Up here in Canada they teach you at the MSF course to stop your bike all the time with the kill switch. Their reasoning is if you ever get into problems where you need to stop the motor quickly it will be automatic where to flip the switch. This avoids any embarassment when flipping the switch on is the first thing you do whenever you get on the bike.
This kill switch thing is always good for a laugh on a group ride after stopping for coffee ;) (especially people who haven't taken the MSF) Robert Warren Brown wrote: > > I only wish. Evidently, I must have crossed the cables. I did take your > advice and check the kill switch because I never wanted to be caught dead > pushing my bike around a parking lot and sucking air. > > >From: John Laurenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: GTS-1000 Owners List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: HELP! > >Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:50:32 -0400 > > > >Ya we know Warren........you flipped the kill switch and are too > >embarrassed > >to admit that was the only problem......:>))))) > > > >I pushed a friend's ST1100 around the damn restaurant parking lot for 15 > >minutes trying to bump start it, until I couldn't catch breath , one night > >during Bike Week. I stood there sucking air and asked him if he was sure > >he > >checked he kill switch. I asked him to flip the kill switch > >again....started right up...:>) That's why I always remember now.....:>) >
