I've had an intermittent ignition problem for a few weeks since it started raining, finally tracked down to the ignition switch itself when it got severe enough (symptoms: tacho needle moving, battery warning light glowing and of course, engine stopping). Pulled off the rubber boot on the back and could feel the red terminal was quite hot. So I checked the schematic and put a clip lead across 2 wires .. hey presto ignition on and off I went to the shops. Used the kill switch to shut it down so I didn't even bother to take a key with me.
Now you can do this in about 20 seconds with absolutely no tools at all though I am not sure if my bike is maybe missing a cover under the ignition switch ?
So short of using the steering lock which is a right pain can anyone think of an ideal solution to improve simple ride away security.
I am thinking of maybe a hidden switch to short one of the important lines on the ignition module to ground to start with, but I'm sure we could come up with something better.
I'm an electronics tech so I'm happy to build something up if anyone has a good idea.
ps .. deliberately did not mention the word h0tw1re (<- thats a cuppla numbers in there) so hopefully this thread won't pop up in google for the bad guys.