Need help asap stuck at gas station
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Need help asap stuck at gas station
Well I finally got my bike running again, at my house getting ready to leave it would stall when put into first. I noticed the stand light would go off if any weight was on the stand, so I messed with the plug and got it to go. I stopped to get gas and its doing the same thing and I can't get it to work. Anything I can do here to bypass the switch?
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Or the kickstand switch isn't working correctly. You can try to bypass it with some aluminum foil or wire or something... you just need to make a connection in the little plug that is connected to the kickstand. Unplug it and bypass it to see if that works.
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If your kickstand switch is malfunctioning, the bike thinks that the kickstand is down all the time, hence it kills it when you put it in gear (it's a safety feature so that you don't take off with the kickstand down)
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There are three reciever plugs i think... let me check on my bike real quick. When your kickstand is up, it makes a connection between these... yours may not be doing this so you just override it by making it so your bike thinks your kickstand is always up
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I see that the plug going into the stand has 3 prongs, I pulled it and cleaned it up a little and still nothing. My guess is that the switch isn't closing and signaling the stand is up, I just don't know how to by pass it
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Wiring diagram indicates that if you connect the two green wires that you should be good. The yellow wire appears to be just your indicator light which isn't really that important to you right now
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Yes I did. I got home and soldered the wires together for a permanent bypass. I'm not worried about the stand, I've been riding long enough that its become habit (theyve taken me out before, I don't want it to happen again haha)
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For the difficulty of it you should really just replace or fix the sidestand switch. I have never seen someone defeat a failsafe and not had it end in great unhappiness.
Not to mention how dumb you'll feel recovering from injuries due to you defeating a system
Not to mention how dumb you'll feel recovering from injuries due to you defeating a system
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I'm honestly not worried about it right now as my front cct just went out right after I fixed the switch. I've had my r/r, battery, side stand switch, and now cct all go bad in a week. So im going to replace the ccts and worry about the little things later. I'm just getting bummed out as I've only had this bike 3 weeks.
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I'm honestly not worried about it right now as my front cct just went out right after I fixed the switch. I've had my r/r, battery, side stand switch, and now cct all go bad in a week. So im going to replace the ccts and worry about the little things later. I'm just getting bummed out as I've only had this bike 3 weeks.
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If you are in a pinch... Still at the station? Can he not -go under the seat, find the lead for the kick stand switch.. cut the leads- twist the leads together and solve the problem???
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That is essentially what I did, but instead of the leads under the seat, I did the leads near the kickstand. I will eventually remove that whole switch wire loom as I dont want it anymore and I will solder the harness leads together.
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I knew a guy who went down because of his kickstand, he had a really bad limp the rest of his life
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I appreciate it partsman, if you're willing to do that ill take it.
When I was a kid I raced motocross. One race at the state fair I forgot to put my kickstand up (they didn't make us take them off until we moved up to 125cc. This was on a bored and stroked yz80. I got the holeshot out of the gate and in the first left turn slammed my face into a tractor tire when my stand hit the dirt. I was sore but most of all embarrassed. I used to ride that thing threw my neighborhood to get to a track in a big empty field, same thing happened on the street and it was much worse. Since then I have always checked my stand, much like I always put my seatbelt on in the car. It's just habit. I can't argue with trying to be safe though
When I was a kid I raced motocross. One race at the state fair I forgot to put my kickstand up (they didn't make us take them off until we moved up to 125cc. This was on a bored and stroked yz80. I got the holeshot out of the gate and in the first left turn slammed my face into a tractor tire when my stand hit the dirt. I was sore but most of all embarrassed. I used to ride that thing threw my neighborhood to get to a track in a big empty field, same thing happened on the street and it was much worse. Since then I have always checked my stand, much like I always put my seatbelt on in the car. It's just habit. I can't argue with trying to be safe though
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Some older bikes, like my CB750F had a piece of rubber that hangs down about an inch lower than the bottom of the kickstand. In theory the rubber piece hits the road first and flips the stand up before it hits the road. I wouldn't want to test it out though!
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I rode a KZ550 for a while that had no sidestand switch. Took off through a parking lot with the stand down and it caught one of the uprises in the asphalt and slammed against the frame. Luckily it only shook me and didn't send me down. Since then I am very welcoming to bikes with sidestand switches.
