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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => FZS600 Fazer => Topic started by: king1 on 08 January 2015, 06:55:39 am

Title: front brake switch
Post by: king1 on 08 January 2015, 06:55:39 am

Hi

Has anybody done a mod to the front brake switch, I am fed up of it breaking.
The latest one broke apart from ice

thanks
The latest broke from ice

Title: Re: front brake switch
Post by: JoeRock on 08 January 2015, 12:06:53 pm

Quote from: king1 on 08 January 2015, 06:55:39 am

Hi

Has anybody done a mod to the front brake switch, I am fed up of it breaking.
The latest one broke apart from ice

thanks
The latest broke from ice

You buying aftermarket copies when you replace them by any chance fella?

Title: Re: front brake switch
Post by: Jules-C on 08 January 2015, 12:45:32 pm

I've replaced mine twice in 15 years.  First replacement only lasted about a year but the second one still working fine after about 5 years. Since genuine ones are relatively cheap I didn't bother looking elsewhere.

Title: Re: front brake switch
Post by: king1 on 12 January 2015, 01:02:44 pm

I tried genuin and after market, they are all sh1te
at the moment i have what is left of the last one just danging from the handlebar
i think i will replace it in July for mot

Title: Re: front brake switch
Post by: Fazerider on 12 January 2015, 02:04:39 pm

My OE one lasted reasonably well (14 years), but the bike's under cover at both ends of my usual journey, so has an easier life than yours by the sounds of it. I did try an aftermarket one, but that failed within a few months from corrosion and the spring inside being too feeble... I kept repairing it but recently gave up and replaced it with a second-hand genuine one off ebay.
I was going to attempt to make a solid-state replacement using a magnet embedded in the lever, but decided it was more hassle than it was worth to develop.

Title: Re: front brake switch
Post by: unfazed on 12 January 2015, 07:16:16 pm

Spray the inside with WD40 before you fit it  :)