Kill Switch

My 75 850 kill switch has died, can't seem to find proper replacement. Ideas, options??

Whatever you choose , the button should be larger as it will probably be a panic where -is -the- switch- but- now situation.

capehorner said:

My 75 850 kill switch has died, can't seem to find proper replacement.

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http://www.tri-corengland.com/acatalog/ ... PX015.html


However the original kill switch components are fairly basic and easily repairable.

I think any basic waterproof push-button, wired to ground when pushed, would work. The button on the works "hack" 650SS I rode, when working at N-V, saved my bacon when the throttles jammed wide open in rush-hour traffic. I'd have ended up among the passengers on the rear platform of an old-style double-decker bus otherwise.

That particular bike was magneto ignition. Whether grounding a coil/breaker system would burn something out, i'm not sure.

If you are talking about the Luca switch clusters contained in the aluminum housings, Sparx makes a nice replica, except it doesn't say Lucas on the housing.
Here is a link to a photo of the Sparx unit. http://www.oldbritts.com/17_39951.html
I have been told that it is not difficult to transer the switch gear from the new Sparx housing into the Lucas housing. Old Britts sells them, and probably others as well.
Stephen Hill

frankdamp said:

That particular bike was magneto ignition. Whether grounding a coil/breaker system would burn something out, i'm not sure.

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A ground switch is not suitable as it would cause a dead short.