bypassing clutch start switch??
#21
08-18-2011, 07:58 AM
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Call me stupid, go ahead its OK, but what would be gained from disabling the starter lock out switch on the clutch? I can't think of a single time I've ever needed to start in gear 
What advantage am I missing? It seems to me as was stated in an earlier post "if you weren't about to screw up how would you even know that switch existed?"
What advantage am I missing? It seems to me as was stated in an earlier post "if you weren't about to screw up how would you even know that switch existed?"
#22
08-18-2011, 07:12 PM
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#23
08-18-2011, 07:26 PM
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. You know, we've all done it when we were kids in an old car. Make it go by turning the key in gear.
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08-19-2011, 01:55 PM
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I've been wrenching hogs and customs since the age of 12 and I'm approaching 60 now, so I'll share from the side of experience that a clutch or neutral-safety should not be over-ridden. This is particularly true of any newer big twin with a high-amp capacity starter under warm engine conditions. Even brief engagement can on rare occasion actually cause enough momentum to produce an engine run that can put you rubber side up pretty quick, not to mention giving anyone standing in front of you an instant fairing ride. It's surprising how much torque a high-amp starter can produce under in-gear circumstances.
Yeah, you can bridge the safety feature, but there's no practical reason to do so.
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Yeah, you can bridge the safety feature, but there's no practical reason to do so.
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#26
08-19-2011, 01:56 PM
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This is all kinda funny cause as I read this, I couldnt tell you if I have it or not! I guess what I am trying to say is if you leave it alone, eventually it will be second nature and you wont even think about it.
I would leave it alone. I have bumped the starter many times on my 03WG with it in gear.....Not fun!
I would leave it alone. I have bumped the starter many times on my 03WG with it in gear.....Not fun!
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clutch bypass
i have an 07 ultra stripped down to a wannabe street glide. When I installed my ape hangers with new switches and wiring the harness didn't come with a clutch switch. I was told to just connect the 2 wires together and since the bike has been done the key fob alarm light stays on constantly showing a b1154 code which is clutch switch shorted to ground. The bike runs fine but will only start in neutral no matter what and light never goes out. any suggestions on how to fix this code without having to install a clutch switch? The bike is for sale and no one including myself would by it with the light on.
#30
10-02-2013, 09:20 PM
Every switch in a start circuit is one more chance for a "no start" when (not "if") it fails. With good habits, the switch is unnecessary. Obviously the owner accepts responsibility for his own brain farts, should he have one. I know the OP also requested "thoughts" but if the guy wants to do it, save the insults and criticisms.
I have disabled the equivalent switches in every manual shift vehicle I have had specifically so I can move the vehicle using the starter in an emergency, an option those with automatics don't have.
I would suspect there is a plug in the headlight nacelle for the clutch safety switch and unplugging the safety switch and putting a jumper across the plug will get the job done.
I have disabled the equivalent switches in every manual shift vehicle I have had specifically so I can move the vehicle using the starter in an emergency, an option those with automatics don't have.
I would suspect there is a plug in the headlight nacelle for the clutch safety switch and unplugging the safety switch and putting a jumper across the plug will get the job done.