So you might have read my last post and asked yourself: Where did he put the starter switch? Well, the truth is I had no plan or strategy for the switch, just some vague ideas that I never put into action. In the end it all worked out though.

I had replaced the original switch with a mini SPST momentary switch. The switch measured small enough to actually fit inside the bar but I had no real intentions of attempting to mount it inside so I kinda just stuffed it in the existing hole I had made last summer for running the wires. I figured I would worry about it later but it turned out that after I had installed the new throttle the switch kinda just worked the way it was (haphazardly stuffed at an angle in the bar hole). The hole is underneath the bar so you can’t see the switch from any angle, but I can still reach it with my thumb when I need it. It’s out of the way, works, and doesn’t look half bad. I’m keeping it that way until a better alternative comes up. As far as I’m concerned I’m done with the right side of the bars.

Relocating the kill switch was an easy decision. It was independent of the starter switch and didn’t interfere with any other electrical system. The starter switch is another story because the headlight is wired into it. It took me a few days to decide to separate the two systems mainly because I couldn’t find the proper switch small enough to fit inside the bars. Actually, I did find a switch but no one had it in stock, anyway I’m glad I went the other way and separated the headlight from the starter switch. It looks good, and the “Brit Style” switch lets me turn off the headlight when I desire (or forget to turn it on like my ride this afternoon).

Luckily these headlight brackets had cosmetic holes in them begging to be filled with mini switches. Clearly, down is the off position and up is the on position.