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CB400F right-hand switch module removal
mattsz:
Just out of curiosity, are there any spare UK or Euro right-hand switch modules (with the "off-park-headlight" switch) for the CF400F floating around? Or are they rare and valuable?
Laverda Dave:
DS sells both original and pattern 400/4 switch modules.
mattsz:
--- Quote from: Laverda120 on January 04, 2019, 09:59:44 AM ---DS sells both original and pattern 400/4 switch modules.
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Thanks Laverda - the ones shown on the DS website don't look quite right... maybe just because they're new, and my original ones are somewhat faded? That's why I was asking about original spares, maybe off wrecks or custom builds. But as I suggested, maybe these are rare and/or valuable, and I understand the pitfalls of buying 40-year-old electrics of unknown history.
Are the originals sold by DS really just that? Does anyone know if there are drastic differences in quality between their original and pattern ones?
Also, my bike is a '77 USA spec, which never came with the switchable lights; DS doesn't sell these modules from their US store, so I'd have to order from the UK either way. Also, my bike has higher handlebars, which apparently weren't available originally in the UK? So I'm wondering if the wires on a UK spec switch module would be too short? I understand that there's guys on this forum with '77 USA imports who have made the "switch" (sorry!)... any issues?
Laverda Dave:
I bought new switch assembles from DS and they are exactly the same as the old ones although of course 'new' and therefore without the rubbing off of paint as you'd have with used parts. It does sound though that you may have a problem with cable length for your higher bars.
You may have to go the US breaker route to get the parts you need.
mattsz:
--- Quote from: Laverda120 on January 04, 2019, 01:32:10 PM ---I bought new switch assembles from DS and they are exactly the same as the old ones although of course 'new' and therefore without the rubbing off of paint as you'd have with used parts. It does sound though that you may have a problem with cable length for your higher bars.
You may have to go the US breaker route to get the parts you need.
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I don't know if that's an option: the US bikes went to the high bars for '77, but didn't have switchable lights by then... is there an easy way to figure out what parts might be interchangeable between models?
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