Clutch Switch removal, K75RT

[Uffda]

What looked like a simple job to fix (replace) the failed clutch switch is not so simple.
 I'm trying to remove the defective switch, without any success. The space that it screws into on the clutch handle base is recessed, with little to no room to fit a tool to grab the hex sides to unscrew it. I tried to use a needle nose pliers on the rubber part that extends out past the recess. But that won't actually budge the metal screw in portion.
 What's the secret to getting this out?

[frankenduck]

Sometimes you can get them out with needlenose pliers.  You can cut the back off of it.  It's a bad switch that isn't worth anything.

[Uffda]

Cut to get access for removal makes sense.  I was focused on getting it out intact, assuming that the replacement part would need the same tool/technique for inserting it.  But hand tight should be fine, especially with the several zip ties holding cables to the handle bar.
Thanks for the quick response......and nice site.  By the way, your photo documentary, on another site, that shows the tear down and re-build of a K75 is a great tutorial for someone like me trying to learn the hidden parts of the engine and bike without tearing into it first and causing all kinds of unexpected problems.

[frankenduck]

What tear down?  I built that bike "from scratch" with different parts from a whole slew of bikes, Fleabay buys, etc....  It about as Frankenbike as you can get....