Originally Posted by Uncle G.

By '94, Harley had rewired the Softail, so there were two settings, one for "lights" and one for "lights and ignition". I suspect too many people were cutting the jumper wire so they could start/run without lights, so Harley decided to "foolproof" the switch. You can still rewire the switch for Ignition first, then ignition and lights but it's a bit more involved. I figured out how a few years back when I was nursing a failing starter.

It involves locating the wires that run from the ignition breaker and the light breaker to the ignition switch, and reversing their locations at the ignition switch. Since Harley decided to run the neutral and oil pressure lights off the light breaker, you will also have to switch the wire to the neutral and oil pressure lights from the light breaker to the ignition breaker. You'll need to consult the service manual for the wiring diagrams.

This works for '94 and '95 Softails. In '96, Harley changed to a 3 position switch (off/run/ acc.), so you're out of luck there.

Originally Posted by texashillcountry

I recently tried this and was unsucessful. I could get her to start in the lights position but the lights were still on.

Did yours have the green jumper I keep hearing about?