Ignition stuck in full on position!

Looks like the key is stuck in Park. Park is where it locks the steering and leaves the tail light on eventually draining the battery. The whole idea of a Park position was so one could leave a light on and remove the key
I had the same problem once with my 750. I accidentally turned the key toPark and had a devil of a job getting it out again. I cant remember exactly how I did it. I just remember oiling and pushing in and jiggling and turning the bars and pulling on the key and eventually it turned to On and then Off and the key came out.
Good luck.
Hope you can avoid having to purchase a replacement.

I might try it. Take it apert and see if it can be fixed. I will try to keep lubing it up and wiggling it. The key comes out and it is free now. Just the ignition won't move from its spot. If it doesn't fix itself I will take it apert and if that doesn't work then buy a new one. I was going to re wire anyways.

I did this job a week ago on my GPz750R1....-there are two oil holes in the ignition lock, that's why i suggest removing it for lube service. No-one ever uses the 'park' function, hence they get sticky.

New lock assembly cheap enough, just you lose those original kawi keys. the only reason I bothered with mine is it had a nice key:

No attachment: I wanted to post a pic of an original GPz key, but even google can't find one...hence the reason to salvage my orignal GPz keyed lock. the (detachable) ignition switch was causing the problems.

Where are the lub holes? Inside the key slot?

Since the park position includes the steering lock I would focus on that part of the mechanism. How does that work? There must be a pin or something that moves to block the steering. What is holding that something from moving back from the steering lock position so you can get the key out of park. Find that something and see if you can get some lubricant in there. Lubricating the key hole may not do anything. The steering lock mechanism may be sealed from the key hole portion. Even though the steering is locked there must be some play in the locking mechanism so gently rattle the steering within that play while you turn the key. Maybe you can look up an exploded view of the entire works on the web as if you were looking for a part.