Ah Hum - Found the kill switch

[Terminated]

Being the newbie, there I was this morning riding down Fergusson Drive, flexing my right thumb a little and the bike just died. I move off to the side of the road and first thought was 'I got plenty of petrol', then I try to start the bike - nothing, nadda, zip, staff all, - I look at the little red switch......

Buck fesses up - duh.

[avgas]

done that before myself.

[GR81]

its much like owning a vespa... you dont publically own upto it :P

[Virago]

Bwahahahaha!

That sort of thing is a little like masturbation - everyone does it, although most wouldn't admit to it.

Somewhat like the sidestand kill switch, which kills the engine if it's put into gear with the sidestand down. Noticing that the sidestand is down after umpteen start attempts can be embarrassing too (or so I'm told).....

[Quartida]

On the plus side - at least you know your kill switch works :D

[Motig]

Been there done that. Ever tried starting the bike on a cold winters morning and forgotten that it has a manual choke?:wait: I've been using the car too much methinks.:doh:

[metric]

guilty of the side stand starting problem... took me bloody ages to figure it out

DUH

[gamgee]

yup done the killswitch thing, well actually i didn't flick it my brother did for some unknown reason, anyway after about 10mins of trying to push start and not getting anywhere, I sat down on the bike to catch my breath, spotted the little red switch and started the bike:doobey:

[The Pastor]

Somewhat like the sidestand kill switch, which kills the engine if it's put into gear with the sidestand down. Noticing that the sidestand is down after umpteen start attempts can be embarrassing too (or so I'm told).....


Worse at the busy petrol station, or so IM told :innocent:

[sunhuntin]

havent actually done that one! i have however come to a stop around the corner from home and tried to push start....10 mins later i finally figure it out. dad turns the petrol tap off when hes borrowed the bike. bugger. i get back on the bike and proceed to come close to draining the tank [she was already on reserve!]

[Terminated]

At least I know I am not Robinson Crusoe, thanks you all for making me feel better about the kill switch.

[Uncle B]

Done it a few times myself :doh: and the side stand thing :doh: :doh:

[S&S]

About 10 years ago when I rocked up to the forecourt of the gas station I worked at on my RGV, 6:30am in the morning to take over the night shift, rolled into the forcourt & stopped. But forgot to put my feet or side stand down. Pinned under the bike!.... Might of helped of I wasn't still pissed from the night before.

[ManDownUnder]

AAAAA the kill switch problem...

It's like sniffing your fingers after scratching your arse - we've all done it...right?

[willy_01]

:yes: ive been there, more than once. whats the side stand thing ?

[The Pastor]

Its probably got somthing to do with the tire pressures.

[ManDownUnder]

:yes: ive been there, more than once. whats the side stand thing ?

Some bikes have a switch on the side stand that kills the motor (or locks it out) if the stand is down. Stops you riding off with it down then killing yourself on the first left hander

[Wasp]

We all do stupid things, expecially me.

just this morning i did my first ever whoops, im sure i put the stand down when i got off the bike this morn - its a good thing i always lean it over then get off! i was able to catch the bike just in time and avoid damaging the bike and embarressing myself! (2 workmates were there and a few security cameras too...)

[Quartida]

We all do stupid things, expecially me.

just this morning i did my first ever whoops, im sure i put the stand down when i got off the bike this morn - its a good thing i always lean it over then get off! i was able to catch the bike just in time and avoid damaging the bike and embarressing myself! (2 workmates were there and a few security cameras too...)


What sucks is when you do that but you're not strong enough to hold up the bike :Oops:

[GN1NiteStnd]

Cant say Ive done that, though sometimes when i go to turn it off i flick it on and off again so quickly that the bike partially stops then fires back up again. Gets annoying that. And its the first time I've heard about the side stand kill thing, could have come useful when i was first learning. Got a bit hairy around a couple left handers back then.

Also had frog turn off the petrol to me bike without me knowing, figured that out pretty quick though.

[gixermike]

the sidestand switch works nicely when you have to take it off to fit a race fairing....bike ran fine at home yesterday, arrive at track with new fairings and the bloody thing won't start..then there's lots of searching for a complicated reason why it won't start. can last ages.

[fozz rock]

yea done both and the start riding with the tap on off thing

shit happen:blip:

[McDuck]

Never had a killswitch problem. Not once. Honest. (i would tell the truth to) but on the other had the side stand thing.......... many many times.

[McDuck]

It would appear i just revived a very old thread. ooops. oh well. we all live. i hope. dont ask me how i found it tho ;0)

[PrincessBandit]

yup done the killswitch thing, well actually i didn't flick it my brother did ...

