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Hi from Sydney Australia
« on: November 08, 2022, 11:55:53 PM »
Hi all, after I fair bit of research I bought this people 300 yesterday...immaculate condition, very happy. I just need to adjust the headlight and bypass the sidestand cutout. I have an 850 road bike that never gets into operating range and with fuel prices the way they are this was a no-brainer  8)
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Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2022, 12:06:33 AM »
Welcome to you, Dav! Some of the most outrageously, insanely funny I ever met in my Naval career were Austalian sailors! Glad to have you with our merry band of enthusiasts.

The People GTi300 and the Downtown 300i share the same engine and transmission. Both engines are 4-valve head and are very powerful for their displacement. You must have found the bypass in the harness for the sidestand or have made your own. I need to bypass that switch on my DT300i...

You will enjoy many years of enjoyable transport on that machine!
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Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2022, 12:17:46 AM »
Quote from: CROSSBOLT on November 09, 2022, 12:06:33 AM
Welcome to you, Dav! Some of the most outrageously, insanely funny I ever met in my Naval career were Austalian sailors! Glad to have you with our merry band of enthusiasts.

The People GTi300 and the Downtown 300i share the same engine and transmission. Both engines are 4-valve head and are very powerful for their displacement. You must have found the bypass in the harness for the sidestand or have made your own. I need to bypass that switch on my DT300i...

You will enjoy many years of enjoyable transport on that machine!

Thanks Karl....I am yet to have a peek at the cutout switch and was hoping it might be a simple wire switcheroo...from your comment I guess there must be more to it  :o
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Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2022, 05:52:19 AM »
Welcome Dav.

As Karl says, I'm sure you'll get many years / miles pleasure from your 300.  That exhaust (muffler) looks like it's a lift from the X-Town 300 parts line!  I see you're in Sydney?  How far do you have to travel for some fun biking roads?
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« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2022, 10:29:38 AM »
Honestly...a little too far for my liking for the fun roads. The regular run is through the national park but that gets a bit dull after a while. That's the main reason my road bike doesn't get the run it needs and I switched back to a scooter.
Full disclosure: I had a variety of Vespas in the late 80s...150 S, 90 S, 150 S, 180 rally, Douglas 150 and then I was a courier in London on a 200PE. 4 speeds baby, non of this twist and go....feels like coming home, only in the future  ;D :D

Quote from: Neil955i on November 09, 2022, 05:52:19 AM
Welcome Dav.

As Karl says, I'm sure you'll get many years / miles pleasure from your 300.  That exhaust (muffler) looks like it's a lift from the X-Town 300 parts line!  I see you're in Sydney?  How far do you have to travel for some fun biking roads?
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Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2022, 11:30:33 AM »
Courier in London Dav?  Kudos, I've seen those guys operate.  I've ridden to and in London a few times in the 80's & 90's for work, but always lived in fear of getting my ride nicked!
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Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2022, 01:31:26 PM »
love those GT 300i's! Welcome to the forum.
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Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2022, 02:57:21 PM »
Hi, welcome to the forum.

Here is the guide to disable the side stand kill switch. https://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=26124.0
« Last Edit: November 11, 2022, 05:19:42 AM by mousejunks »
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Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2022, 04:31:27 PM »
Welcome. Looks really nice, enjoy.

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Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2022, 10:09:33 PM »
Thanks for the welcomes :)

Quote from: mousejunks on November 09, 2022, 02:57:21 PM
Hi, welcome to the forum.

Here is the guide to disable the side stand kill switch. https://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=26124.0

Interesting, thank you. I did take a peek yesterday and saw the rotary switch and little metal tab it engages with but no obvious other plugs...will have a better look today  8)
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Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2022, 12:31:14 AM »
Quote from: Dav on November 09, 2022, 10:09:33 PM
Thanks for the welcomes :)

Interesting, thank you. I did take a peek yesterday and saw the rotary switch and little metal tab it engages with but no obvious other plugs...will have a better look today  8)
There are (should be!) two plugs for that rotary switch on the sidestand. One has brown and green wires to the plug shell and the other has two green wires. That plug with two green wires plugs into the plug with a brown and green wire. Got that? Now let's go some where and get plugged! Oops! Forgot! Don't do that any more.....sorry!

Did I leave out the part about un-plugging the plug that is plugged into the switch? Do that first....
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« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2022, 01:38:52 AM »
Quote from: CROSSBOLT on November 10, 2022, 12:31:14 AM
There are (should be!) two plugs for that rotary switch on the sidestand. One has brown and green wires to the plug shell and the other has two green wires. That plug with two green wires plugs into the plug with a brown and green wire. Got that? Now let's go some where and get plugged! Oops! Forgot! Don't do that any more.....sorry!

Did I leave out the part about un-plugging the plug that is plugged into the switch? Do that first....

I'm looking but seeing nothing without taking some bodywork off and I'm not sure how to do that. I'd love nothing more than to see 'em just dangling there....did you have to take off any panels to access them?
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Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2022, 01:49:45 AM »
BTW, Welcome!..... from the only paid member of this forum.*
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Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2022, 11:47:15 AM »
Quote from: Dav on November 10, 2022, 01:38:52 AM
I'm looking but seeing nothing without taking some bodywork off and I'm not sure how to do that. I'd love nothing more than to see 'em just dangling there....did you have to take off any panels to access them?
I missed Mousejunks post on this, obviously. Nevertheless, that plug with the green wires is "nearby" the plug that is in the switch. I have had my hands on it in the DT300i but not the GTi300 so you  will be the point man on this.
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Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2022, 12:28:26 AM »
Quote from: CROSSBOLT on November 10, 2022, 11:47:15 AM
I missed Mousejunks post on this, obviously. Nevertheless, that plug with the green wires is "nearby" the plug that is in the switch. I have had my hands on it in the DT300i but not the GTi300 so you  will be the point man on this.

Success! Thanks for the advice peeps. I removed the seat and seat undertray and then I could see the connectors hanging around over the underscoot tray, inboard of the rotary switch. I was able to do the disconnect/reconnect one handed (there's not a lot of wriggle room) and voila! The bike doesn't cut out when the side stand goes down...happy days  8)
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