Disconecting the side-stand switch?

[Greasy Biker]

Greetings,

I've the desire to disconnect the switch on my side-stand - it's a 2007 GS Adventure.

The reason for doing this is that I don't want to be scrabbling around in the middle of no-where when the switch itself decides to start playing games.

Over the years I've had several bikes where the side-stand switch has been a minor show-stopper, whilst I cut wires and splice a couple back together to fool the 'bike into thinking that the stand is 'up'.

I could spend an hour or so scrabbling around on the garage floor working it out for myself - but I'm getting far too old/fat/lazy for that sort of thing, so thought it better to enquire here as I'm sure this one will have been done many times already

Cheers,


GB

 

[majorbumsore]

Ive done this on a couple of mine including my current HP2e.
from memory Blue, Brown and white wires, cant remember which two to join but if its the wrong 2 first time try again.

not sure if the GSA is the same loom as the HP but there is a block connector on the side stand wires if you trace it back about 18inch, which means once you have the right wires to join you can make a nice neat job at the male plug. this saves you taping up wires to the frame.

I had a switch fail at 3 am on a french N road in the rain, bike running-- bike farting-- bike running-- bike not running-- rider not very fekkin amused.

trust me on your knees in the rain with a maglight in ya gob and a leatherman in ya hand is not the best time to do this simple mod.
if i get chance tomor I'll have a look at my wires and post the colours to connect.

Ian.

 

[majorbumsore]

OK, been and had a look while i was fitting some new side stand shims and pivot.
trace the wires back to just under the left hand (n/s) side of the tank. there you will find the plug in connector with red, white and brown wires. so was nearly right before.
connect the white and brown, isolate the red and plug back in. the bike should now run with side stand up or down.

I also removed all the plastic switch bits from the stand and wangged them in the bin, never to piss me off again

just bear in mind this is for my HP2 but im pretty sure it was the same on my 07 GSA.
Good luck and ride safe.
Ian

 

[Greasy Biker]

majorbumsore,

Many thanks for your help. My first experience of this problem was on an old air-cooled Kwak GT750 in London WC2, when working as a despatch rider in the late '80's - the failure occured on anothe DR's 'bike (working for the same company) - seemed he didn't fancy the ride out to E14 (Canary Wharf) late on a Friday afternoon, and was most put out when I 'fixed' his side-stand switch, and wished him good-day......

 

[claw]

OK, been and had a look while i was fitting some new side stand shims and pivot.
trace the wires back to just under the left hand (n/s) side of the tank. there you will find the plug in connector with red, white and brown wires. so was nearly right before.
connect the white and brown, isolate the red and plug back in. the bike should now run with side stand up or down.

I also removed all the plastic switch bits from the stand and wangged them in the bin, never to piss me off again

just bear in mind this is for my HP2 but im pretty sure it was the same on my 07 GSA.
Good luck and ride safe.
Ian

Very handy info

My first experience of this problem was on an old air-cooled Kwak GT750 in London WC2, when working as a despatch rider in the late '80's - the failure occured on anothe DR's 'bike (working for the same company) - seemed he didn't fancy the ride out to E14 (Canary Wharf) late on a Friday afternoon, and was most put out when I 'fixed' his side-stand switch, and wished him good-day......

 

[Myke Rocks]

Suggest you think carefully before you act.

In the days before sidestand switches were common, I had a Honda 650 4.
I took off from a friend's garage, and forgot about the sidestand. First left hand bend, I was "flicked" onto the wrong side of the road by the stand. If there had been anyone coming the other way, I was dead.
Another aquaintance was killed in identical circumstances a year later.
Yes, I have had such a switch failure on the Peage in France, and it caused me grief, but I would never own or ride a bike without one.
Life it too short to permit a momentary oversight become a fatal incident.

Myke