Don't use the kill switch?

[Jared]

I was told that you shouldn't use the re kill switch by your throttle hand. That you should always turn the bike off with the key.

The person's reasoning was that the kill switch wears out quickly.

Has anyone ever heard this before? Any truth to it?

[TNrookie]

I realize that I dug this thread out of the archives, but I take it that the kickstand kill switch didn't start until at least 05 with the 1600s maybe? My 02 doesn't have it and I'm gonna hafta develop a new habit because, right or wrong, I always did it on my Volusia/C50. It was the best way for me...bike in gear..and as someone above noted, not once did I walk away without the kickstand down.

[smokey]

All the vulcans I have ridden you don't need to worry about using the kill switch if the bike goes down, because when it gets past a certain angle the motor will switch off automatically. Built in safety feature.

[Yellow Jacket]

This isn't rocket science. Turn the engine off anyway you want or whatever works best for you.

Claiming that using the kill switch will cause it to wear out is absolutely ridiculous.

Using that reasoning, you shouldn't switch between high and low beam on the headlight, use your turn signals, horn or anything else because you will wear the switches out.

Heck, the best thing to do is to just store the bike and look at it once in a while. That way you won't wear the thing out.

Geeze, just ride the thing. That's what you bought it for, right?

[Top Cat]

Originally Posted by Yellow Jacket

Heck, the best thing to do is to just store the bike and look at it once in a while. That way you won't wear the thing out.

That is what I have been doing since Oct. 13, 2013

[carsixten]

I use the kill switch when I want to leave the bike in gear when parking it, such as when on a slight hill. Since the key, and the clutch are both left handed, you can't shut off the key while holding the clutch.
Use the kill switch to stop the motor, and then release the clutch. Then you can reach down and turn off the key.
I wish I could teach my wife to do this. 900 classic. She insists on putting it into neutral, and using the key to shut it off, and then trying to put it back into gear after it's off. All the while she's trying to hold the brake to keep it from rolling. Doesn't work worth s__t. Takes her a long long time sometimes. When I told her to use the kill switch, she told me to shut the F up! of course.
We ride together, and over the years, I've wasted many hours waiting for her to putz with the key, gears, helmet, purse, gloves, sunglasses...

[redjay]

Hey Bob.
That has to be the feistiest post I ever saw from you on here (g).
Is the winter getting to you ?

[RACNRAY]

Geeze, havin a concern about kill switch wear if it's used?

Might as well not put my shoes on cuz I'm just gonna wear them out...etc.

People are funneeeee!!

RACNRAY

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally Posted by redjay

Hey Bob.
That has to be the feistiest post I ever saw from you on here (g).
Is the winter getting to you ?

I'm going to use that excuse and I'm sticking with it!

[jlreeves]

Kill switch. just because I learned it that way. KKK (kill switch, key, kickstand). You're going to use every one the same amount of times so mechanical wear doesn't seem like a valid argument to me.

As for fuel, each one does the same thing to the motor. You might be thinking of carbureted motors where you can turn off the fuel valve to burn out excess fuel from the bowl to stop the motor if you are so inclined. I do that on generators. My bikes FI so it only has fuel when injectors inject but I didn't do it on my carbed MCs either.

[davidhollinger]

Originally Posted by TNrookie

I realize that I dug this thread out of the archives, but I take it that the kickstand kill switch didn't start until at least 05 with the 1600s maybe? My 02 doesn't have it and I'm gonna hafta develop a new habit because, right or wrong, I always did it on my Volusia/C50. It was the best way for me...bike in gear..and as someone above noted, not once did I walk away without the kickstand down.

My 2002 has a kickstand safety switch and so does yours. Leave it down and try to ride off. I hit a hole once and it cut the wire. Took me 20 min to figure it out and get taped up and rolling. It won't shut the bike off when you put the kickstand down but It will not let you ride off with it down either.

[glwilson]

Originally Posted by davidhollinger

My 2002 has a kickstand safety switch and so does yours. Leave it down and try to ride off.

That works great until you ride another bike without that feature. At that point you learned habit that is not a universal to other bikes. Opps! Guess I wasn't on a Nomad!

[0vationdave]

Originally Posted by glwilson

That works great until you ride another bike without that feature. At that point you learned habit that is not a universal to other bikes. Opps! Guess I wasn't on a Nomad!

I thought that was standard on all road bikes? My 1982 Virago had that feature on it..........as did my Honda and my Suzuki 1500 Intruder? Is that not standard on any newer bike?

[RACNRAY]

It is mandatory for all skoots to have kill switches. In over 37 years of werkin on skoots and 40 years ridin em I have not seen a skoot without a kill switch.

RACNRAY

[glwilson]

Originally Posted by RACNRAY

It is mandatory for all skoots to have kill switches. In over 37 years of werkin on skoots and 40 years ridin em I have not seen a skoot without a kill switch.

RACNRAY

But not all have a kickstand switch, which what the response was related to.