kill switch question

Aceofspades
Edited Date/Time 6/27/2015 12:28pm
I have a honda killswitch for my 2000 kx 250. I wired the bk/w wire from the switch to the bk/w wire in my harness and grounded the other wire. I noticed today that the ground wire came loose but the killswitch will still shut off the bike. Is that normal or have i wired it wrong? Ive been experiencing a strange deal where my engine will be running fine at low speeds then just die. Related?
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eldebj250r 6/26/2015 7:14pm
6/26/2015 7:14pm
I had a similar problem with my 2010 crf250 bike would fire up run fine then just shut off.. It did this like 10 times in 20 minutes. Later that nite i went on this forum and some one told me to put a new kill switch on my bike. I did and it fixed the problem. If i were you i would just buy the write one for your bike on amazon they are like 30 dollars. But i will check my manuals wiring diagram and let you know.
Aceofspades 6/27/2015 1:06am
6/27/2015 1:06am Edited Date/Time 6/27/2015 1:49am
Edit: I found my pdf and the wiring schematic was indeed included. My pdf reader wasnt rendering it for some reason. Ill check my wiring tomirrow.
ToolMaker 6/27/2015 6:25am
6/27/2015 6:25am
My guess is the kill switch grounds through the mount (the little steel ring) as well for safety as a secondary backup. You can check continuity with a meter
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RyanLester761 6/27/2015 10:34am
6/27/2015 10:34am
ToolMaker wrote:
My guess is the kill switch grounds through the mount (the little steel ring) as well for safety as a secondary backup. You can check continuity...
My guess is the kill switch grounds through the mount (the little steel ring) as well for safety as a secondary backup. You can check continuity with a meter
TM
I'm trying to wrap my head around this, but I don't think the kill switch would ground if you have rubber mounted handle bars... not sure how that would work.

I'm curious if a new switch solves the problem though. Interesting scenario.

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ToolMaker 6/27/2015 12:07pm
6/27/2015 12:07pm
I have an 04 CRF250. I was curious and checked if there is continuity from the switch strap to the frame, on my bike there is.
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RyanLester761 6/27/2015 12:28pm
6/27/2015 12:28pm
Interesting. There must be a connection through the bar mount bolts or something. Who'd a thunk?

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