aftermarket gt380 ignition switch...puzzled

[Ramjam]

i just purchased one and noticed - when removing the old one - a slight difference. the 'new' one (not original suzuki part which i got from wemoto) has not got the two seperate orange and red cables in addition to the block. It only has the block. Confused.

Any need for concern?

thanks in advance

MJ in Beirut

[Alan H]

It looks like you got a wrong switch. It's probably for the early model instead of the later model. You need the switch with the 6 wires or some circuits won't work.

[Suzsmokeyallan]

As far the triples go, all of the 380 and 550 models wiring had that pair or red and orange wires, it was only the 750 that carried a single red and orange.
Of course that switch was used on a lot of other Suzuki models having only one red and one orange wire.
You need the six wire switch to make the bikes electrical circuits run as intended.
BTW what happened to the old switch??

[Ramjam]

the old switch is really buggered. key won't stay in and it looks like it is mangled up with a screwdriver...
bloody wemoto (!!!)

[Ramjam]

IS IT POssible that Wemoto know something that we don't? I looked at the pictures of ALL of their ignition switches for the gt380 and they're all the same - with ONLY the block connector.
Could it be that the two 'additional' cables were for the 'parking light' position, which, with this after-market barrell doesn't work?

In fact, i just connected it and it seems to work. Is it possible that those two 'external' cable have been bridged into the block?

thanks
MJ in Beirut

[tz375]

Yes. It is quite possible, but more likely that they make one switch work in multiple applications.

What I have been able to find online seems to indicate that the early models used a 4 wire switch and later ones used 6 wires. That info was posted recently in another post with links to a German site.

I'd say that if your bike doesn't have two spare leads that need to be connected to something and that the lights work, then the 4 wire is fine. It appears that the later models split ignition and lights into two circuits. Ignition Orange in the block and headlights via the external lead.

[Ramjam]

very useful info indeed. thanks for that. Yes, i just discovered that those red and orange cables are indeed for the lights.

question now is where do i find another one?

IN FACT, looking at the back of the new, aftermarket one, wouldn't it be simpler just to solder on two small cables onto the existing solder blobs - thus giving me a new, separate lead for the lights?

MJ

[Alan H]

Good old ebay is always a starter. There's also parts available in Europe - Germany, Holland UK and US. Depends where you can import stuff from.