Aftermarket left and right hand switch assemblies, any ideas

I want to change my switch assemblies. The right hand control assemblies might be a bit difficult due to it also being part of the throttle assembly. Anybody ever mess with these modifications and have any ideas?

 

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I was eyeing these, a little to much for me, but I've noticed you're not sparing much expence

 

doesn't the left hand switch have the choke lever connected to it also?

 

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Mike's XS website has OE brand new replacements in stock black or chrome. $46 and $49 each respectively.

Switches at MikesXS

 

WHOA! Do the chrome ones if you want "bling" the ones for the 79-84 XSs will fit the XJs too.

Either that or you reinvent the wheel. Good luck with that.

 

The chrome ones look nice, but the left side doesn't have the choke lever.

 

oh my god... oh... my... gawd. Dude... definitely getting those shineys!

 

Well Crap - just noticed that too. They must have changed - used to have the ones with the choke mounting. I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to rig up something good though....

 

You could probably just drill a small hole through the bottom and fit a a small bolt and nut on there to holt the lever on the bottom and pivot. There's no spring tension to resist.

 

I was actually just going to relocate the choke lever or do exactly what iwingameover suggested. I gotta have those chrome beauties, though.

 

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Actually, there is. Yamaha just calls it a "washer" but it's a funky spring washer (like a wave washer).........

 

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so would we need that if we were to make our own mount? I was thinking about rubber washers and a lot of tightening so the choke lever would stay fixed

 

"enrichment"

 

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schooter... darn you! What the heck do you mean by that?

 

so will that throttle assembly fit into the chrome switch goodies the same way as it does stock? That is the only thing keeping me from ordering the part. I would hate to get it and have to figure something else out for the throttle sleeve and cable assembly

 

Actually, it's a bit more complicated than that.............the original left side switch housings that use the integrated (bottom) rotating choke actuator lever have a built-in casting onto the bottom of the bottom switch housing case that the choke lever (and associated parts) "ride" in.....almost like a bearing race. The aftermarket (Mike's XS) control switches do NOT have this "race" cast into the bottom shell of the switch housing, and there is no real easy means of "adding" it. The bottom of the Mike's XS switch housings are flat, no mounting screw hole or anything (although that would be easy to overcome).

The choke cable is guided and retained by this choke lever "race", it's what holds the end of the cable in place within the rotating lever. Hard to describe but easy to see if you have an original XJ-series switch in your hand.

So besides all of the choke lever unit parts (rotating lever, screw, washer, wave washer), you'd also have to fabricate some type of race to be used....and that's the tricky part!

 

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theres no such thing as a choke on our bikes, rather they have an enrichment circuit that uses a lever mislabeled as choke

 

Right... because it works on the pilot circut. Sorry... just didn't get what you were saying. haha

 

It's because "ENRICHMENT CIRCUIT" wouldn't fit on the label.

I'm pretty sure you can find chrome-plated versions of the switch clusters that DO have the choke stuff; may just take some digging.

OR: Disassemble yours, and have just the shells chromed. Then apply a set of labels (readily available) and you'd be good to go.
The plating job would probably cost right around the same as the aftermarket part.

 

Since you're not sticking to 100% stock; here's some "bling" ideas:

I had everything chrome (except the exhaust system) on my '83 re-plated with BLACK chrome ("black nickel") it looks like liquid mercury.



(Not cheap though.)


Len carries these:




And these: (the chrome on the outers is fantastic compared to the originals)





Original hat on the left, one of chacal's on the right.


Powder coating is quite effective, too, and cheaper than plating:



I got the backing plate and lever done for $24. The sprocket is a genuine Yamaha NOS replacement, they came in black.
I ended up doing my carb hats in black powder coat too.


If you want to improve the brake, instead of trying to fit a different caliper, start with the rotor, pads and Stainless Steel lines:



(chacal again, except the fork boots.) Caliper painted not powder-coated.