Ahahahahahaha, only time I've done it I was backing the bike into a park and accidentally hit it while looking behind me. When I went to start the bike couldn't figure out why it wouldn't do anything. After what seemed like a lifetime (specially once I realised some guys had congregated and were watching me take off, make that trying to take off) I thought to look at the kill switch. Yes, I did feel like a right doofus :doh: but hopefully the reality was it was only half a minute of embarrassment. Eeeeeeek, I then hoped to high hell that I didn't make an even bigger fool of myself by dropping her as I u-ied to head in the opposite direction. :sweatdrop I think I redeemed myself by looking very nonchalant as i pulled away (thankfully my embarrassment was hidden by the helmet!):laugh:

[beyond]

Yeah, how did you find this ancient thread?

Guilty myself. Never use the kill switch but swapped bikes with a mate and he used it to kill the bike at the next gasser. I tried everything to get it going. Pulled the seat off and checked the ECU connecters and after 15 minutes asked another biker for help who pointed at the red switch thingy. My mate had no idea cos he always stops his bike with the kill switch.

I felt like the biggest dick on the planet :(

[Jiminy]

Hey, old threads are good :)

Did the kill switch a few times. I found it so quickly once that I was able to start the engine again while the bike was still moving. It made a big Bang! No damage, but I've learned since to stop the bike before starting the engine again.

Oh, and last time I did it, the switch was only half way pushed, the engine kept having hiccups and making strange noises for a few kms until I found out what it was.

[fliplid]

The side stand thingy gets better if it starts to stick in partial "dead" position! Then you see the stand retracted, kill switch "live" and then try and start the fekker...

[pritch]

My bike came back from the workshop on Friday covered in dust. So I set about giving it a big checkover prior to the Chateau to Plateau run. Tyre pressures, chain tension, fluid levels, and a big wash and polish.

I grabbed a can of Supercheap degreaser and gave the wheels, discs, etc etc a real good squirt. Then washed the bike with the hot sudsy stuff.

When I came to hose all this off I was a bit puzzled at why the degreaser didn't go milky and wash off as usual. I had just covered my wheels (including tyres?), and brake discs in Supercheap CRC equivalent.

So then I got busy with the hot soapy water again. When that was dry everything got a real heavy treatment with the correct can, before a near obsessive compulsive hosing job.

When that was dry all remained was a reeeeeally careful test ride...

The wheels look nice now though... :doh:

[McDuck]

I just have my kill switch as part of my check when i get on the bike.

[RnB Fan]

Motorad (Wellington) did the "kill switch" thing to me after my first service. I never use the damn thing and couldn't work out why the bloody bike wouldn't start after I had just paid a small mortgage for a service! Thankfully I worked it out before going back inside to complain.

Also forgot the petrol tap when I was going for my full licence. Driving tester must have wondered what I was doing riding one handed down the road with my leg stuck at right angles trying to turn the lever to on.

[Dodger]

gee old thread :)

Never had a problem with the kill switch while riding, but I have managed to bump it a few times with my tank bag before starting the bike. :o

[NZsarge]

I struck a problem when I took a M109R for a squirt, I rode out from the dealer in Palmerston North and decided to turn around half way through the Manawatu Gorge, during the ride to this point it sounded and felt to me that there was something loose under the bike rattling away so I got to my turning point and turned the bike off.
I looked the bike over and could'nt see anything loose, so I thought "right lets get this thing back before in falls apart on me". Key on, hit the starter button, nada, not a thing happens, hmm, checking the key position, kill switch, stand is up, in neutral, after about 10 minutes i'm stumped after wiggling everything and turning it off and on several times incase of a shitty connection and so forth.
Time to call the dealer I'm thinking to myself I bet this is really simple but I just can't figure it out....
Just before I get my cell blower out to call the dealer for some reason I pulled the clutch in and hit the starter an viola! Into life it burst :doh:, bloody stupid American laws!! :mad:

[idb]

Ummm...not wanting to trump everyone but...try hitting the switch on the Place De La Concorde, Paris and having to paddle across three lanes of peak hour traffic to reach safety.
To make matters even more interesting there are no lanes as such, they're really virtual lanes.

[Dirka]

My alarm is auto setting, if i ever hit the kill switch id know about it 30 seconds later!!

[delusionz]

I've done exactly that before on the motorway. Was cruising along and I reached over to scratch my right hand but clipped the kill switch on the way over, bike slowly died as I rolled over to the left to see whats up.