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Find a dealer along the way and pick up the part. When you get to the rally start taking the bike apart.......stand there and scratch your head......you will have plenty of help.....
If you get lucky like I did on my 85 K100RT the connector under the tank had just worked loose over time. Reconnected this and bike now starts like it should.
I may be mistaken but I thought this is the way it is supposed to work, at least on my R...
Starts fine in any gear as long as the clutch lever is depressed, but if I go into gear and the kickstand is out, the engine shuts off. It also does not start in any gear (only in neutral) even with the lever depressed if the kickstand is out.
Unscrew. Next to impossible to get wrench on the hex of the switch. The factory usually tightens these way too tight, so they are hard to get out without destroying them. Unplug the connector first, then test with an ohm meter. If it is indeed bad, you might cut off the wire and use a deep socket to remove it. If it's bad, there is no problem if you need to break off the outer part of the switch to get to the hex.
When installing the new one, finger tighten then back off 1/8 turn. It's not going to come unscrewed by itself and will be much easier to remove in the future.