1993 Softail Fatboy FLSTF tank ign switch bypass

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Jul 23, 2023 | 07:26 AM

Dandy Randy

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1993 Softail Fatboy FLSTF tank ign switch bypass

how do you bypass the tank ignition switch on my 93 fatboy FLSTF to where all you have to do is hit the ON/OFF switch on the bars to turn the bike on and hit the starter switch to start?

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Jul 23, 2023 | 07:45 AM

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Jul 24, 2023 | 10:29 AM

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Are you asking us, on your first post, how to hot wire a motorcycle?????!!!!!!!!?????

Jul 24, 2023 | 10:56 AM

RANGER73

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Originally Posted by Dandy Randy

how do you bypass the tank ignition switch on my 93 fatboy FLSTF to where all you have to do is hit the ON/OFF switch on the bars to turn the bike on and hit the starter switch to start?

Yes, there is. DK customs makes a push button that replaces the key ignition on the console.
But I relocated the ignition and added a relay to handle the load as the prewired push button wires, I felt, were too thin.
Everything would go through that, so I added the relay, relocated the keyed ignition to near the horn.

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Jul 25, 2023 | 01:21 PM

Uncle G.

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Originally Posted by Dandy Randy

how do you bypass the tank ignition switch on my 93 fatboy FLSTF to where all you have to do is hit the ON/OFF switch on the bars to turn the bike on and hit the starter switch to start?

I’m trying to figure out why you want to. When I had my ‘94, I just used the key switch on the tank for normal operation and regarded the handlebar switch as an “emergency” kill switch and left it always “on.”.

I know they teach you in motorcycle class to use both switches all the time but it seemed redundant to me.