Kill switch then key?
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RE: Kill switch then key?
ORIGINAL: speedneeder
I havent found the kill switch on my 69 but I'll keep looking....
I havent found the kill switch on my 69 but I'll keep looking....
I remember those!!!! You have to reach down and yank the spark plug wires off.
RE: Kill switch then key?
On my new Street Glide I use the Off/Run switch to shut down the bike then turn off the ignition. If I wanted to kill the bike, I'd use my S&W and a hollowpoint.
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RE: Kill switch then key?
ORIGINAL: jbnl163
Smitty's answer is correct, but consider this, everytime you open and close a switch under a substantial amount of DC current, you apply wear to that switch due to the intensity of DC power. I don't use my "off/run" switch because of this fact. That's one less contact to fail when I'm in the middle of nowhere and have another 1000 miles to get home.
ORIGINAL: smitty901
So it becomes habit. When you go down or are the way down you will flip it off rather than try to reach for the key.
They have been teaching that in safety course as long as I can remember
So it becomes habit. When you go down or are the way down you will flip it off rather than try to reach for the key.
They have been teaching that in safety course as long as I can remember
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RE: Kill switch then key?
ORIGINAL: grumpy irish again
.... but if I leave the key switch on it woun't work
.... but if I leave the key switch on it woun't work
If your way works for you then fine, like you said, why change now.
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RE: Kill switch then key?
I asked the service manager of my local HD when I bought my ultra this very question. He said " Hitting the kill switch first, shuts down the fuel pump, thus starving the engine for fuel and bleeding down the pressure in the fuel lines after the fuel pump"
Sound good..... not sure if it's correct though.
Sound good..... not sure if it's correct though.
