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Kawasakian

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I don't have any lawyer stuff wired in. Then again, I flew aircraft a lot, and none of that stuff was in there, so I learned safety, preflight lists, and have than same mentality when I ride my bike. I unsweatNS Qwhere WFO-KZ is coming from but on these older bikes, I don't want to break down on the side of the road for a "Lawyer" switch. To each his own. :)
 
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Kawasakian said:
I don't want to break down on the side of the road for a "Lawyer" switch. To each his own. :)
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Exactly, to each their own.

I can bypass those switches in a matter of minutes if I break down while on the road.

I generally trust myself to not hit the starter button without having it in neutral or clutch pulled in, but on a rare occasion I forget. What is more worrisome is when I loan my bike to my son, daughter or other rider. I cannot trust them as much as I trust myself.

Typically it is not an issue of injury to the person, it is injury to the bike when it falls over. Well except when you drive away with the side stand down. That can be really dangerous. I personally ditched my KZ900 (before the days of safety switches). I came cooking into a corner and wham, the bike refuse to lean over, I tried a 2nd time and wham it refused to lean over. By that time it was too late to do anything but prepare to motocross my beloved KZ900.

So I have to admit, I am a big fan of safety switches.
 
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WFO-KZ said:
Exactly, to each their own.

I can bypass those switches in a matter of minutes if I break down while on the road.

I generally trust myself to not hit the starter button without having it in neutral or clutch pulled in, but on a rare occasion I forget. What is more worrisome is when I loan my bike to my son, daughter or other rider. I cannot trust them as much as I trust myself.

Typically it is not an issue of injury to the person, it is injury to the bike when it falls over. Well except when you drive away with the side stand down. That can be really dangerous. I personally ditched my KZ900 (before the days of safety switches). I came cooking into a corner and wham, the bike refuse to lean over, I tried a 2nd time and wham it refused to lean over. By that time it was too late to do anything but prepare to motocross my beloved KZ900.

So I have to admit, I am a big fan of safety switches.
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My bikes are never loaned ....Only I know where it is ,
 
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Kawasakian said:
I don't have any lawyer stuff wired in. Then again, I flew aircraft a lot, and none of that stuff was in there, so I learned safety, preflight lists, and have than same mentality when I ride my bike. I unsweatNS Qwhere WFO-KZ is coming from but on these older bikes, I don't want to break down on the side of the road for a "Lawyer" switch. To each his own. :)
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Lawyer switch ?
 
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I think he means that the safety switches where added to appease the Kawasaki Corporate lawyers who were fearful of lawsuits... hence "lawyer" switch.

But I am lost on what he means by "I unsweatNS Qwhere". I must be getting too old to understand the slang. ;)
 
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Ok so back to the original conversation, honestly I'm the only one driving the bike, my old Harley didn't have any safety switches. Therefore on this bike a safety switch is a Non-start issue waiting to happen, the bike is OLD, at this point I'm going to TAP the start button feed wire and run it through a relay and fuse to the starter solenoid. I've had the bike fire off like this(i don't have the tank on because I'm patching and cleaning it) with starting fluid. So everything is working. I respect everyone's opinion and I've collectively decided its ok to do what I'm needing to do to bypass a circuit and make a new one.

Oh and Keep the wife, don't trade the bike, its a more enjoyable life!
 
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Is this a bike you are bringing back to life, or did it just stop running? Just curious. If I were bringing it back to life, I'd probably try and put on everything that was there if I could find it, and only bypass what can't be dealt with any other way. Kawasaki has a lot more of these devices than other motorcycles do, like sensing with the battery electrolyte is low. My Suzuki does not have that, I wish it did. ;)
 
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Kawasakian said:
Is this a bike you are bringing back to life, or did it just stop running? Just curious. If I were bringing it back to life, I'd probably try and put on everything that was there if I could find it, and only bypass what can't be dealt with any other way. Kawasaki has a lot more of these devices than other motorcycles do, like sensing with the battery electrolyte is low. My Suzuki does not have that, I wish it did. ;)
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the bike has been in our family for atleast 25 yrs, its recently been sitting for 13-14 years. My dad rode it last but developed a no crank issue randomly. He ran the carbs clean of gas like you should before storing in. It was in tip top condition before storing. It hasnt taken much to breathe life back into it.
 
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