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Offline ratguzzi

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Loop brake light switch fix
« on: June 12, 2019, 02:21:34 PM »
I always seemed to have bad luck with the original rear brake light switch. Seems they'd short out easily. So when it went bad again, I found a 70s Yamaha switch, drilled a hole in the battery tray and added a key ring for more length. Works great!
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Re: Loop brake light switch fix
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2019, 02:44:10 PM »
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The loop switches are not very good
Because I am running an LED Stop/Tail I have been thinking about reed switches front and rear.
« Last Edit: June 12, 2019, 02:45:59 PM by Kiwi_Roy »
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Re: Loop brake light switch fix
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2019, 04:10:01 PM »
Some of the recent replacements leave a bit to be desired, but the original (rectangular, metal cased "snuffbox") switches are very durable. 50 years and 111k miles so far on the original one on my '69. I put a NOS one on my V700 when I built it.
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