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Serious warning

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matthewmosse:
My  550 did this on a motorway but in daylight so not so bad, wd40 down the ignition barrel sorted it, fuse went on my 500 in the dark once, wasn't fun, I've still got a spotlight that I intend to fit on a seperate fused circuit, one day ::)

Dave M:
That happened to me a few years ago on a CB750 so I removed the lock part and opened the ignition switch up and found the the contacts in the switch bit were burnt out.

Tried to get the just the switch from a scrappy but they were adamant that the lock part didn't separate from the switch bit so I had to have the whole unit. Got it cheaper cos there was no key.

Once home I did what they said was impossible and removed the switch. The switch was in excellent condition so I fitted the old lock to it and all was well again and still is to this day.

I would imagine if the contacts hadn't burnt out they could probably have been cleaned up.

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