First time I rode a newer bike and put the kickstand down it died. Freaked me out. Figured I'd magically killed my buddy's brand new bike. I don't see why they can't just put a warning light on the dash rather than kill the motor.
-Kyle On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Javier Garcia <jajgar...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
