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Old Mar 5, 2018 | 04:17 PM
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Built bike. 1984 fdwg wiring I think. Bike was starting. I changed the ignition switch and rewired some wires from the handle bars. Now, it will crank with ignition off. When I put the ignition on it won't crank. When I put the kill switch off and the ignition on it will crank. I have the gray wire going to the kill switch so I don't know how it is getting power to the start button with it in the kill position.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2018 | 04:34 PM
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Obviously you didn’t do it right. Take it apart and start over. I wish I could give you advice and s diagram. But I don’t have one.
 
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Originally Posted by rgsand
Built bike. 1984 fdwg wiring I think. Bike was starting. I changed the ignition switch and rewired some wires from the handle bars. Now, it will crank with ignition off. When I put the ignition on it won't crank. When I put the kill switch off and the ignition on it will crank. I have the gray wire going to the kill switch so I don't know how it is getting power to the start button with it in the kill position.
Obviously you got something wrong.
Put the wires back to the way they were when it worked.
 
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