I can't believe you guys are talking about this. It just happened to me this morning on my GL1200. Got to the security gate and remembered that my badge was in my tail bag. I shifted to neutral, jumped out of the bike, grabbed the badge, showed it to the guard, and then quickly jumped on the bike again... 1st and go. My next thing is to do a left turn, which just by change I decided to do very slowly (not common). That was when I realized I had the kickstand down. Freaky scary. I recently met a guy that totaled his interstate and spend few days in the hospital for the same reason. It kept me wondering how can I make my own kickstand switch.
Javier. On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:08 AM, greenzer...@gmail.com <greenzer...@gmail.com > wrote: > I have tried to ride off with my kick stand down many times... no idiot > light on the wing ither... its almost killed me a few times, but i still do > it... just dont make any left turns with it down > > --- Sent with mail@metro, Real Life Real Time™ Mobile --- > > > ---Original Message--- > From: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > Sent: 9/1/2011 12:05 am > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Not a nighthawk, but it is a cb > > All that sounds about right, model-wise. And yeah, finding parts > would probly be a real challenge. > > Bikes have come a long way since then. They even have starter motors > now, and petcocks that turn themselves off, which are good things. > But I've never understood this no-start kickstand thing. I mean, what > fool tries to go anywhere with the kickstand down? (Unless I...I mean > he...was drunk!) > > I might be old, but I've got my sh!t together. I just forget where I > put it, sometimes. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
