As some of you will know, I fitted Hagon shocks to my bike, and removed the air hoses as they weren't needed.
I disconnected the wiring and tie wrapped it out of the way, but I still have the warning light illuminating when I go for a ride.
Can an electrical guru please advise what is the best way to stop it lighting up.
Obviously I can just take out the bulb, but I read somewhere that you can do something to the wire for the same effect. I just need clear instruction so that there is no problem to my already suspect electrical system.
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Previous Rides,
1980 CB250N Good to learn on
1981 CX500 good mid range tourer, went to Austria on it!
1983 GL1100C Pride and joy, sold when I bought my 1st house, big mistake
1985 GL650 Silverwing another mistake, horrible bike
1986 CBX550 Good commuter
1989 Suzuki GS750 (1976) cheap and cheerful until a dog ran out in front of me on Xmas Eve, 1991
Current bikes
2010 CB1300 back on a bike after 19 years, two divorces, children grown up etc
1980 GL1100 NOW ON THE ROAD, still use CB1300.
IIRC, the switch makes a ground when the pressure is high enough. Check to see if it's 'hot' when the bike is running. If so, pulling the bulb is the best way to fix it without messing with the wiring too much.
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Track T 2411 wrote:IIRC, the switch makes a ground when the pressure is high enough.
That implies that if the switch connects to ground that the bulb will go out. If this is true, then simply grounding the wire will turn the bulb off. I suspect however, that the switch grounds when pressure is too low - just like the oil pressure switch. In which case, DON'T ground the wire as it will blow a fuse. Either way, removing the bulb is the safest and easiest.
Is the switch your talking about, the part the wire in the photo connects to? If so I removed it as I won't put the original shocks back on. So thinking about grounding the wire and have a spare fuse ready.
Previous Rides,
1980 CB250N Good to learn on
1981 CX500 good mid range tourer, went to Austria on it!
1983 GL1100C Pride and joy, sold when I bought my 1st house, big mistake
1985 GL650 Silverwing another mistake, horrible bike
1986 CBX550 Good commuter
1989 Suzuki GS750 (1976) cheap and cheerful until a dog ran out in front of me on Xmas Eve, 1991
Current bikes
2010 CB1300 back on a bike after 19 years, two divorces, children grown up etc
1980 GL1100 NOW ON THE ROAD, still use CB1300.
I disconnected the switch (like shown in the picture) and added a bullet connector to a wire, connected it to that wire and ran the other end to the bolt that holds the switch in place.
Gerry
Current ride: 82' GL1100
1st ride: 81' Suzuki GN400
mcgovern61 wrote:I disconnected the switch (like shown in the picture) and added a bullet connector to a wire, connected it to that wire and ran the other end to the bolt that holds the switch in place.
I take it that stopped the light coming on with no adverse effects!
Previous Rides,
1980 CB250N Good to learn on
1981 CX500 good mid range tourer, went to Austria on it!
1983 GL1100C Pride and joy, sold when I bought my 1st house, big mistake
1985 GL650 Silverwing another mistake, horrible bike
1986 CBX550 Good commuter
1989 Suzuki GS750 (1976) cheap and cheerful until a dog ran out in front of me on Xmas Eve, 1991
Current bikes
2010 CB1300 back on a bike after 19 years, two divorces, children grown up etc
1980 GL1100 NOW ON THE ROAD, still use CB1300.
Previous Rides,
1980 CB250N Good to learn on
1981 CX500 good mid range tourer, went to Austria on it!
1983 GL1100C Pride and joy, sold when I bought my 1st house, big mistake
1985 GL650 Silverwing another mistake, horrible bike
1986 CBX550 Good commuter
1989 Suzuki GS750 (1976) cheap and cheerful until a dog ran out in front of me on Xmas Eve, 1991
Current bikes
2010 CB1300 back on a bike after 19 years, two divorces, children grown up etc
1980 GL1100 NOW ON THE ROAD, still use CB1300.
