When parking or stopping?

[far queue]

Skip to 3:06 for the correct technique ...

[jim.cox]

My bike doesn't have a kill switch or a sidestand cut-out

So I just use the key, then make sure its in neutral

[Mom]

Huge one handed stoppie, just before stopped hip flick to the left to get it onto full lock, flick the side stand down so the engine dies and use the left hand to turn off the key and remove same as rear wheel touches down. Saves heaps of time.

lUCKY I DID NOT HAVE A MOUTH FULL OF WINE JUST THEN! Opps, sorry about the shouting. Very funny! See you in November!

[Mushu]

I usually go neutral, sidestand, key but if I'm riding the DR and get home late I use the kill switch to turn it off at the gate and then push it up the drive way so as not to wake the kids, I leave the key on so I can see where I'm going and avoid the bikes/scooters/skateboards strewn across the drive.

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[Berries]

I don't stop.




No sidestand see.

[p.dath]

I put it in neutral, and turn the key off.

[oneofsix]

neutral, key off, side stand. Don't use kill switches. Only pop into gear if on slope as I tend to start the bike whilst still on side stand an let it warm up whilst donning gloves.

[Stirts]

Given that I need a running jump to get onto the Trumpy I leave mine in 1st gear.

[Banditbandit]

There's no correct way ... just habit . and it's hard to change a habit ...

I always hold in the clutch until the engine has stopped ... (I don't trust neutral lights .. no reason just don't trust them)

I use the kill switch or the side stand cut out to kill the engine (and sometimes I forget to turn the key off as well.) This is about keeping good hold of the bike till the engine has stopped - reaching for a key takes one hand off the bars ... most people use their right hands to reach the key - which means you're a long way from the front brake if you need it ...

I do tend to have it in first, rather than neutral (which is why I hold the clutch until the engine has stopped.) If I put it into neutral, then I have to put it back into first because ...

I leave it in gear to A) Stop it rolling anywhere and B) stop any fucker moving it .. if they don't know about bikes it just makes it that much harder foer someone else to move it ... I've watched non-riders try to move a bike out of a parking space so they could get their cage in there .. the bike was in gear and the shitheads had no idea what to do so they could push it ... I never enlightened them and the bike stayed where the owner left it ...

Like oneofsix I leave the bike on the side stand warming up while I put gear on - so the time to change to neutral is when I'm startimg the bike ..

There's no "correct" way or "right" way ... as long as you do it safely and the bike winds up not running, turned off and parked, then all is well.

[Banditbandit]

Given that I need a running jump to get onto the Trumpy I leave mine in 1st gear.

Errr .. ummm .. (naaa .. I'll walk away from anything to do with a running jump ... )

[Stirts]

Errr .. ummm .. (naaa .. I'll walk away from anything to do with a running jump ... )

You wouldn't take a running jump through the rainbow?

[bogan]

a poll?.. I am not after the correct or proper way and thus, a poll would serve no purpose what so ever.
But nice try B-

Shit Maha, that almost sounds like you think a poll is a way to get a correct and proper answer.

[caspernz]

Key off, clutch out, sidestand down, left in gear unless it's going on the centrestand. Haven't put a bike on a sidestand in neutral for ages, well at least not since the late night Suzie on a Suzi incident back in mumble mumble...

[Maha]

Shit Maha, that almost sounds like you think a poll is a way to get a correct and proper answer.

Can't (and wont) disagree with that assumption, truth is though, there is no correct/proper way it would seem. OAB and Mark Waters have the best way of attending to the subject matter.


Poll results without a poll?...priceless.

[Zippo]

I use the kill switch, side stand then keys. I always park my bike in first because our carport is on a slight slope. I'll put it in neutral while I warm the bike up, then put it back into first while I do a 3 point turn to roll it back out.

Note to self: need a garage.