Today's "What Gets My Goat" - NO POLITICS!

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[quote author=Grahamm link=topic=17546.msg214824#msg214824 date=1446505071]
[quote author=noggythenog link=topic=17546.msg214777#msg214777 date=1446464701]
Guys switching their bike off with the kill switch. :evil :evil :evil

Its just a bit like stalling your car purposely every time to switch it off instead of using the key :evil

I don't see it's a big deal. If you stopped, held the clutch in with the bike still in gear, then held the front brake and let the clutch out, that would be stalling it (and probably not good), not simply cutting power to the ignition.

I used to stop the engine on the kill-switch  because my bike has an alarm and when I switch the main key off it starts arming which would cause it to go off if I'm still pushing the bike into the shed or getting stuff out of the top box. I only stopped doing this when I found that it was leaving the headlight on which was draining the battery, so now I have to switch the key off, then back on for two seconds, then off again which puts the alarm into service mode.

I then have to remember to re-arm it before I walk away...
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Doesn't it make an almighty bang if you're still moving and switch it back on?
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I think that only happens if your in gear with the clutch out, fuel on a carbed bike would still be drawn into the engine and ignited when you flick the kill switch to on