So I have decided that I hate the jap. looking levers and switchgear on my bike and have started to switch to more period correct controls. I know that there is a conversion available but the parts seemed cheap and not worth the money they want for them. I have gotten a hold of some NOS Tomaselli "matador" levers and a racing throttle that are bad ass and now am looking for the electrical switches. First of what the hell is a dip switch? There seems to be lucas horn/ dip replicas everywhere but little discription of the function is available. What if I put the light switch where the ignition switch is? do I need a high/low switch on the bar? Where can I get a decomp lever like the one offered in the conversion? any help would be great.
A couple of things,
You might not like a quick action racing throttle on the street. Kinda twitchy on bumpy roads for me.
You can pick up a decompression lever from any of the Brit bike suppliers or off of eBay. Here's one,
http://tinyurl.com/229zugThe std. Lucas dip switch had Hi-Lo headlight switch on the side and a horn button on the top.
There are also the Wipac Ducon and Tricon style switches. The Tricon has a kill switch in it also. They tend to take up a bit less room if you have narrow bars.
http://tinyurl.com/25zs3l Another art form you might have to learn is how to make your own cables. Sometimes what they make is not always what you want.
I get my cable making supply's from Walridge Motors,
http://www.walridge.com/Flanders is another good place to get that kind of stuff,
http://www.flandersco.com/CJ