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17 May 2011
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Hot wire an XT600e
Do you want to know how? I dont wanna just post this, as some people might think I'm helping thieves steal their bike, so I wanna hear some opinions on the subject before I do it. I come by this info because someone screw drivered my wifes ignition and we were stranded in Canada. With the help of the manual and a local bike shop, we got the bike hot wired and we rode in USA and kept going for a week before we finally got it fixed. This could help if thieves have tried(hamfisted) and failed to steal your bike and now you stuck.
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18 May 2011
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I for one would like to know, in general terms, of how you succeeded in this. I have a good idea of how it is done but would love to see how you did yours especially since you used it for the balance of your trip.
Do you think you can give us an overview of what you did without providing information to the rotten low down motorcycle theives
The old saying "inquiring minds want to know"
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8 Jul 2011
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Thanks Derek.
Good idea about carrying a small cheap switch as an emergency back up to the stock switches on the bike. That way you can install it to replace the any of the switches, in this case an ignition switch, and still keep on your trip.
Thanks for posting the information
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6 Aug 2011
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Bare in mind that a lot of "newer" bikes have a chip in the key and an aerial around the ignition barrel if the aerial gets broken the ECU can't see the chip and the bike won;t run!
R1200 and F800 spring to mind on this one as there was a spate of aerial failures stranding the riders
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6 Aug 2011
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No offence!
But I really do feel that his thread should be deleted asap.
There are enougth scrotums out there with out aiding and abetting.
Sure there are lots of arguments that could counter my request here, but really does it need much thought?
I have had two xt's stolen by this method. Sure the very young ar84h231s
knew how to do this already but come on, should I advertise where I keep my keys, or even your keys?
If a known Hubber requires help in this way, I feel sure we could PM them to help them out of a predicament.
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7 Aug 2011
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I've deleted the info. Didnt mean to offend.
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