11 FLHTK, jiffy stand sensor
Ultimate HDF Member
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It's a safety feature genius. Just like the one in your car that tells you to put your seat belt on. The design is so you don't ride off with your kick stand down and cause a wreck. Good luck making a left turn with the kick stand down. No worse than people forgetting to put their kick stand down, I have seen it time and time again. Just when you think you are a seasoned rider is when the stupid stuff happens. And we all know you cant fix stupid.
Road Warrior
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I'm glad I stumbled on this thread.
While working on my 2011 Street Glide, I noticed that with the bike jacked up in the air, it wouldn't start with the jiffy stand in the down position.
Is this due to the jiffy stand sensor?
Thanks
While working on my 2011 Street Glide, I noticed that with the bike jacked up in the air, it wouldn't start with the jiffy stand in the down position.
Is this due to the jiffy stand sensor?
Thanks
I have it on my VTX 1800, must be an international thing, I have often thought about disconnecting it, but now since I don't ride it much, who cares. If it were on my RG, it would be gone.
1st Gear
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From: So. Cal.
If California had it's way, we'd all be wearing helmets that had wireless transmitters in them to tell the bike not to start unless the helmet is buckled in place. (Well, to tell the truth, if California had it's way, there wouldn't BE any motorcycles!)
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From: Buffalo, NY
I know that some people that have that sensor, actually use it as the way to turn off the bike rather than the key or kill switch. Any one on this forum for a while has seen posts about people who dropped their bike because they thought the kick stand was down
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It's a safety feature genius. Just like the one in your car that tells you to put your seat belt on. The design is so you don't ride off with your kick stand down and cause a wreck. Good luck making a left turn with the kick stand down. No worse than people forgetting to put their kick stand down, I have seen it time and time again. Just when you think you are a seasoned rider is when the stupid stuff happens. And we all know you cant fix stupid.
If you are DUMB enough to ride away with your stand down please stay off the roads I am on...... Do you forget to put the trunk down on the cage before going for a drive.....or here is a good one...people who put gas in and drive away without the cap and the gas door open........wow....
The safety safari folks need to leave the sheeple alone so they can live a little......
A jiffy stand sensor? Really? Even if my bike had one, I would rip it off even before the reflectors. Do you REALLY need a kick stand sensor killing your engine? I don't get it.
I dont see how this is usfull at all and I and baffled this would be a law anywhere.
Makes me think I'm lucky I can make it through a day w/o some law dictating my every action or thought.
I dont see how this is usfull at all and I and baffled this would be a law anywhere.
Makes me think I'm lucky I can make it through a day w/o some law dictating my every action or thought.
Like with my wreck monday - had I been paying attention to my speed and not the storm, i wouldn't be on crutches. Now, do i need a sensor to tell me its raining and retard the bikes engine? Hell no, it's up to me not to be a dumbass
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