• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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2010 Kill switch

Freaky

Freaky

Husqvarna
AA Class
I keep accidently knocking the kill switch on my 2010 TE250 while racing, don't know how but it happens when things get a bit hectic, also when stuck in ruts on last Sundays race I kept hitting it whilst trying to push the bike out with my thighs on the bars, has anyone dissconnected the kill switch?
Wrong design really, should be a button you have to hold until the engine dies rather than a switch.
 
I bought Glenn Kearney's TXC 250 race bike, and he obviously had the same problem as you. He removed the bar switch and rewired it to a toggle switch behind the numberplate with a start button on the bar. I'll take a picture when I get home. I have NEVER accidentally turned it off, and it also keeps my prankster friends from trying to kill my bike at stops. :)
 
Freaky said:
Thanks for the input guys, think I will dissconnect it as it has an ignition switch too.
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That would work- just over-ride the red button to a continuous connection. Then the Key can be used to shut off- Wouldn't be too conveinient though if you needed to kill the motor.
HIGHWAYdirtbikes makes some cool switches that may work better than the stock switch- I've given this issue a look at as well. I too- have accidentally killed my bike by hitting the switch in rough/tight stuff- wheter it be my knee, hip, thigh, or belly. So far it has helped to angle the switch upward (turning it on the bars) and aligning the throttle cables so it is almost covered by them and at that angle is less likely to get bumped...
 
HUSKYnXJnWI said:
So far it has helped to angle the switch upward (turning it on the bars) and aligning the throttle cables so it is almost covered by them and at that angle is less likely to get bumped...
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I thought about angling the switch gear up too but that would make it difficult on the start button, all the enduros I do are dead starts so firing it up quick is important and I aint using no kick start!!
 
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