See, I get all this. Once upon a time, I had a bike, purchased new, and was still under warranty. Said bike developed a progressively worsening problem that left it bucking like a bronco.
It took months to get them to acknowledge the severity of the problem, and then months more waiting on parts.
Somewhere in the middle of all that, it became clear that the likely culprit was the throttle position sensor. But I wasn't about to pay for one when I had a warranty. So I waited until
Yamaha replaced the whole throttle body assembly. Lost a lot of riding time. A lot of use of the bike. If I had tried the tps fix out of pocket, I might have saved myself a lot of time and headache. But I stuck to principle, and made Yamaha fix it.
A year later, when the bike developed a standing overheat problem, I didn't hesitate to pay for a thermostat out of pocket and pay to have a shop replace it, rather than going through the warranty process.
Fixed the problem. And I was out less than $100. And I lost no riding time.
I'm on another fjr now. And I still have Y.E.S. I have it for big stuff. Anything small, I'll try to handle myself or with my Indy shop. Big stuff, warranty all the way.
Nope. No idea what the switch costs. How much is it?
My first attempt will be to nurse my switch that is not currently having problems.
My second attempt will be to get a switch for free from the dealer under warranty.
My third attempt will be to just buy the switch myself.
After that I will make a decision.