Jumpered Switches

1. Sidestand safety switch

The sidestand lockout switch on the K11’s interrupts the ignition system to prevent using the bike with the sidestand extended. The switch which provides the "sidestand up/sidestand down" signal is positioned at the top of the sidestand, and is exposed to all sorts of road grit and other nastiness. These have been known to fail, and in doing so render the bike unridable.

Based upon my philosophy of not allowing any single system to cause the bike to be unrideable, I jumpered this circuit such that the sidestand always looks retracted, regardless of sidestand position. Also in keeping with my "don’t alter the stock bike" philosophy, this was accomplished by making a jumper and jumpering the sidestand lockout switch circuit directly off the main harness. The switch and all assorted wiring remains intact and untouched – all I have done is unplugged the sidestand switch’s connector off the main wiring harness and inserted a pin-to-pin jumper in place of the switch connector.

To re-establish the switch circuit’s stock configuration, I simply pull the jumper out and reconnect the two halves of the connector.

2. Clutch lockout switch

See above. The clutch lockout switch will prevent the engine starter circuit from activating if the bike is in gear and the clutch is not pulled in. This switch has been known to fail, and if this failure is coincident to the failure of the gear/neutral indicator, the bike cannot be started. Again, this circuit was jumpered at the connector which links the switch to the main wiring harness.