er5 sidestand cutout switch, normally closed or normally ope

[shleppy]

is the sidestand switch on the er5 a normally closed or normally open switch, i wnna know if i can just cut the thing for it to work, cleaning it every week, its rediculous.

answers and alternatives are welcome.

[wikiwiki]

I don't know much about the side stand switch but if it's not an M.O.T failure you could cut it (open circuit) or just bypass it (closed circuit) to have it working all the time.
(won't matter, open or closed, one way or the other will work)

I would guess that if the bike doesn't have it anymore then it can't fail but if it's there and not working properly it may fail.

[0ddball]

On my gpz i cut and joined the 2 wires. I'd guess it's the same on the ER5 as it's basically the same bike.
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ZXR750L

[stinkwheel]

Agreed but don't cut it.

What you'll find if you follow the wire up from it is a snap connector. Undo the snap connector, insert a piece of stripped wire bent into a U-shape into the female terminals so it bridges them then put the snap connector back together.

Achieves the same result without chopping bits off your loom. You can take it back out and clean up the switch when you sell the bike.
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[MattEMulsion]

I assume that your switch is knackered if you have to clean it every week. Why don't you just buy a new switch???
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Yamaha YZF-R6

[shleppy]

that switch will too eventually fail, and why do i need to bother with the hastle and the minor expense.

[Blau Zedong]

Just disconnect it and check with a multimeter.
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[nick606]

it would be normally closed. me thinks

[MattEMulsion]

[Ade]

[loply]

Personally I'm not keen on all these switches that prevent things, my experience is that they fail and provide hours of electrical fault finding fun.

The clutch switch that only lets you start the engine with the clutch in, the sidestand switch that kills the engine when you put it in first, the neutral switch... All just waiting to prevent you starting the engine some rainy morning when you're late for work!
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[bish777]

I just cut the wires and joined em on my GT550. That switch is on alot of kawasakis it seems. They must have a crate of them out the back of the factory.
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GSXR1100J

[Whosthedaddy]

[stinkwheel]

[Pete.]

Unplug the connector and try to start the bike. If it starts you're done if it don't bridge tehe pins. usually they are normally-closed, since if it were a normally-open switch you might never know there was a fault.

Stinkwheel is right it's an idiot-switch and there's been many models of bikes that never had one. I'm sure it's not an mot failiure, and even if it was it wouldn't be if you removed the switch completely.
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