This is my first Instructable. It will teach you to how to install a secret interrupter in your motorcycle and prevent the engine to start without your knowledge.
It can be useful to prevent theft to steal your motorcycle. It works as an additional lock system.
Here in Brazil, it's very useful.
The principle is simple: The Engine need the Ignition coil work to make the Spark Plug to Work and make possible the engine to run... All we will do is to create a way to disable the Ignition coil and, by consequence, disable all the Engine.
NOTE: This instructable is available in Brazilian Portuguese in my Blog.
It can be useful to prevent theft to steal your motorcycle. It works as an additional lock system.
Here in Brazil, it's very useful.
The principle is simple: The Engine need the Ignition coil work to make the Spark Plug to Work and make possible the engine to run... All we will do is to create a way to disable the Ignition coil and, by consequence, disable all the Engine.
NOTE: This instructable is available in Brazilian Portuguese in my Blog.
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You will need:
- Some Tools (The tools that come with the motorcycle can do the service well)
- 1~2 meters of double wire
- An Small Interrupter (black or other Dark color if possible)
- A Cutting Tool
- Electric Tape
Most motorcycles come with basic tools, that can be very helpful in an emergency situation. These tools can handle this job, but if you have better tools to work, use them.
The wires will be connected to the interrupter and to the Ignition coil of the Motorcycle.
The Cutting tool is necessary to cut the wires and the Electric tape to isolate them.
- Some Tools (The tools that come with the motorcycle can do the service well)
- 1~2 meters of double wire
- An Small Interrupter (black or other Dark color if possible)
- A Cutting Tool
- Electric Tape
Most motorcycles come with basic tools, that can be very helpful in an emergency situation. These tools can handle this job, but if you have better tools to work, use them.
The wires will be connected to the interrupter and to the Ignition coil of the Motorcycle.
The Cutting tool is necessary to cut the wires and the Electric tape to isolate them.
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I was thinking of this same concept for a car. Interrupt the battery-to-starter wire. Same concept.
There is going to be a wire between the ECM and ICM or ICM and ignition coil pack that you could put the switch on instead. That's the equivalent of what this instructable did to the motorcycle.
Mine's a late 60's holden (GM to americans) and it starts better in neutral with the clutch out (connected), because the weight of the flywheel helps keep the gubbons turning over.
You can still start it perfectly well with the clutch in (separated) but its easier on the motor the other way.
"Stick" is a silly word... here we refer to them as manual or automatic.
An automatic transmission generally still has a gearstick... I've never seen a pushbutton automatic outside of a Bus, but google says Chrysler made them for cars.
The 2011 Chevrolet Spark I drove in France this past summer and my '91 Honda Civic wagon had this feature... my '91 Lada wagon doesn't.
Cheers !!
What make/model has this feature?
Now, that's not to say that the switch hasn't been bypassed. People do that, and there are videos on YouTube that show how to do it.
Cheers,
Daniel
I have also driven lots of 'stick shift' cars without this feature so whether you need 'clutch down' to start just depends on which car you have.
LONG overdue.
Even if you drop or lose your magnet, you can leave yourself a spare just about anywhere on the bike (or car) for that matter - even use an EMPTY spare key box's magnet as the spare!
Now all we need is a micro cell phone+GPS to get powered up and autodial you should someone attempt to start the vehicle without said switch in place!
Since I drive a minivan and a Subaru Forester, my cars are not nearly as big of a target as the BMWs and Mercedes Benz making up 40% of the vehicles in the parking lot at work.
* get a medium duty lock.
* put the lock leg in between chain-eyes. Bike can not and will not roll.
* dont lose the key
I live in a region where bikes are stolen at least 5 units every single day. Most of them are already booked/logged, meaning the preps have a laundry list of "would-be-stolen-bikes" based on model, year, and MSRP. Ironically, many of these stolen bikes are being sold in the black market for parts down to nuts and bolts. Common methods are using fake/duplicated keys, T-shape smart tool, re-wiring etc all done within minutes. I had once ran on two blokes pulling a stolen bike by hand. So, when you're bike can roll without could not even start, it stil is steal-able. (is this is even a word?!)
in my place at least there is two popular ways is quite effective in preventing theft:
1. using the padlock, sometimes also coupled with the large chain LOL :D
2. If your have motorcycle with conventional ignition key, replacing the original ignition key, with the key form of nazi or E form, or replace the ignition key with smart key shutter
The best way to prevent theft is still the good 'old fashioned lock and chain!
After asking for help on another forum I got this response:
"You have probably partially destroyed the capacitor in the CDi box.
If you dis-connect the feed to the coil while the engine is running the capacitor has no where to discharge to - but is still being charged. Basically the voltage builds until the capacitor's insulation starts to break down. Once that happens its good bye CDi unit.
The only way to shut off the ignition is to kill the voltage that charges the capacitor - this is what the kill switch does when the black/white wire is shorted to the frame."
I'm no expert regarding electrics, but something's definitely not right here.
Be careful