Found strange switch! WTF?

Hey all!

Just today I opened the seat cover to change my dead battery and as I was looking around, I found a ...switch mounted on the rear compartment.

It seems to have two cables. One is going to the front of the bike and disappears behind the fairings, and the other is apparently connected to the bike's factory wiring.

What is this? I don't think that it comes like this from the factory, but I just wanted to know what it is.
I asked the dealer who sold me the bike and I am waiting for his response, but I am also asking you lot if you have any clues as to what it could be.

Before anyone asks, yes, I tried it already and nothing seems to be happening.

Any clues?

 

It is not OEM, so the previous owner added something. Having to remove the seat to turn something on or off makes me think something long the lines of a home-built alarm system, but that is obviously just conjecture.

The tan-colored wire might be easy to locate, with regard to where it goes, just because it stands out from the Honda wiring, Looks like a pretty good switch, not the normal cheap type. If you figure it out, let us know.

Edit: I just realized that you are in Greece, and this is a 4th Gen European model. I'll correct my previous statement; It doesn't LOOK like an OEM switch and installation.

 

That is the exact same toggle switch I have on my car alarm system. It allows me to completely disable the alarm system in case of an alarm malfunction. That way I can still drive the car home or to the shop to fix the problem.

Like Lgn said, the tan coloured wire should be easy to follow around the bike. If the alarm is still installed on the bike, look for some kind of horn for sound and a "black box" which will be the brains for the alarm. This toggle switch will be wired directly to the "black box" to be able to disable that.

So follow the tan wire and see where it leads you. If you stumble on to a flux capacitor, you then have a time machine. :tongue:

Good luck with the search.

 

:biggrin: :lol: That would explain the near new condition of the bike then! :lol::lol:

Well, AFAIK the bike doesn't have an alarm installed; either that or I didn't get a remote for it. :unsure:
As for the white cable, in order to trace it I need to remove the fairings -something I am not very inclined to do to be honest... So I guess I'll have to wait for the dealer's answer on this, or to check it out come service time...

 

The rear fairing is super easy to get off and on the bike.

You just need a 12 mm socket or wrench (for the passenger grab handles) and a 5 mm (I think this is the size) hex key or socket for the body work screws.

Remove the hex screws first (there's 4 of them). Then, disconnect the rear lighting at the connector. Then remove the 12 mm bolts.

Pull the sides out slightly while pulling the whole fairing backwards and up.

I would bet that the switch is some sort of ignition ground interrupt wired into the CDI box.

To test if this is some sort of anti theft device, flip the switch and try and start the bike. If it just turns over without starting, you have your answer.

 

Actually I did just that the other day. I flipped the switch, but the bike started immediately with no problem... So it looks like its either something else, or that it is disabled...

I need to get in touch with the dealer in Germany methinks.

 

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Could be a bypass switch for the thermostatic fan control to help the bike run cooler.

 

If you could tell me the COLORS of the wires that this switch is tapped into, I can probably tell you what the switch controls.

 

I'd be willing to bet that it's the Slick 50 injection switch.

 

Seat warmer?

 

2 wires; light blue and brown....:unsure:

 

$5 says its a manual override switch for the fan. Then again, why would one mount that under the seat??

 

Your guess is as good as mine mate... :unsure:
From the electrical diagram I figure it takes 12v and ground; what it actually does with it is anybody's guess though...
Oh well, I need to sort out more important issues at the moment though; stupid battery/rr/starter issue... :unsure:

 

Well, according to the schematic, the wires going to the rear harness are brown (Br) for running light power, and light blue (Lb) for the right turn signal power.

Maybe the brown wire supplies (something) power while the bike is running. The light blue could go to, whatever. You wont really know until you take the rear clip off and inspect the wiring.

 

^ what he said. Did you get that rear faring off yet?

 

Actually no... I would like to avoid messing with the bike if I can (too many plastics for clumsy ol' me)!

I see however that there's a wire going from the switch to the front of the bike, and snakes its way into the front fairings. Come service time I will know more...

 

OK, I think it's a fuel pump cut off. The bike would still start since it will have fuel in the line for a few seconds. Let the bike run for a minute with the switch on. If the bike stalls after a minute or 2 then you have your answer. This make more sense especially with the location of the switch... Good luck!

 

I finally found what this mysterious switch is all about! It is an on-off toggle for a 12v outlet hidden under the left fairings!
Apparently the previous owner wanted a power plug for his GPS system so he opted for a cutoff switch too.
Bonus!

 

I was gonna say it was the passenger side airbag control.

 

All of you are wrong!!! That switch connects to the bike's Flux Capacitor. It's what makes time travel possible on the Viffer.




Regards,
Rollin