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#1 ·
Hello everyone,
my bike got vandalised and when I got to it the ignition button was inside the housing and the inners cracked. To its credit the bike got me home. But since I have a 2009 v strom . I thought that this would be a good opportunity to just get a whole new assembly. Unfortunately it has had to come from Japan and was delivered today at a cost of ÂŁ130.
Is this a job I can do myself ? I am not a mechanic, but do oil and filer and brake service on the bike routinely. I have in the past rebuilt the top end of a CBF125. So am not completely clueless but I do like to trust the experts with anything particularly tricky on such a heavy machine. I am going to presume that someone must have posted on this as the kill switch assembly is something notorious on this bike. Any pointers much appreciated!
 
#3 ·
Only video I can find is the old one showing that if you clean the copper contacts the bike lights will work again as well as the bike starting. Unfortunately the actual plastic housing for the copper contacts is broken so I need to replace the actual unit. It seems that it has a couple of plugs, however, the bottom plug goes behind the radiator and I can't access it well enough to get to it. SO any tips as to what to remove to get to it would be great. Its annoying because it feels very much like this should be a plug and play kind of fix. I am also curious though. what are these 2 cables at the top of the unit?
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#5 ·
Its always beneficial to remove the tank so you have much better access and can see where the wire loom goes. I don't know specific for your bike but I doubt that you need to remove the radiator, probably just remove the bolts holding it in place will give you enough room to re-connect the wire loom.

Best if you have not so much fuel in the tank to make it lighter, makes handling it easier. Note where the vent and drain hoses connect, possibly mark them so no doubt which one goes where.