is all the way to the left. Locking it is other positions just makes it so you cant turn on ignition.
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I know, that is the way I have been locking it for the last 2 years, and now that I have a problem doing it that way, they say I shouldn't have been doing it that way in the first place.
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I stopped at the dealer on the way home from work and they said the ignition switch can only be locked with the forks all the way to the left.
I thought that was BS....so I went home and looked at my owners manual.
It says the ignition can only be locked in the Fork Lock (wheel all the way to the left) or Acc positions.
Guess I was wrong.....please don't tell my wife!
I thought that was BS....so I went home and looked at my owners manual.
It says the ignition can only be locked in the Fork Lock (wheel all the way to the left) or Acc positions.
Guess I was wrong.....please don't tell my wife!
Cruiser
Joined: Oct 2013
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From: Philadelphia, PA
On my bike you can push it down and lock it in any position. However the steering still moves because the only place for the pin (I think spring loaded) to drop down and lock steering is all the way to the left. Locking it is other positions just makes it so you cant turn on ignition.