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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 08:46 AM
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kill switch , because its there
 
Old Dec 2, 2010 | 08:56 AM
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I put my front tire against the garage wall and let the clutch out while in 6th gear to shut my bike off.
 
Old Dec 2, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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I use the kill switch.
When I am leaving the bike, I always set the alarm . I found out that when I use the kill switch and forget to turn the ignition off, the alarm will not chirp when I set it. This acts like a fail safe and alerts me to the fact that I haven't turned the ignition off.
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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 05:20 PM
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Kill switch so I can keep the tunes on during my "dismount"
 
Old Dec 2, 2010 | 05:29 PM
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If someone flipped my "on/off" handlebar switch to the off position It would probably take me a minute to figure out why I couldn't start the bike. It got turned to the "on" postion about 7 years ago when I bought the bike and hasn't been moved eversince.
 
Old Dec 2, 2010 | 07:23 PM
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Kill switch on even months
Ign switch on odd months

Don't sweat the small things
 
Old Dec 2, 2010 | 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmers1817
Kill switch, then ignition switch. Like the manual says.
This is what I always do.
 
Old Dec 2, 2010 | 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by DMorr99
I put my front tire against the garage wall and let the clutch out while in 6th gear to shut my bike off.
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Old Dec 3, 2010 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by schumacher
I just reach down and pull the plug wires off
I ground out the plugs with my fingers.
 
Old Dec 3, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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Well my bikes have a key that has to be tunred on every time and off every time so I just use it to turn the bike off and leave the kill switch at run at all times-why do to steps when you can do one?
 



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