What To Do With That Useless Hole!?

[GigaWhiskey]

What is the story with that hole. I heard it was for a manual choke but i already got one on the left handlebar.

 

I want to put a switch there for my driving lights. Is this gonna happen? Do they make them skinny enough to fit that hole and and enough room for the 3 blades underneath?

 

An inquiring mind wants to know and also plug that annoying hole!

 

PS. I forgot to tell you where the hole is. It is the one next to the ignition switch.

Edited May 24, 2008 by GigaWhiskey
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[hipshot]

brother, that's called a "rat hole"!!!!!

you take all your "spare "$$$$ bills, " and stuff 'em in that hole, - - - for future safety chrome, gas, or small batch , stuff!

lol

 

 

 

i haven't noticed the hole, on my bike, but i will look in the a. m .!

lol

just jt:confused24:

[Rocket]

What is the story with that hole. I heard it was for a manual choke but i already got one on the left handlebar.

 

I want to put a switch there for my driving lights. Is this gonna happen? Do they make them skinny enough to fit that hole and and enough room for the 3 blades underneath?

 

An inquiring mind wants to know and also plug that annoying hole!

 

PS. I forgot to tell you where the hole is. It is the one next to the ignition switch.

 

That is where the air chuck, pressurizes the front forks with air, on a standard version (no CLASS setup)

[GigaWhiskey]

That is where the air chuck, pressurizes the front forks with air, on a standard version (no CLASS setup)

 

Well I'll be darn. There is a use for that hole after all. Now I am gonna wonder if there was a plug or something perty for that hole that come up missing on mine.

 

Hope I can fit a switch in there, it would shore look better.

[greg_in_london]

I always had an odd light, labelled in Japanese hanging around near there and assumedit was a warning if you went over 55mph or some such rubbish. I used it to put the switch for a wave band extender so I could tune to UK radio stations.

 

A place to pump up the front forks would be handy though as my CLASS loses air. Or maybe it's the forks themselves... Either way, I wonder how easy it would be to reconnect (so I could get more than 22 psi).

[Condor]

Well I'll be darn. There is a use for that hole after all. Now I am gonna wonder if there was a plug or something perty for that hole that come up missing on mine.

 

Hope I can fit a switch in there, it would shore look better.

 

There originally was a plug/cap that fit in there on the Royales. Your's may have gotten legs. It actually didn't fit in the hole but on the flange underneath the cover. The '84 I just picked up has a button installed in the hole. I still haven't figured out what the dang thing does yet....

[friesman]

What is the story with that hole. I heard it was for a manual choke but i already got one on the left handlebar.

 

I want to put a switch there for my driving lights. Is this gonna happen? Do they make them skinny enough to fit that hole and and enough room for the 3 blades underneath?

 

An inquiring mind wants to know and also plug that annoying hole!

 

PS. I forgot to tell you where the hole is. It is the one next to the ignition switch.

 

If you would take pics and document what youre doing , it would be appreciated. Mine still has a fill in plastic plug over the top, but I was thinking like you, it was crying out for a switch or a light just to look finished!

 

Brian:cool10:

[KingSizer]

When I first read the title to this thread I thought it was about something else, then I remembered this is a PG rated site.:rotf:

[greg_in_london]

I thought we were talking about a hole in the dash, top right of the removeable stero insert, but now I realise that people are talking about the hole in piece of plastic around the ignition switch. Mine too has a blanking plug, but looking at the manual for the standard XVZ12TK I can see that the schroeder valve for the air assistance on the front forks would have poked through here.

[mbrood]

I mounted an illuminated batwing switch there for extra running lights. Reasonable amount of room.