Ignition Switch

[froudy]

Saw this on eBay today if anyone is interested. Could be a pile of dog dirt as it's very cheap to say the least.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ignition-Switch-Lock-Fuel-Gas-Cap-Key-Set-For-Suzuki-SV650-GSX1400-DL650-BE/353224095217?hash=item523dcbf5f1:g:sE0AAOSwWspfUKAs

Be careful. I know a lot of Bandit owners that have tried these cheap, probably Chinesium lock sets and the ignition doesn't work. The Chinese didn't fit the required 100 Ohm resistor and they won't spark without it.

[Big Phil]

As said, not recommending these, they may be a pile of do do, but if my Ignition switch was done and I was on a budget 🤔

[Hooli]

If you can swap the ignition switch then you can strip & clean the original, much safer option than chineseium tatt.

[Blubber]

As said, not recommending these, they may be a pile of do do, but if my Ignition switch was done and I was on a budget 🤔

I have been on a budget (for my project) and tried those. I was in need of a ignition switch. Whilst everything else fits nicely, the electrical circuit in the ignition switch does not match the OEM circuit. From that complete set... i ended up using the gas cap gasket. The rest i binned and i bought a second hand OEM switch from a SV to get my project started... literaly 

I could not get it to work by swapping the pins over in the connector,  a resolder and extra wires are needed to get this to work. I opted not to do that for my pile of bits as i didn't want to be chasing my own tail out of cheapness 

[Big Phil]

Clearly cheap for a reason then. Another case of if it seems too good to be true 🤔

[loxsmith]

Just giving a quick thanks to @northern for posting the photos and info on the ignition clean out. 

Bike started throwing C42 error codes randomly over the last week to 10 days, followed the photos and gave everything a good clean out... Problem solved.   

Mine left me stranded a week ago a long way from home with a C42 code recorded

Any chance you could share where Northern posted to pic/prodecure on how to do this please?

[Hooli]

Just giving a quick thanks to @northern for posting the photos and info on the ignition clean out. 

Bike started throwing C42 error codes randomly over the last week to 10 days, followed the photos and gave everything a good clean out... Problem solved.   

Mine left me stranded a week ago a long way from home with a C42 code recorded

Any chance you could share where Northern posted to pic/prodecure on how to do this please?

Have look in the technical sections of the forum, there's a guide to the job I wrote in there.
The shirt version is, top yoke off, turn it over, drill or centre punch the security bolts out that hold the switch together. Clean the guts of the switch out and reassemble with new bolts/machine screws.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

A short sharp blast of clean compressed air into the key hole can also help in an emergency, I carry an inflation needle (the ones used for soccer and basketball) in my toolkit, you can push them into the service station air chucks.

[gsxbarmy]

Have look in the technical sections of the forum, there's a guide to the job I wrote in there.
The shirt version is, top yoke off, turn it over, drill or centre punch the security bolts out that hold the switch together. Clean the guts of the switch out and reassemble with new bolts/machine screws.

Just giving a quick thanks to @northern for posting the photos and info on the ignition clean out. 

Bike started throwing C42 error codes randomly over the last week to 10 days, followed the photos and gave everything a good clean out... Problem solved.   

Mine left me stranded a week ago a long way from home with a C42 code recorded

Any chance you could share where Northern posted to pic/prodecure on how to do this please?

Have look in the technical sections of the forum, there's a guide to the job I wrote in there.
The shirt version is, top yoke off, turn it over, drill or centre punch the security bolts out that hold the switch together. Clean the guts of the switch out and reassemble with new bolts/machine screws.

@loxsmith this is the article @Hooli referred to: https://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=6268.0