Nope, I do that too. Shut off fuel, hit kill switch, then key. Starting is fuel, key, kill, start.
Kurt On Aug 27, 2012 10:10 AM, "Joey Kelley" <sandp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Am I the only one (based upon Allen's and my Dad's comments yesterday) > that automatically and with reflex hits the kill switch every time I > get off the bike? Even when I'm going to shut the key off? > -Joey > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Allen Thomas <althomas...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The last time we rode up to Graham's house I inadvertently hit the kill > switch, of course I was the tail gunner, and Javier and Jason just kept > getting on it. I figured it out rather quickly though thoughts of a tow > 100+ miles went through my mind. > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joey Kelley <sandp...@gmail.com> > > Sender: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > > Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:47:43 > > To: <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> > > Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] My first 'on the road' failure > > > > All, > > For the first time yesterday I experienced a failure on the bike, > mid ride. > > Background: Dad and I took off on a 250 mile road trip yesterday, > > from the general Bangor, Maine area to the town of Jackman, ME. > > Jackman is the last town before the Canadian border when heading > > Northwest out of the state of Maine. > > As we were beginning the ride home, we were blasting up a hill > > when all of a sudden, the 1000 just quit. No backfiring, no weird > > running just stopped. Like I'd hit the kill switch. > > As soon as I got over to the side of the road, I did the normal > > troubleshooting - the starter wouldn't crank, turning the key on and > > off didn't help. I immediately figured it was electrical, since if it > > had been anything else the failure wouldn't have been so abrupt. Dad > > stopped, circled around and was immediately concerned as soon as he > > saw me with the bike in the dirt on the side of the road. The good > > news was - with my handy leatherman, I already had the side panel off > > and had found the issue. > > The ignition fuse had literally vibrated its way out of the > > holder. It was half in, half out and had slid about a half inch > > towards the rear of the bike. I slid the fuse back in and with Dad's > > suggestion used the pliers part of the leatherman to give a quick > > retightening of all the fuse holding clips then simply turned the key > > and kill switch back on and the bike fired back up. > > Phew! 125 miles from home was not when I wanted to have > > something like this happen - but at the same time at least it was > > minor. > > This is the first time either of my two bikes have scared me > > like this - but at least it was minor. > > Two comments for you all: Carry a leatherman at all times and > > check your fuse holders! > > -Joey > > PS: It's actually a Stanley brand multi-tool I carry, but I use a > > leatherman pouch since they are more rugged: > > > http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?CATEGORY=NEW%5FPROD%5FKNIVES&TYPE=PRODUCT&PARTNUMBER=84-519&SDesc=Stanley%AE+12+in+1+Multi%2DTool > > > > -- > > -Joey Kelley > > JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online > > JoeyFixesComputers.com - Its What I Do! > > JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > -- > -Joey Kelley > JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online > JoeyFixesComputers.com - Its What I Do! > JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow > > -- > 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.
