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Feb 10, 2010 | 07:40 AM

#21

scuver

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cactusred

For you, yes I do,

See the difference in the keys, that's all that holds the key in the ignition cylinder.

Looks easy enough, I think I can do that.
Thanks!

Feb 10, 2010 | 04:23 PM

#22

Sumpnut

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From: Sweden

Then one day you pull up outside your local,your mates come up for a chat,you hit the kill button.... carry on talking blah blah as you do,then you go inside for a pint or two..nice blonde eyes you up and down...cut long story short you wake up in the morning next to this bird(she had a room upstairs) and hear someone banging on the door..."It's my ol'man!" she gasps..(she forgot to tell you she's the Landlords wife) and you know the landlord is built like a brick chit house...so you panic,throw on your leathers..heave the heavy wooden window open and chimmy down the drain pipe and run for your bike,,the landlords climbing down the drainpipe after you...you fumble for your keys.stick it in the ignition.. oh ****!!!
cos the key was'nt in your ignition ya forgot to switch it off now the friggin' batteries dead !!!! ...and you ain't goin' nowhere fast..

So filing that ickle nub off your key really F**KED you ...

.....well could happen could'nt it ???? lmao

Greetz from an ex Saaafend Boy lol

Last edited by Sumpnut; Feb 10, 2010 at 04:28 PM.

Feb 10, 2010 | 06:25 PM

#23

Quadancer

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From: Acworth Georgia

LOL!!! We must develop good habits, mustn't we?
This brings memories of my old chopper days - always losing my keys under one influence or another...so I built a set of 5 switches that had to be in a certain order to fire the bike. Any one flipped wrong would break the circuit, so no one could really just fire up my bike...and a couple of times, neither could I!
Come to think on it, I don't really miss those days...

Feb 11, 2010 | 04:41 AM

#24

cactusred

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From: Grapevine Texas

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Originally Posted by Sumpnut

Hey Sump, you wouldn't happen to be talking from personal experience here would ye, hahahahaha, it wasn't snowing I hope when you was going down that drain pipe.

He does make a good point that if you get lax, you could walk right off and forget to remove key from pocket and switch ignition off. However, you don't need to file that nubb off to do that either because I have done it twice pulling into my garage with the sunlight behind me shining on wall in front of me so headlight blended right in, and wouldn't you know it, next day, bike just clicky clicky and there was key turned on over night.

Feb 11, 2010 | 07:43 AM

#25

Sumpnut

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From: Sweden

HAHA! Yea sumfink like that did happen in Basildon/Essex years ago but lucky enough the bike was parked on a steep gradient so a rapid push and bumpstart saved the day !!!!

Apr 19, 2010 | 05:16 PM

#26

Mouthpiece

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From: San Antonio

so.... x the nub and you can ride without the key. Might have issues when I stop and forget to turn off the key. Leaves it on, running the battery, but it won't start without the FOB. Hmmm...

Apr 20, 2010 | 03:49 AM

#27

NickHD

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From: Hong Kong

Hidden ignition switch

Since buying my '04 Sportster - only 883 for now, with V&H pipes, Arlen Ness induction & a few other tweaks - I have not liked the idea of dangling keys at the front of my bike. So, a 15-Amp toggle switch ( I won't say exactly where, for obvious reasons), with rubber boot over the toggle to keep moisture at bay is a fine option. Tank off, Maxi-fuse out, Ignition switch off, drill hole for switch, join lighting & ignition wires from old switch together & link to one new switch terminal, then (red) power supply line to other switch terminal. Add a short link from a good earth and the ignition "On" side of the new switch to a Powerlet 12v socket that you have lying around, stuff that into the original Ignition switch housing and nail that back into its original position. Fuse back in, tank & seat on, fuel on, flick the toggle switch and everything works. The motor starts on the button, stops on the kill switch and the lights are on all the time the new switch is 'closed' - with no heat build-up detected from the new switch itself.
And you have an external, "Ignition On" power supply for the iPhone or tyre compressor, should you need it. Jobs a good 'un...!