Kill switch = fail

[Rodney007]

after purchasing a teather switch, I thought I would give it a go,
I located an ignition wire and installed it, but I lol'd myself.

It worked reverse. key out = bike on , key in = bike off, = wtf?

*bought wrong kind* :-(

[Morcs]

after purchasing a kill switch, I thought I would give it a go,
I located an ignition wire and installed it, but I lol'd myself.
?
It worked reverse. key out = bike on , key in = bike off, = wtf?

Reverse how youve connected it up?
By key, do you mean your main ignition key?

[Rodney007]

key as in the switch key, pulls out when you bin, sorry might be called something else not kill switch,

from memory its just a like T wiriing setup that you splice an ignition wire so it breaks connection when disconnected,

lol blew a fuse first pop cause i thought one was negative, :-)

[Morcs]

Youve probably got it hooked up in reverse somewhere - ie. instead of it being a 'push-to-break-switch', youve wired it up as a 'push-to-make-switch'

Ie. when the key clip comes out, the circuit is allowed to complete, thus shorting the ignition (i think thats how it works)

[Rodney007]

shit sorry, is a teather switch and they come in two forms, open and closed circuit, so i think i need to get a different kind = double fail, ah well .. still learning...

[Tony.OK]

Yeah most tether kills are for moto x bikes etc, I think they are the open type. You need the closed for a sprots bike ie-circuit closed when tether is in and breaks the circuit when tether is pulled out.

Some types are reversible by swapping an internal part over.