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Handlebar sizes for 500
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Trigger on January 31, 2023, 12:53:15 PM ---Not original 500 switches. More like 550 or 400/4 ;)
On a closer look, they are for outsize cables maybe 550K3 or 500T
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Bryan did tell me they were US spec parts before I bought the bike.
Oddjob:
550K3 switches Ted, not been altered by the look of them. Does it have the pass/horn button or just a horn button, can't see.
You have a choice, reuse them and run the wires outside the bars, replace them but then you have another choice, go with 550F switches that look like you already have or go back to the original 500 switches, in which case you're going to need to source a On/Off handlebar switch for the lights.
Another alternative is just to find the bodies off a 550F and swap the internals over. You only really need the bottom pieces.
Bryanj:
I remember the bars being pattern, probably why the serations are too close together and the switches were a pair from my big box of used bits that work and had external wires as the bars were not strengthened for holes. The internal wiring may look nicer but can be a pain if you need to look into the switch in the future.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Oddjob on January 31, 2023, 04:27:22 PM ---550K3 switches Ted, not been altered by the look of them. Does it have the pass/horn button or just a horn button, can't see.
You have a choice, reuse them and run the wires outside the bars, replace them but then you have another choice, go with 550F switches that look like you already have or go back to the original 500 switches, in which case you're going to need to source a On/Off handlebar switch for the lights.
Another alternative is just to find the bodies off a 550F and swap the internals over. You only really need the bottom pieces.
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Just a horn button like my 400 is - does the 500 K1 have external cables or internal?
Bryanj:
Internal originaly
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