Kill switch 250B Jonway By grocerygetter (Read 947 times)

[grocerygetter]

My kill switch has been acting up and regardless of my taking it apart and cleaning the contacts it only lasts now for a few hrs before it turns black in there and shuts me down randomly again. Not safe when you have to keep pulling over.

I was wondering what success people were having by replacing with essentially the same junk from an online store - in other words is current stock better than my 2007 piece.
I was thinking to go with a Honda Reflex right side switch assembly (double the price) and hopefully be done with a better part. But would the plug be the same?
I have no running light switch on that assembly like some of the replacements do.

Thoughts?

[alleyoop]

Why use the killswitch to kill the motor Most of us never use the killswitch just turn the key to off. The killswitch is supposed to be used for emergencies and switches with a lot of use do go bad and escpecially the switchs on the scoots they are not of the best quality.
Just a thought
Alleyoop

[bhinch]

I also use the key....but I use the kill switch at random times to make sure it works....I had a buddy, who went through a fence on a Harley....with it going full blast....I thought the Harley's had kill switches....I may be wrong...anyway check it ..

[grocerygetter]

I guess my snowmobiling mentality carried over to the scooter.
Difference is on my older snowmobiles we leave the key on in the event of a freeze up you are ready to go. Always just killed it and flicked the kill switch back on when it stopped.
Who reached for a kill switch anyway in an emergency? I'd likely be using all my attention to maneuver out of the circumstances.
A tether to me was the better device on snowmobiles.

Regardless I cleaned up my kill switch and havent used it since and havent had a problem.
**** However when I took it apart the first time I coated the contacts with dyelectric grease, and was wondering if too much of that was causing it to arc across the contacts and create that black streak between them?
Also, I noticed when I was having trouble with the switch shutting the bike down, my tach and temp gauge would become erratic.
I wonder if they are somehow connected in the circuit and if others have had misleading problems not realizing the source could be this crappy kill switch?

I haven't bother to replace yet as the bike is running fine but for reliablity I'm still wondering if the Honda switch would plug in at the end. BTW I followed that wire down the handlebars and into the front and that plug end is burried. Requires removing the front cowl.