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Re: [St] Throttle cables



Not sure why I didn't think of the kill switch, except that I hardly use
it.  Never had any real dirt bike experience.

Jeremy Witt
Newbury Partners
www.newburypartners.com
(o) 603-893-3022
(c) 603-475-4228

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Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 11:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [St] Throttle cables

At 11:32 AM 10/5/2007, you wrote:

>Jeremy,
>Your ability to think on your seat probably saved you from either a
>really expensive engine melt down or a really painful and expensive
case
>of road rash.
>Well done.
>I don't think I have the presence of mind to calmly shut the engine
down
>like that. I'm going to use your little non-incident as the impetus to
>train some muscle memory back into my thumb, and start shutting the
>motor off with the kill switch. I used to use it on my dirt bikes
>because that's all they had, but I got out of the habit on street bikes
>because they have a key switch....
>
>Mike
>'06 ST
>Seattle

Shutting down with the kill switch is a great idea for building the 
instinct for an emergency, but don't learn to just leave the key
switched in.




JohnS
A Dragon Ascending
"Forging my body in the Fires of my Will"

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