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Originally Posted by sportpsyc
Oh, and BTW--the PO on this bike took the kickstand switch off long ago--so fortunately we can eliminate that at least.
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That really isn't a surprise. THAT IS your problem. His modification has gone bad somehow.
I STRONGLY recommend that you put it back to stock........since it appears that it's not going to run the way it is.
Suzuki does some......strange.....things with their electronics. There is some anti-theft logic in the ignition module that looks for a very specific resistance in the ignition switch. If it's not there, it won't fire. There might be something like that for the kickstand too but I really suspect that the previous mod. was just done sloppy and a splice has corroded, or something similar.
Can you still contact the PO to find out exactly what he did?
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The turn signal problem is likely a bad (loose) ground somewhere.
That might also allow the engine to keep running when it should die because of the sidestand switch.
If you can't get help from the PO, it might have to go to the shop.