eliminating clutch switch

TURBO200R4 said:

i have been thinking about this for several days about the consequence of what would happen if i put this info out there and someone dropped there bike and got hurt. i decided the info should be there for those that want it.
for early models. you find the black/orange wire from clutch switch and you run a jumper wire (you tap in) to the white/red wire at the starter switch (you tap in)
this should let the clutch switch work normal or when you hit starter switch would ground the clutch switch and start w/o pulling in clutch
warning if in gear the bike will move forward and probably start and your bike will take off.
you see the problem with bypassing the clutch switch
if some one is interested with a late model i can try to post colors of that.

https://www.piano-person.com/r3docs/Rocket3ElectricalDiagramLabelled.pdf

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Journeyman said:

When the switch fails it tricks the bike into thinking the clutch lever is always pulled in. This will cause your fuel gauge to stop working and, possibly, a whole list of other things that confuse the ECU. I think the jumper reproduces that type of switch failure- but it's been a while and you may be suggesting something entirely different. I posted about it with pictures of my repair to the switch years ago when I had the Roadster. I went looking for the reason my fuel gauge (and many other members here) stopped working and found the answer was- believe it or not, faulty clutch switch.

Here's what led me to that conclusion (below) and, on both the '11 Roadster and 2020 3R when I fixed the switch the fuel gauge began working again, immediately.

Fuel Level Indicator Not Working - Clutch Switch/Solved!

Here's some late night reading material that came up after some Googling results- after all, this is probably a Triumph thing, not just the Rocket3... https://www.thetriumphforum.com/threads/tiger-1050-fuel-gauge-clutch-switch.17629/...

www.r3owners.net

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TURBO200R4 said:

using my method the clutch switch is still in tact working like it should and breaking the circuit when clutch lever is released.
what happens is when you press the starter button it also grounds the clutch switch and allows the bike to start bypassing the safety clutch lever switch, by cutting the wire it would be back to stock.
you would be able to insert a on/off switch and just use it when you want to.

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