This is the right-hand grip from my 04 ST1300. I didn't get an owner's manual with the bike, and the manual I downloaded doesn't say anything about these controls. What the heck are they?
Right-hand Police Controls Question
- Thread starter ealanm
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This article should help you identify the switches.
https://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?53516-ST1300-Police-Switch-Install
https://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?53516-ST1300-Police-Switch-Install
OP
OP
Thanks, Mellow. I wondered if that might be the case. So that means I've got some cool switches I can connect nerdy stuff to on my ST! Now I just have to decide what to put on it.
OP
OP
I was thinking smoke system, oil slick, and guns. Watched too many Bond films, I guess.
LOL.. you must have been watching 60 mins.. LOL
Uncle Phil
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I would probably use the switches to fire relays so you don't run heavy voltage through the switch. Will work without the relays, but with them you can run whatevere high amp stuff you want. You can also 'separate' 1 from 2 with a couple of relays since when 2 is on, 1 & 2 is on, 3 is on, 1,2 & 3 are on.
OP
OP
Uncle Phil:
Good idea about the relays. Any idea if they will have left the wires when they removed the police gear? That would be handy.
Good idea about the relays. Any idea if they will have left the wires when they removed the police gear? That would be handy.
Uncle Phil
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The switch has two wire 'bundles' - one is the 'starting/headlights/kill switch' bundle, the other are the wires to switches 1,2,3,4 and 5. Hound has the wiring diagram posted here, which may have been in Joe's post. On the ST1100, the connection is just behind the steering stem. I got mine as switches and added them to the bike. Don't know what the 'decommissioners' could have done to the wires. Can you shut your headlights off using the light slider on the left?
Take a look at this previous thread regarding the Police Switch. Pretty much all the data needed to install the Police Switch is covered in this thread.
Avtrician
Here is a simplified circuit for the switch assembly, ( at least to me it is) for the 1100P. From there it should be fairly easy to make something for non P bikes. Note, the kill and start switches arent included, its just the police extras.
Usage in West Oz are
1 - strobes
2 - Pole strobe
3 - Siren momentary
4 - Siren on
5 - Power switch for strobe and siren package
7 & 8 - not used.
Usage in West Oz are
1 - strobes
2 - Pole strobe
3 - Siren momentary
4 - Siren on
5 - Power switch for strobe and siren package
7 & 8 - not used.
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OP
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Fantastic, thanks very much for the wiring diagram. I haven't looked yet, but if they've left the wiring in that will make it a lot easier to connect auxiliaries.
OP
OP
Yep, headlight goes off with the switch labeled "4." So I guess I still have wires, and maybe even relays! Now I just need to apply a little imagination.
Seriously, coming from the bikes I've been riding for the past nearly 30 years, the ST already has everything I can think of. I can't imagine what I would add. Fog lights, maybe, since I live on the Wet Coast.
Dave.David
Rider
All great info, but where do I get one of these police switches? Honda dealer's ( yes pleural) says the cops get and install them themselves, I can't get the switches or crash bars from dealerships.
Online vendors will probably sell them to you— Ron Ayers.com and Partzilla.com to name couple. I'm surprised that a dealer wouldn't order them. I thought parts is parts.
http://www.partzilla.com/parts/detail/honda/HP-35150-MAJ-T31.html
See Above. Not sure if it changed from year to year, or from the ST1100P (mine) to the ST1300, but it's a place to start.
Jim
See Above. Not sure if it changed from year to year, or from the ST1100P (mine) to the ST1300, but it's a place to start.
Jim
i found this part number for a 2012
http://www.partzilla.com/parts/detail/honda/HP-35150-MCS-A31.html
Uncle Phil
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Just a note - without some sort of bar risers, the bottom of the switch will hit the tank (at least on the ST1100). Also, when switch 2 it on, switch 1 is on, and the same is for switch 3. With relays, you can 'separate' 1 and 2 easy enough.
Dave.David
Rider
Thanks folks. It's weird, I found the police switch for 05 and up. No listing for a 04 police switch. The stock switch and handlebars for a 04 is the same as 05 and 06 ect. So shouldn't the police which be the same in 04 as it is in 05?