BoomerCPO Posted June 4, 2008 #1 Posted June 4, 2008 Has anyone here ever used the GROUND on the Kill Switch to control the Yamaha passing lights? Is this possible to do? I never use the Kill Switch, and it would, IMHO, be a good use for this particular switch ........ Any comments/info is welcomed!! Regards.....Boomer
pegscraper Posted June 4, 2008 #3 Posted June 4, 2008 Yup yup yup. A switch can generally be wired up to operate just about anything. Boy, you keep track of me pretty good there, Squeeze. I didn't use just one side of the switch though. I cut both RUN wires loose from the switch in the headlight bucket, soldered them together and taped them up. I wired up the kill switch to operate a relay which operates the lights. It's the first time this switch has ever had any purpose at all.
BoomerCPO Posted June 4, 2008 Author #4 Posted June 4, 2008 Thanks for the info Peg.....Question: Why do the wiring inside the headlight bucket? I'm thinking of doing the wiring right at the handlebars near the Kill Switch...........and using that wiring on the GROUND side for the lights only. Do-able or not? Regards.....Boomer
Maritimer Posted June 4, 2008 #5 Posted June 4, 2008 I really like that idea of using that switch for the passing lights. More accessible then by the lighter.....and no more "WTF isn't the bike starting" comments LOL
pegscraper Posted June 4, 2008 #6 Posted June 4, 2008 The switch box doesn't have room for the relay. It's just as easy to do the rest of the wiring where the relay is. Without checking a wiring diagram and doping everything out, I didn't know where the power on the RUN circuit comes from or how much extra current it could handle. A relay doesn't take much, I know. But I preferred to keep all add ons and extras on their own circuits and fuses.
BoomerCPO Posted June 4, 2008 Author #7 Posted June 4, 2008 The switch box doesn't have room for the relay. It's just as easy to do the rest of the wiring where the relay is. Without checking a wiring diagram and doping everything out, I didn't know where the power on the RUN circuit comes from or how much extra current it could handle. A relay doesn't take much, I know. But I preferred to keep all add ons and extras on their own circuits and fuses. Dang you are right....I plumb forgot about the darn relay. Thanks Peg !! Regards.....Boomer
BuddyRich Posted June 4, 2008 #8 Posted June 4, 2008 If you use that kill switch right the bike backfires real good. Used it more than once to get someone off my tail. Lots of fun in the tunnels too.
BoomerCPO Posted June 5, 2008 Author #9 Posted June 5, 2008 If you use that kill switch right the bike backfires real good. Used it more than once to get someone off my tail. Lots of fun in the tunnels too. When I have a clown climbing up my tailpipes I generally wait until we are at a red light, get off the bike and approach the driver, and ask the fool if he is looking for trouble by tailgating me.....
BOO Posted June 5, 2008 #10 Posted June 5, 2008 Dang you are right....I plumb forgot about the darn relay. Thanks Peg !! Regards.....Boomer This the way I have mine wired also. I put the relay and did the connections inside the faring, works great. I also have my lights set a litte high so at night if I don't switch them down then the oncoming traffice gets blinded. Works great, Jerry
BOO Posted June 5, 2008 #12 Posted June 5, 2008 My bike never came with a rear headset........:whistling:
BuddyRich Posted June 5, 2008 #13 Posted June 5, 2008 Yea, But you outta see'em dive for cover when you do that in some parts of town..
KiteSquid Posted June 5, 2008 #14 Posted June 5, 2008 If you use that kill switch right the bike backfires real good. Used it more than once to get someone off my tail. Lots of fun in the tunnels too. This technique only works on carburated engines...
chollahan Posted June 14, 2008 #15 Posted June 14, 2008 could someone post a detailed "how-to" for the "get off my tail" backfire?
BoomerCPO Posted June 14, 2008 Author #16 Posted June 14, 2008 could someone post a detailed "how-to" for the "get off my tail" backfire? Pull pistol and cock....aim at rear....pull trigger.....:rotf:
pegscraper Posted June 16, 2008 #17 Posted June 16, 2008 could someone post a detailed "how-to" for the "get off my tail" backfire? I think it's called cannon cocking. It sounds like a good way to blow the packing out of your mufflers. I have a guess about how to do it, but I'm not sure. It sounds interesting. Might be grounds for turning my kill switch back into a kill switch. Maybe someone will speak up and explain it?
Squeeze Posted June 16, 2008 #18 Posted June 16, 2008 Folks, this is very easy. While riding, shut of the Engine by KillSwitch and leaving the Bike coasting in Gear and no Clutch applied, now open the Throttle two or tree Times for a second. Then just put the the Kill Switch back on .... BAMM ...
FreezyRider Posted June 16, 2008 #19 Posted June 16, 2008 (edited) could someone post a detailed "how-to" for the "get off my tail" backfire? 1. Turn the kill switch off WITHOUT pulling in the clutch so that the momentum keeps the engine turning. 2. Count to 4. 3. Turn the switch on and hope it doesn't blow off your exhaust. Back in the very early 1970's I was working for the Indiana Dept of Transportation (called it the Highway Dept back in those years) on a ditching and draining crew. We used to pull our backhoe trailer with an old, retired snow plow (International Harvester, probably built in the 60's). This old truck had a hood over the engine that was hinged down its center line, running from the radiator to the windshield. Us younger guys used to have a ball turning the ignition off at about 35mph, coasting a few seconds, then turning it back on and making a loud backfire. One day I was driving down a busy 2 lane highway pulling a loaded trailer, turning it off and back on and laughing hysterically with my coworker each time it backfired. I kept coasting longer and longer to make the explosion bigger. Finally, I went past the 'reasonable' amount of time, I guess. The explosion out of the carb was so intense that it broke the front of the hinge off it's mount by the radiator, and the entire hood pivoted up and back, covering my windshield. By the time I got it stopped and pulled off the road (driving half blind) I think I had to go change my underwear. But, being somebody who is a slow learner, it wasn't too much later that I blew the exhaust system off my mom's VW beetle doing the same thing. That one was expensive. I try not to do that anymore. Joe Edited June 16, 2008 by FreezyRider fat fingers
mbrood Posted June 17, 2008 #20 Posted June 17, 2008 Used to do this with a Kawasaki... until I launched the muffler packing out the back. Let's just say it surprised them... and me. Repair wasn't cheap.
BuddyRich Posted June 17, 2008 #23 Posted June 17, 2008 That'll get them off your tail, Start shootin things at them.. :rotf:
pegscraper Posted June 22, 2008 #24 Posted June 22, 2008 I tried this on my wife's V Star 1100 the other day, as the kill switch on hers will still actually kill the engine. I can't get it to work. The engine just starts right back up and keeps going. Where's the bang?
BuddyRich Posted June 22, 2008 #25 Posted June 22, 2008 Is it Carbed ? I usually give it a little gas and then switch it back on.
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