start button

Fox17 · July 28, 2006, 11:06:15 PM

ok i took the lights off the yfz and want to get rid of that light switch. im gonna get the resistor kit so i dont have to leave the light switch on the on position. what kind of kill swtich button do i need for the start button? i have a pro armor kill switch so i dont need one of those. would a wr start button work?

53yfz450 · July 28, 2006, 11:40:52 PM

yes any dirt bike killswitch will work.

jayman · July 28, 2006, 11:44:15 PM

I tried this mod the other day, my quesion is how will a dirt bike kill switch work, it only has one wire and you need two.

Fox17 · July 29, 2006, 12:07:09 AM

i dont know? i was wonderin if a wr start button would work. it looks like a kill switch but ti is a grey bitton with a lightning bolt (or whatever) on it. i dont know how to get one but...

jayman · July 29, 2006, 12:09:08 AM

I had to go to radio shack and by a push button starter (got two for $3.99) and then I mounted it on the dash

Fox17 · July 29, 2006, 12:10:40 AM

radio shack has push button starters? for what kind of thing and what wires do you use?

jayman · July 29, 2006, 12:14:27 AM

Yeah, I went to 3 bike shops and nothing, went to the local auto parts and nothing said what the he!! and went to radio shack and to my surprise they have push button starter switches. They are not the square button they are round. Also they will not mount on the bars. They are the ones that have a round nut on them to where you can drill a hole and then mount it with a nut.

Fox17 · July 29, 2006, 12:15:54 AM

this is what i had in mind

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products/modelimagelib/66/11/1/0/image.aspx

jayman · July 29, 2006, 12:17:13 AM

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062496&cp=&origkw=push+button+switch&kw=push+button+switch&parentPage=search

Try this link

jayman · July 29, 2006, 12:19:20 AM

Yeah I was going to gut that one heres the problem the back of that is the perch for the front brake and the total cast for both items is $72.00

Fox17 · July 29, 2006, 12:23:45 AM

that is a lot of money. how do you wire the radio shack switch? just splice the wires and hook them up to the little prongs?

jayman · July 29, 2006, 12:27:45 AM

Yeah I soddered two wires to the prongs then spliced them into the old start button. It did not matter which of the two wires went on which prong. I suggest that you find a different button ( not the one from radio shack) unless you have a spot you do not mind drilling.

Fox17 · July 29, 2006, 12:33:35 AM

i dont really know how to sodder. is there any way you can just put the wires through them 2 little holes and twist them? ill look at ace or home depot at switches. i think home depot has them. i was lookin at toggle switches to replace the key on my 300ex. im pretty sure they have some. thanks for all the info.

jayman · July 29, 2006, 12:36:39 AM

Yes that is what I did with the wires then I soddered them. Once again I have heard that a kill switch will work, just wasnt able to find one that had two wires. The kill switch will look the cleanest althoug I have a plastice dash with lights so the start button is almost unnoticable.

Fox17 · July 29, 2006, 12:39:18 AM

ok i will look into it. i wish the one from the wr would work. it looks the best. that is way too much $ though.

atvtrailer · July 29, 2006, 12:53:54 AM

Quote from: fox17 on July 29, 2006, 12:39:18 AM
ok i will look into it. i wish the one from the wr would work. it looks the best. that is way too much $ though.

ask motomike, he had a kx starter button just like that on his old z400, so he could probly help u find one

TRX450R_Racer · July 29, 2006, 08:15:51 AM

I'm not familiar with the dirtbike kill button, but I would think if it is only one wire that it would be the power wire. Then when you pushed it that it would ground to the bars completing the circuit.

sweetrider215 · July 29, 2006, 08:33:58 AM

hey fox 17 i have the wr switch on mine it works fine

310R_Dude · August 01, 2006, 12:08:07 AM

Pic:
http://www.kandkatv.com/store/images/gpyzswitch.JPG

Link:

http://www.kandkatv.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=729

When removing the STOCK control you have to wire the ON switch
together also. NOT just the push button.

That means that you have to deal with 4 wires.

I love it, sooo much cleaner and better looking than that bulky plastic
pod thingy.

Dan