Controls, do we have a winner?

I think I have it now, and of course it was a $37 eBay part.

What I’m aiming for with the RH switchgear set is minimal width and the most amount of controls. Looks took a back seat on this one. I just needed to bring the clutch lever over as close to the handgrip as practical, and at the same time have the controls in easily operated positions.

The plan had been to use a separate throttle assembly and some LH side switchgear. With the throttle assembly width at 24mm it didn’t leave a lot of room before the clutch lever, and ultimately brake lever, were moved too far away. And this is why I was shelling out for compact switchgear like the K&S gear.

I took a gamble on this set from eBay as it included a throttle tube housing - with the right attachment point for the SWM throttle cable. Quality overall isn’t too shabby; aluminium housing, switches seem fine even if their fit in the housing isn’t perfect. There is a small locating pin on the rear shell of the housing which will have to, if it doesn’t align with what is on the handlebar now. The current labelling will have to go, and hopefully replaced.

Overall width is 48mm, or 44mm if I trim down a small lip to the left hand side of the housing. Assuming I take out the lip this assembly brings my clutch and brake levers 11mm toward the throttle grip. Real Estate on the handlebar is hard to come by with all of the controls in one place, so 11mm is a significant win.

Wiring this up will mean repurposing the 3 position headlight switch as my turn signals. Fortunately, the switch has the right contacts and wiring and should work. The starter button will become the horn switch, and the kill switch will become the hi/lo switch for the headlight. The plan being to wire all of this in while retaining the bikes standard LH side switchgear. Start and kill switch are in a separate housing, bolted to the back of the clutch lever perch.

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