wow, 2 guys from the DC area (and myself formaly from PG county) all use the kill switch... mabey its a regional thing?
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > I use the kill switch always, although recently I was reading a motorcycle > manual where they explicitly stated that the kill switch should be used only > for emergencies. They say that if you use it all the time, you are taking > the risk of leaving the keys on the bike, and worse letting the battery > drain. This has never happened to me, but I guess it is a good point. The > kill switch never gets me, it is the first thing I check, but the petcock > gets every single time. > > Javier. > > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:43 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I never do. I figure it's just to be used as , well, a kill switch, as in >> an emergency, otherwise I would use it and either forget to turn off the >> ignition and 'kill' the battery, or forget to turn it back on .... Graham >> >> >> On Aug 18, 2011, at 10:01 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Am i the only one that actualy uses the kill switch? >>> >>> --- Sent with mail@metro, Real Life Real Time™ Mobile --- >>> >>> >>> ---Original Message--- >>> From: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> >>> Sent: 8/18/2011 9:34 pm >>> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" >>> <nighthawk_lovers@**googlegroups.com<[email protected]> >>> > >>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: My '82 CB750SC >>> >>> First time I rode with my club, we went to a restaurant. On leaving, >>> and in front of everyone, I couldn't get my bike to start. >>> I cranked and swore. Cranked and swore. Very embarrassing. Then >>> someone stepped up and turned the kill switch on. They'd turned it >>> off while I was inside as an initiation joke. They all laughed, but it >>> took a while before I stopped feeling like a fool, so I can >>> sympathize. Doh, indeed! >>> >>> Jay S >>> 92 NH750 >>> South Florida >>> >>> I went to start it yesterday and it wouldn't turn over. I cranked and >>>> cranked >>>> and nothing... Only to discover the kill switch was on. Doh! >>>> >>>> Shaun >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> nighthawk_lovers+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en> >>> . >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> nighthawk_lovers+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en> >>> . >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nighthawk_lovers+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en> >> . >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
