Re: [ST] warming up to winter and a pack of lies

[george <gkeslin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>(p 45) The "moving off" makes no mention of the side stand interlock.
>It seems to work that:  If the bike is running, and the side stand is down 
>and 1st gear is selected (with the clutch fully pulled), the bike will 
>stall immediately.  This is the opposite of every other bike I have 
>ridden, where the bike would be killed if you tried to move off (release 
>the clutch) without raising the sidestand.  To Triumphs credit, they do 
>mention on p37 that the side stand should be raised once you get onto the bike.
>---

I'd swear that all my newer Japanese bikes die if I put them in gear with 
the kick stand down.

George

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