info system turn off
I walk up to the bike, turn the ignition on, then go about the business of jacket, helmet, gloves. Then get on, find neutral, light'er up!
This does a couple things for me:
- it allows time for the computer we call a "radio" to boot all the way up before it takes the "bounce" of the starter motor cranking. Using this method, my radio ALWAYS stays off if it was off when I parked.
- it seems to keep the security system and hence, the audible alarm from getting stupid, chirping, and otherwise freaking out.
YMMV, but for me, this works, and has solved much of my frustration with that very issue. Just takes a couple weeks of doing it every time to make it a habit.
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,867
Likes: 268
From: People's Republic of Boulder Colorado
Here's what I've figured out on that front.
I walk up to the bike, turn the ignition on, then go about the business of jacket, helmet, gloves. Then get on, find neutral, light'er up!
This does a couple things for me:
- it allows time for the computer we call a "radio" to boot all the way up before it takes the "bounce" of the starter motor cranking. Using this method, my radio ALWAYS stays off if it was off when I parked.
- it seems to keep the security system and hence, the audible alarm from getting stupid, chirping, and otherwise freaking out.
YMMV, but for me, this works, and has solved much of my frustration with that very issue. Just takes a couple weeks of doing it every time to make it a habit.
I walk up to the bike, turn the ignition on, then go about the business of jacket, helmet, gloves. Then get on, find neutral, light'er up!
This does a couple things for me:
- it allows time for the computer we call a "radio" to boot all the way up before it takes the "bounce" of the starter motor cranking. Using this method, my radio ALWAYS stays off if it was off when I parked.
- it seems to keep the security system and hence, the audible alarm from getting stupid, chirping, and otherwise freaking out.
YMMV, but for me, this works, and has solved much of my frustration with that very issue. Just takes a couple weeks of doing it every time to make it a habit.
BTW, that's a damn fine looking bike in your sig pic. I've got it's identical twin sitting in my hangar with 395 miles on it!
Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 684
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From: Weymouth, MA
I do that as well.
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 339
Likes: 199
From: NE PA
Here's what I've figured out on that front.
I walk up to the bike, turn the ignition on, then go about the business of jacket, helmet, gloves. Then get on, find neutral, light'er up!
This does a couple things for me:
- it allows time for the computer we call a "radio" to boot all the way up before it takes the "bounce" of the starter motor cranking. Using this method, my radio ALWAYS stays off if it was off when I parked.
- it seems to keep the security system and hence, the audible alarm from getting stupid, chirping, and otherwise freaking out.
YMMV, but for me, this works, and has solved much of my frustration with that very issue. Just takes a couple weeks of doing it every time to make it a habit.
I walk up to the bike, turn the ignition on, then go about the business of jacket, helmet, gloves. Then get on, find neutral, light'er up!
This does a couple things for me:
- it allows time for the computer we call a "radio" to boot all the way up before it takes the "bounce" of the starter motor cranking. Using this method, my radio ALWAYS stays off if it was off when I parked.
- it seems to keep the security system and hence, the audible alarm from getting stupid, chirping, and otherwise freaking out.
YMMV, but for me, this works, and has solved much of my frustration with that very issue. Just takes a couple weeks of doing it every time to make it a habit.
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,867
Likes: 268
From: People's Republic of Boulder Colorado
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,478
Likes: 64
From: West Liberty, Ohio
And I been bitchin' cause I couldn't turn it off(to save power while doing something else with key on), thanks for schoolin me.
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