Kill switch then key?
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RE: Kill switch then key?
ORIGINAL: wildwill
OR, you can press control/alt/delete.
On a motorcycle that would be horn/off button/ignitionswitch. [sm=icon_rofl.gif]
ORIGINAL: Geoff
Bill Gates requires me toclick on the Start button to turn my computer off.
Bill Gates requires me toclick on the Start button to turn my computer off.
On a motorcycle that would be horn/off button/ignitionswitch. [sm=icon_rofl.gif]
LMFAO...Now thats funny right there....
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RE: Kill switch then key?
ORIGINAL: capt42a
I only use my kill switch when parking on an incline and leave the motorcycle in gear. That way if the kill switch is in the off position I know I need to hold the clutch in when starting. I hit the starter button one time with the bike in gear and if it wasn't sitting on the jiffy stand I know it would have gone over.
capt42a
I only use my kill switch when parking on an incline and leave the motorcycle in gear. That way if the kill switch is in the off position I know I need to hold the clutch in when starting. I hit the starter button one time with the bike in gear and if it wasn't sitting on the jiffy stand I know it would have gone over.
capt42a
I do the same with mine. Also here in Canada, daytime running lights are manditory. If you just hit the kill switch, it just shuts off the fuel pump and leaves the lights on. The parking on an incline senario is the only time I use the kill switch to leave it in gear then turn off the ignition.
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RE: Kill switch then key?
ORIGINAL: goodbirds
If I'm parking the bike uphill or anytime I want to leave it in gear as a parking brake, I use the kill switch to remind me that the bike is in gear. Otherwise, I just use the "ignition switch". I have done it this way for the past 40 years, no problema.[8D]
If I'm parking the bike uphill or anytime I want to leave it in gear as a parking brake, I use the kill switch to remind me that the bike is in gear. Otherwise, I just use the "ignition switch". I have done it this way for the past 40 years, no problema.[8D]
Dirt bikes - different story, no ignition switch.
As for the MOCO telling you so, doesn't the MOCO tell you to run legal exhaust? Wear a helmet? etc, etc.? The MOCO is telling you this becasue they are mandated by the Government, not for safety reasons.
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RE: Kill switch then key?
ORIGINAL: powaypete
+1 This is the only time I use the kill switch when riding the street machines.
Dirt bikes - different story, no ignition switch.
As for the MOCO telling you so, doesn't the MOCO tell you to run legal exhaust? Wear a helmet? etc, etc.? The MOCO is telling you this becasue they are mandated by the Government, not for safety reasons.
ORIGINAL: goodbirds
If I'm parking the bike uphill or anytime I want to leave it in gear as a parking brake, I use the kill switch to remind me that the bike is in gear. Otherwise, I just use the "ignition switch". I have done it this way for the past 40 years, no problema.[8D]
If I'm parking the bike uphill or anytime I want to leave it in gear as a parking brake, I use the kill switch to remind me that the bike is in gear. Otherwise, I just use the "ignition switch". I have done it this way for the past 40 years, no problema.[8D]
Dirt bikes - different story, no ignition switch.
As for the MOCO telling you so, doesn't the MOCO tell you to run legal exhaust? Wear a helmet? etc, etc.? The MOCO is telling you this becasue they are mandated by the Government, not for safety reasons.
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RE: Kill switch then key?
One way to eliminate all this confusion would be to just disconect the negative battery cable.Or how about pulling the sparkplug cables!
Then we would not have to worryabout loads on the switches.
Then we would not have to worryabout loads on the switches.
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RE: Kill switch then key?
ORIGINAL: danmo
Says right in the owners manual to shut the bike off with the kill switch then the key. And, that is what I do and the fact that it is more convenient than the key.
Says right in the owners manual to shut the bike off with the kill switch then the key. And, that is what I do and the fact that it is more convenient than the key.
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RE: Kill switch then key?
right thumb - right now. That's what they taught in the MSF course I took. Safer to shut the engine down with both hands on the handlebars. It's a great concept, but I still usually hit the ignition switch after I put it in neutral
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RE: Kill switch then key?
ORIGINAL: pococj
Look at it like you're shutting your computer down, which is pretty much what modern bike electronics are. You don't just turn the 'puter off, you shut down the operating system, then turn the power off.
ORIGINAL: wildwill
Back in 99 when I bought my first fuel injected Harley that is exactly what the salesman told mecould happen. He said to turn on the ignition switch, let the bike run through it's self-check (until red key dummy light goes out), then turn the OFF/RUNswitch to the 'run' position until the fuel pumpstops (yellowfuel pump dummy light goes out), then hit the 'start' button and off ya go. When stopping, turn off the bike by flipping the OFF/RUN switch to the 'off' position and then turn off the ignition switch. Notice I called it OFF/RUN switch, not KILL switch. Been doing it that way ever since with absolutely NO problems.
ORIGINAL: TXCOMMISH
On my 02 Wide Glide, everytime I used the ignition to kill the bike, the next time I started it the speedo would only go up to about ten miles per hour no matter what speed I was going. I would have to stop and kill the bike with the kill switch, cycle the ignition switch two or three times & then start back up. After that, all would work fine. Never had the problem as long as I used the kill switch first. Dealer had no explaination. Weird.
ORIGINAL: oldairboater
There have been several articules hinting at speedo failures and electronics failing from using key switch to kill the bike instead of the kill switch. Also the articules stated that they recommended that the key be turned on and then the kill switch to start the bike. I normally turn the key on let ecm ramp up then turn on kill switch and listen to the fuel pump ramp up then hit the starter switch. I don't really know if it makes a difference but I will continue this till something smarter comes along.
There have been several articules hinting at speedo failures and electronics failing from using key switch to kill the bike instead of the kill switch. Also the articules stated that they recommended that the key be turned on and then the kill switch to start the bike. I normally turn the key on let ecm ramp up then turn on kill switch and listen to the fuel pump ramp up then hit the starter switch. I don't really know if it makes a difference but I will continue this till something smarter comes along.
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RE: Kill switch then key?
ORIGINAL: oldairboater
There have been several articules hinting at speedo failures and electronics failing from using key switch to kill the bike instead of the kill switch. Also the articules stated that they recommended that the key be turned on and then the kill switch to start the bike. I normally turn the key on let ecm ramp up then turn on kill switch and listen to the fuel pump ramp up then hit the starter switch. I don't really know if it makes a difference but I will continue this till something smarter comes along.
There have been several articules hinting at speedo failures and electronics failing from using key switch to kill the bike instead of the kill switch. Also the articules stated that they recommended that the key be turned on and then the kill switch to start the bike. I normally turn the key on let ecm ramp up then turn on kill switch and listen to the fuel pump ramp up then hit the starter switch. I don't really know if it makes a difference but I will continue this till something smarter comes along.