Man..... I bought this crappy 87 that needed a motor. So i bought an 05 engine.  I've been posting diffrent things here an there so you might of read one or two of my posts and know this already, so i put the engine on and hooked everything up. I find out the kick stand wire to cut the engine off is cut so i got a new one just havent put it on though.  Anyway i figured id try'n starter up today just to see if all the work i put into this thing was worth it, and not a thing happens. I mean the lights come on and i can tell im in neutral but nothin else. So then i realize the guy before me pulled the darn wires commin out of the "Run/Off" switch out of the front brake lever.  Hmmmm.... I have a manuel....but still dont know why the wires to run the bike need to be connected to the brake.  So i try jumpin the bike by hookin the battery jumper up to the starter but nothin happens, it starts chuggin but dosent kick over....find out that the spark plug dosent spark.  Probley cause the run switch.  Is there a way to by-pass the kickstand kill switch and fix the darn run switch wires. LONG POST...but im thinkin this electrical stuff might be outta my leage. I thought plug-n-play right? If you guys have anything for me it would be cool. Also thanks for taking the time ta read this Long post.

Hmm.. When i press the front brake the brake light does NOT come on.. I took the two screws off of the brake lever ,where the Orange and White wires that were comming out of the kill switch should have gone.  And theres a little oval piece where they were souldered on.  under that theres a little copper thing with a spring behind it which pushes on the pice where the wires were souldered on. Im not sure how that works(wierdest switch ive seen).  I actually soldered two new wires onto the pice and tried splicing them together. But it didnt work.  The new wires were a tiny bite thicker though. Im thinkin that even if this switched worked would the kick stand kill switch hurt me. Plus the reason the new kick stand wire is not on is because i cant find the place to hook it up.  There are two wires on the side of my bike which i think is where it should go.  But the pieces dont line up. Same color wire and everything.  Maybe diffrent years had diffrent connecters. And my fault if this post makes me look like an idiot, but i just want this thing to work. Ive actually hooked up a bunch of electrical stuff up.....just my first time with a bike....Thanks man.

you say you havent installed the side stand sw yet that sw must be closed also(just back to ground) if you have the suzuki service manual lok at pages 9-12 to 9-14 for the 87 sidestand igntion interlock system..tells you how to trouble shoot all those components with an ohm meter...good luck!! let us know what you find...

thumperclone wrote on 04/08/08 at 19:07:20:
my guess is the diode

Alright guys.... I gotta hit the sack. Gotta work in the morning which means i might not have time ta spend with the bike.... I dont have the 05' cdi box but i have one one the way.  I read that it would just backfire if you didnt have the right one in (jus wanted to hear her fire up not run it round the block or anything). But im gonna read through the manuel and figure some stuff out tonight.  If you guys wanna throw your thoughts at me i appreciate it, so ill keep you posted thanks.

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Jmk0420,  any updates.  Did you figure it out??