R1200 RT - kick stand switch problem (?) - how can I fool the computer ?

[RussianBear]

Guys, my 4th of July vacation week ride is about to be ruined  

please, help, here is the situation:

 i love my RT ... well ... when it starts

it did not start this morning - the kick stand switch came loose so the computer thinks that the kickstand is on and refuses to start;

is there are any way to fool the computer to think that the kik stand is off??

is it easy to replace the switch myself?

thanks,

Andrei

[twist]

I don't know if it's normally open or normally closed, but you could always unplug the wires and possibly short them.  I don't think replacing the switch is hard, but I never tried.

[Mac]

If you can find the switch connector, disconnect it, then try to start the bike. If it starts, go ride. If not, cut the kickstand switch off, making sure to leave plenty of wire to the connector. Strip 1/2" of insulation from the the wire ends. Twist them together and re connect to the wire harness on the bike where you disconnected it. The bike should start now.

Leaving the ends just twisted together would be bad, soldering them together and covering with heat shrink is the ideal solution, but if you're not able to solder or get heat shrink(available at any radio shack or harbor freight) A good temp solution is a solderless crimp (also available at radioshack). I believe the one you'd want is called a buttsplice


 and then wrap it up in electrical tape.

[twist]

Presumably, he wants the switch to be fixed and work eventually, so cutting the wires and soldering them is probably a bad idea, unless he really wants to never have that switch again  I'd suggest a more temporary method of shorting them, if they need to be shorted.  But really, I don't think replacing the switch is that hard.  Replacing it before July 4th might be a problem though.