Thats at least 2 people on here offering to buy me beer.
mmm beer.
I'll start packing in the morning.

A personal favourite.

 

A half twist of lime for the beer!

 

Neil -- make that at least 3...this is a good thread. Your adventures into switchdome are appreciated.

And there's at least one in the fridge for Dan and Red too!

My switch is now attached to the bars with a couple zip ties. Stock headlight and instruments were removed during tear down. Had to take her for a few runs around the shop yard after jet kit and HMF wheelupsweet. What a difference the new pilot and drilling choke circuit makes on start up ! Night and day difference all around. I can't wait to get out on the trail. Anyway...getting off track here. My '06 doesn't have a parking light circuit on the ignition switch and I certainly don't want to add one. Will put a spst on the headlight ground/earth wire and hopefully the same on the ignition for now (or do I need the ddpqtw/ht?) with a keyed switch sometime later after figuring out what I want to do with the whole instrument situation. Keep up the good reports.

 

Are you guys using high amperage dc rated switches to replace the ignition switch? I stopped at a local electronics supply house, and the guy said I needed heavy duty switches, that he didn't have. I tried to explain that I didn't think the on off switch carried the high amp starting current, but he doubted what i was saying. I had it temporarily wired up with an old cheap toggle switch i had laying around. It worked, I don't know how long it would last though. I bought a small 10 amp rated switch to give it a go anyway. Just curious if you guys think it is an issue?
Thanks Dan

 

A switch rated at 10 amps DC should be enough.
Your right about the switch not carrying current for the starter motor.
Think headlight, tail and plate light, ignition circuit, indicators and any accessories you may have connected.

I used one which was lying around and I don't know the rating.
I could go and check.
Hasn't missed a beat in the years I've been using it.

 

Thanks Neil, that's the way I'm going to do it, if it burns up I'll upgrade it. Keeping dry down there?
Dan

 

You willhave no problems wth that switch.

 

No probs on this side of Aus.
Well not flooding anyway.
We have had one of the driest years on record and we desperately need some rain.
But the entire east coast has been hammered with rain.
And that was after a 10 years drought.

 

I checked the switch I installed and its rated at 10A AC 250V or 15A AC 125V.
It has no DC rating which is normally a lot lower than a switches AC rating.

But i've had no issue and the switch was originally installed in March 07.

https://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum...highlight=dash

 

Thanks again Neil and Red, My switch has the same ratings as the ones Neil just posted. I just finished cleaning and re greasing all the swing-arm bearings yesterday. Think I will work on a mount for the Vapor spedo today, and integrate the On Off switch into that mount.

Neil wrote "We have had one of the driest years on record and we desperately need some rain.
But the entire east coast has been hammered with rain.
And that was after a 10 years drought. "
Doesn't that just figure? Too bad you couldn't dig a ditch from one end of AUS to the other and trade the water off.
Dan