I've been thinking to relocating the ignition switch to the traditional cheese wedge location on the left. I know there is some barriers such as the fuel tank access, forklock and glove box as well as the wiring, not to mention redoing the panel to fill the hole. Has anyone thought about this or actually done it?

I want to clean up the consolde to include moving the forward switches to a hidden location, yet accessible. That would also mean getting another console made.

Just ideas rolling in my head...

kevinx - 2009-05-01 1:41 PM Did some digging around today, and this mod would really be a piece of cake. the cables would have to be custom made, but that is no big issue. Most bicycle shops have the stuff to make what you would need from what you have. You could also bolt a door lock solenoid in place of the ignition switch for the steering lock, and set it up on a remote fob. That would be way slick

I was looking at the wedgy and it looks to be a standard piece with a glued on badge over the hole that I presume is the ignition hole. Also the cheesy wedgy mount on the bike has a hole in it as well, so it seems to me it is ready. Now, with that, will the vision ignition fit into these holes and mount? And are you sure that can't reroute the wires and them work? I'm sure there will be that one which will make it impossible. I like your door solenoid lock idea and need to look into that as it seems the ignition is also the lock itself with a piston or latch. I hate guessing, and I don't have a gayrog so I can't go look right now. I'll have a sleepless night tonight, as if I can move it, I will tomorrow and hopefully I can get the locky thingies worked out of the next few weeks. I know the gas door is just a lever or cable and can route that to do it manually. Also, I like the idea of the solenoid for the saddle locks, I think it will work as there is a lot of dead space around the latching mech and it would be possible with the right mounting scheme. High class indeed.

Got a good look at this today. I see a route that I might take if functionally it will work. First, get a standard switch for the side mount. Hopefully the tumblers will work from the Vision to the replacement switch. Second, modify the original switch by cutting of the tumbler portion and placing a solenoid that could be wired to lock when the vision is in the off position. This might be more trickier and may only be a pipe dream, but it is something to entertain our minds with. Since the gas door is manual, that could be just routed to the glove box and have a pull lever to open the door, The cable is certainly long enough.

While looking at this, it would not take much to remove that chunk that is in the way to do a right turn forklock, don't know why they didn't do that to begin with.