start button

[Fox17]

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]

yes any dirt bike killswitch will work.

[jayman]

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]

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]

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]

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

[jayman]

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]

this is what i had in mind



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

[jayman]

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

Try this link

[jayman]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[310R_Dude]

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