I’m having intermittent trouble with the kickstand cutoff sensor not engaging (so that the bike won’t start). It started after the dealer put the stand back on a little misaligned after a repair. I’ve never been stranded, but a few times I’ve had to fiddle with the bike for 10 minutes before it would start.
I assumed that the switch was basically a mechanical operation (two halves of the sensor pass within sensing distance when the kickstand is up), but that doesn’t match what I’m experiencing, which seems more like an electrical problem. When it won’t start, I think after a few failures I can “trick” the bike by turning it off and on and then starting it in neutral, then successfully putting it into first (even though I haven’t moved the kickstand in the interim). Does anyone understand why?
I will have the dealer fix it eventually, but getting it to the dealer is such a pain in the *** so I’m putting it off.
(I know you can bypass the sensor with a resistor—I even bought the resistor—but I can’t figure out how to expose the little wiring box where the resistor goes without taking the bike apart—it’s wedged tightly in a narrow spot in the frame.)
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I assumed that the switch was basically a mechanical operation (two halves of the sensor pass within sensing distance when the kickstand is up), but that doesn’t match what I’m experiencing, which seems more like an electrical problem. When it won’t start, I think after a few failures I can “trick” the bike by turning it off and on and then starting it in neutral, then successfully putting it into first (even though I haven’t moved the kickstand in the interim). Does anyone understand why?
I will have the dealer fix it eventually, but getting it to the dealer is such a pain in the *** so I’m putting it off.
(I know you can bypass the sensor with a resistor—I even bought the resistor—but I can’t figure out how to expose the little wiring box where the resistor goes without taking the bike apart—it’s wedged tightly in a narrow spot in the frame.)
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