Front Brake Light Switch

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ahdoman
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Front Brake Light Switch

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I've been running down a few electrical gremlins on my bike and yesterday I realized that I don't have any brakelight when I use the front brake. Is the switch mounted at the hand lever? I've been through the manual and it's not clear. Could someone take a pic of how it's mounted? My perches look stock but I dont see how the switch would mount.
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Re: Front Brake Light Switch

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follow the brake line from the pump to the splitter at the lower triple clamp. There`s a pressure switch.
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Re: Front Brake Light Switch

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I've recently replaced the stock brakelines at the front with stainless steel lines. Just two lines from the pump to the calipers. Still have to add a micro switch on the ps13 pump lever instead of the pressure switch.
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Re: Front Brake Light Switch

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Bevel Heaven has either of the lever mounted switch required when you loose the junction block and pressure switch with braided lines
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ahdoman
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Re: Front Brake Light Switch

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According to Ducati the stock switch has been discontinued. There's a local auto parts store in my area that caters to guys who do a lot with European imports. I took the old switch to them and he pulled a generic one from the shelf. The difference is it had the tapered pipe thread. He ran a 10mm x 1.0 die down the threads, cleaned it up and it works perfectly. Total cost; $22.50.
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Re: Front Brake Light Switch

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Try here. I believe the one needed is a few up from the bottom of the page.

http://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?cPath= ... 0f5503f3fc
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