So why bother asking the forum if you're going to do it anyway?

 

OMO bad idea! what would gane by doing taht?

 

+ 9,000,000 Skratch

 

Theres a reason the MoCo changed the old system and made it where you have to pull the clutch in if it's in gear to start it. Lot's of accidents happened where people forgot it was in gear and hit the start button. One I remember where a bike fell over on a kid and hurt him really bad. It's a safety issue and your friend should not disable it. JMO

 

what part of this thread don't I understand? I have a 06 egc and it does not have the clutch safety feature. am I missing something that I'm supposed to have?

 

ruin66 the clutch safty switch came out in 07 you don't have it on your 06

 

aw so! but I don't remember seeing my buddy pull the clutch on his 08. guess I'll have to pay more attention. usually trying to hard to out 'cool' him while we're starting up. thanks

 

Sometimes there is just no saving people from themselves.

 

Yep .... you hit the nail right on the head !

 

I've been wrenching hogs and customs since the age of 12 and I'm approaching 60 now, so I'll share from the side of experience that a clutch or neutral-safety should not be over-ridden. This is particularly true of any newer big twin with a high-amp capacity starter under warm engine conditions. Even brief engagement can on rare occasion actually cause enough momentum to produce an engine run that can put you rubber side up pretty quick, not to mention giving anyone standing in front of you an instant fairing ride. It's surprising how much torque a high-amp starter can produce under in-gear circumstances.

Yeah, you can bridge the safety feature, but there's no practical reason to do so.


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