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Old 17-Jul-2011, 03:10 PM (840)
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Does anyone know how to permanently rewire the connector to the kickstand switch so the switch itself can be removed?

Mike
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Old 18-Jul-2011, 05:49 AM (450)
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Even though this tutorial is on a older GS it looks like
the wiring has stayed the same up to present.

http://advwisdom.hogranch.com/Wisdom/SSIBD.pdf
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Old 18-Jul-2011, 06:14 AM (468)
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Thanks, pdxrmccgs. I actually have that and tried it this past weekend. I made couplers out of some female Molex connectors and hooked them to pins #1 & #3 as shown in the photo. No joy. The '09 GSA would run in neutral but not in gear. I guess it's possible I didn't have a good connection. Do you know, by chance, what the white wire does? I may try cutting and splicing the Brown and Yellow wires and see what happens.

Mike

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Old 18-Jul-2011, 06:43 AM (488)
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Good morning.

No, I do not. Whenever I see 3 wires going to a switch I get the
chills. I was hopeing you or someone could explain the wiring
theory of this switch.

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Old 18-Jul-2011, 08:01 AM (542)
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Good morning.

No, I do not. Whenever I see 3 wires going to a switch I get the
chills. I was hopeing you or some
one could explain the wiring
theory of this switch.
Yeah, I know what you mean about "chills." I just know some Gestapo types will show up.

Mike
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Old 18-Jul-2011, 11:21 AM (681)
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Circuit stuff: I was looking at the switch for a K bike and it was
easier to figure. It appears the two power wires from the switch
would indicate kickstand up or kickstand down, so....the computer would
know that the side stand was 100 percent up or 100 percent down as
these two wires run to two different computer pins. Two power wires
running to the switch must be for redundancy or some switch logic
which is beyond my pay grade. Anybody?

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