Gonna Disable my Flash to Pass

Try relaxing your grip of the bars.

Aufitt said:

Try relaxing your grip of the bars.

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Dude, that has nothing to do with it. l I don't deathgrip the thing. Like I said, I hit it in the driveway just coming out of the garage. These are smallish grips and and it easy to bump, especially with bigger gloves.

Ok, turned out to be very easy access to disconnect the wire. If anyone else wants to do this:

Left side switch housing two machine screws out from the bottom, separate housing halves and soldered terminal is right there front right on lower side red wire white stripe. De-soldered, put some heat shrink over the exposed wires and screwed housing back together - if a future owner wants to re-connect, 5-10 minute job.

foothills said:

Dude, that has nothing to do with it. l I don't deathgrip the thing. Like I said, I hit it in the driveway just coming out of the garage. These are smallish grips and and it easy to bump, especially with bigger gloves.

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I honestly have no idea how you are accidentally hitting it. I wear a Large size glove (to give perspective of how big my hand is), and I dont get anywhere near the flash to pass switch. In fact I have a hard time finding it in the rare case I do want to use it, and just forget about it altogether. Try changing the way you grip your bar. Put your hand outboard a tad bit.

Funny you say the grips are small cause they actually feel wider than my last bike, and are about normal size for a non-SS style bike.

Lastly, before you go disconnecting it, why not try to loosen that control with a philips screwdriver , grind down the alignment pin (its plastic) and try adjusting it up and down to move the switch to a different position.

Kojiiro said:

Change your grip. I dont know how you are getting anywhere near that switch without trying.

Here are some pics, with clipons (narrower than stock bars), and shorty levers:

Normal grip:

Fingers on lever:

Highly exaggerated grip to show what angle would get anywhere near the switch:

Again, either change your grip, or move your control further inboard.

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Which clip ons do you have?

In regards to the Pass switch Q - I'd suggest learning how to operate the bike more efficiently than disabling things. I was an idiot for pushing the horn button a few times when I first got the bike. I'm not going to disconnect it because of that.

Vortex with the 7deg down angle. The bars are longer than that but I cut mine short, similar to my old bike (and in part cause I made the mistake of measuring the stock bar and forgetting to add a bit extra since the stock ones have that part that protrudes outward, giving a bit more reach)