Kill switch or ignition key

[His Dudeness]

I always use the key, mainly because of my other bike, a Triumph Daytona.


There’s a quirk with them where damage has been known to happen to the ECU because of using the kill switch.
When using the key a relay is activated keeping power to the ECU allowing a shutdown sequence to occur. This doesn’t happen using the kill switch which cuts power immediately, and has been known to cause irretrievable corruption of the ECU.
Not something you really want, and would prove pretty costly.  :eek

So you turn the key off and a relay gets powered up to protect the ecu? That seems like they knew there was a problem and they came up with a work around instead of fixing it. Can it happen if you stall it or put the side stand down?