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kebe

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Hi, 
does anyone know where the connector for the front brake light switch is?
I hope I don't need to remove the fuel tank...

    

firstle

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on mine just under the tank right hand side , sorry

    

Dai

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As firstle says... the tank has to come off.


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1983 K100 naked upgraded to K100LT spec after spending time as an RS and an RT
1987 K100RT
Others...
1978 Moto Guzzi 850-T3, 1979 Moto Guzzi 850-T3 California,1993 Moto Guzzi 1100ie California
2020 Royal Enfield Bullet 500
    

92KK 84WW Olaf

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If you have done it before on your own bike and know where every connector is you can do it without disconnecting the tank but its a pain, better to remove the tank.

I have changed a few without removing the tank, last one was only a few weeks ago on my 83 RS, didn't disconnect the tank and just wedged it up enough to access the connector.

But I now keep a few 5 litre containers and a little bulb primer and pipe I got from Tills.de for about €3.50 and its a doddle to empty the tank and just put the petrol into one of the other bikes.


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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles. 
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 51,800 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 63,390 miles

Past:
1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
Honda CX 500
    

Point-Seven-five

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You can remove the tank by only getting the seat off and out of the way.  The fairing does not prevent lifting the rear of the tank and moving it back and up.  There often is enough slack in the fuel lines to get the tank back far enough to get to the electrical connections under the tank.

If you remove the fuel return line from it's spigot on the tank, you can extend the hose with an 8mm hose coupling and a couple feet of cheap 8mm I.D. hose so you can pump the tank out with the fuel pump while the engine is running.  Only takes a couple minutes.  The return line is the hose that comes out from behind the air box where the regulator is hidden.  The supply from the pump is the line that goes directly from the tank to the fuel rail.


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Present: 1991 K100RS "Moby Brick Too"
 
Past:
1994 K75RT "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS"
1988 K100RS SE "Special Ed"
1994 K75S "Cheetos"
1992 K100RS "Moby Brick" R.I.P.
1982 Honda FT500
1979 Honda XR185
1977 Honda XL125
1974 Honda XL125
1972 OSSA Pioneer 250
1968 Kawasaki 175
    

duck

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As they say, "It's a tankless job." Very Happy


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Current stable:
86 Custom K100 (standard fairing, K75 Belly pan, Ceramic chromed engine covers, paralever)
K75 Frankenbrick (Paralever, K11 front end, hybrid ABS, K1100RS fairing, radial tires)
86 K75C Turbo w/ paralever
94 K1100RS
93 K1100LT
91 K1
93 K75S (K11 front end)
91 K75S (K1 front end)
14 Yamaha WR250R
98 Taxi Cab K1200RS
14 K1600GT
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kebe

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Thanks for the replies
I will give it a try in a couple of days

    

kebe

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I managed to prop up the tank using some old bedsheets. Hopefully none of the potentially brittle fuel lines were damaged...
It took some time to locate the connector and cutting the zipties in such confined space.
Here's a picture incase someone might need to know where to look

Front brakelight switch connector location on K100RS Qdnrnz

    

Laitch

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kebe wrote:I managed to prop up the tank using some old bedsheets.
Pants tents have been used for that, too.


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