Manual or common sense
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Hattitude was first to get it right. It's there to kill the motor quickly while still holding on to the bars. I've gotten in the habit of doing it and have been for 55 years. Lots of safety courses make you practice it. As you fall, kill the ignition so your own bike doesn't climb over you and corkscrew you into the ground. I used to enjoy riding along side my friends in HS and reaching over and hitting theirs. The natural instinct is to flip it back on and when they did that it would blow their mufflers off. I was fun to have as a friend! Did it in cars too, just reach over and turn their key off. Kabloom!
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Hattitude was first to get it right. It's there to kill the motor quickly while still holding on to the bars. I've gotten in the habit of doing it and have been for 55 years. Lots of safety courses make you practice it. As you fall, kill the ignition so your own bike doesn't climb over you and corkscrew you into the ground. I used to enjoy riding along side my friends in HS and reaching over and hitting theirs. The natural instinct is to flip it back on and when they did that it would blow their mufflers off. I was fun to have as a friend! Did it in cars too, just reach over and turn their key off. Kabloom!
But I didn't panic, and was smart enough not to blow my muffler off....
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Just another form of control forcing you to do what you're told.
♫♪ " And now you do what they told ya
But now you do what they told ya!
Well now you do what they told ya!" ♪♫
♫♪ " And now you do what they told ya
But now you do what they told ya!
Well now you do what they told ya!" ♪♫