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Re: [ST] Another low speed fall...



Exactly George !  But what happens in reality is that
everyone truncates that procedure and it becomes Kill
Switch only, as evidenced by all my MSF intructor dead
battery buddies....

It's just too bad none of them are on this list to see
the razzing in person...

;-P



--- George Chacko <chackoge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The MSF-recommended  procedure is Thumb (Kill
> Switch)-Key (Ignition)- 
> Valve (Fuel Petcock). This is because novice riders
> tend to let go of  
> the clutch and use the left hand to reach for the
> key to turn off the  
> engine. If the bike is in gear the results can be
> interesting.  I  
> weaned myself away from that procedure because I
> would occasionally  
> hit the starter button on my old BMW R1150r instead.
> However, I don't  
> notice any problems restarting my '99 Sprint if I
> use the kill switch  
> before the key.
> 
> GC
> 
> 
> On Jun 2, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Rob Brown wrote:
> 
> > I agree.  That's why I would like the handle bar
> switch to be used  
> > to shut
> > the engine off under normal conditions as well as
> during  
> > emergencies.  I'm
> > not the brightest bulb and in an emergency I don't
> want to reach  
> > for the key
> > because that's what I always do to shut it off.  I
> use the key to  
> > turn mine
> > off too.  My Sprint runs like the battery has been
> disconnected  
> > after using
> > the kill switch.
> >
> > Maybe I've been using the switch instead of the
> key in error all  
> > the years
> > before the Sprint?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of Matt Knowles
> > Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 13:34
> > To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ST] Another low speed fall...
> 
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