Hotwiring a 04 blackbird

[hollowgod89]

Right as a rule im unsure if i actually want to do this.

So my 04 blackbird has just started to cut out during riding in the last few days.
Weve narrowed it down to the wires leading into the ignition barrel and having a quick browse around the guess is that the connections into the barrel may have come lose/disconnected.

As im an all year rider and work/ ride down some hellish uk farm tracks my bird is slowly migrating the way of the rat. So im wondering how to go about bypassing the ignition barrel and fitting a switch instead.

Reasons being, i can access the loom wiring to the barrel easy enough but getting to the underside of the barrel is fairly difficult. And the amount of crap that gets flung between my forks and onto my radiator is horrendous.

The HISS system shouldnt be too much of an issue as its not like i dont have the keys to hand and it looks like that sensors wires come in much higher up the barrel and dont seem to have suffered any corrosion
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[jaffa90]

Commonly it`s a solid red wire from the battery and a red with a black chaser to the fuse box, it may switch live to the cooling fan and maybe parking lights?
I will pass on the h.i.s.s system but it will involve info to the e.c.u.

Also the bird brings back memories and is not suitable for shit road surfaces.
Why are you using an old bike when you are working for a living?

[Easy-X]

Bit low tech but could you cheer up the connections (e.g. a dab with a soldering iron) and then go nuts with a glue gun and seal stuff in?
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[hollowgod89]

[Tdibs]

Ultimately I think its easier to just try and clean up the connections and hot glue than to mess around trying to bypass HSS.
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[hollowgod89]

[stinkwheel]

Get a pattern ignition lock and cable tie it to the yoke/stanchion? Plug'n'play.
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[WD Forte]

I'd heard of HISS but never had a play with it so had to google it
OK, so my breif read up tells me its basically an RFID chipped key which
when it comes in the field of the HISS transciever, emits a code to allow the bike to run.
A pretty common system in many cars

This in effect relys on two codes to allow function.
One is the key code in the way it's cut to mechanically switch on power
Two is the RFID code to electronically allow sparks n shit

I have worked on bikes with aftermarket immobilisers where the above are seperate
and dont see why (in theory) you couldn't downgrade the combined HISS system to seperates
where the coded key is changed to a simple on/off switch.

In practise is where you have to think about the method
the switch can be anywhere, but the chip must be within the RF field to pass the code

Seems straightforward enough, if money's no object we can start tomorrow
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[stinkwheel]