Does it really matter how I turn off the bike?

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taysean

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I used to teach for the Canadian safety counsel and we taught to stop the motor by using the kill switch. It all has to do with muscle memory. If you do it all the time, when faced with an emergency that requires the motor to be stopped without taking you hand off the bar, you will do it without thinking about it...

In the end, no difference to the motor...
 
Oh yeah, I forgot about that way! Saw a guy, 1978, outside our clubhouse, panhead wouldn't start so he pulled out a gun and shot it. Went through the tank and into the rocker pan. All the fuel drained and the damn bike still didn't start. We see each other now and then, we still laugh about it today. Young and dumb we were, but oh, so much more fun back then.
 
i hate that damm kill switch. it belongs on a kawasaki or a jetski. whenever a friend has ridden my streetglide they tend to use that switch rather than the real ignition switch. then i get pissed off enough to where they're not gonna ride my bike again. that's about the only thing that irritates me about the newer harleys, is that switch. whenever i get on the bike and the switch is turned off, it's just plain annoying when my routine gets messed with.
 
I guess if you just made using the kill switch part of your routine, you wouldn't go around so pissed all the time. Such a simple concept.
 
I think what we have on this forum is a bunch of old fart's set in their ways and don't want to change..LOL The kill switch is there for safety. The Ignition switch on the newer Baggers is in a handy place, But all the bikes I had in the past, you had to reach back down to your side or up by the handle bars to turn it off. Much better to do it the right way and use the kill switch. JMO
 
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