Kill Switch

[Tiny1]

Should get Lamont to have a deadhorse section on this site so we can completely finish beating to death every topic and then transfer it to the dead horse section and beat it some more.

:agree: "Floggin' Forum

 

[boborgera]

Exactly! Broken fuel lines present just such a possibility. Preventing engine damage, and possibly oil on the rear tire from a blown engine, if the throttle cable failed would be another. Preventing an out of control machine in case of a clutch failure is yet another. The odds are against such failures, but they have happened. I will admit that the kill switch is an outgrowth of another era and of racing practices, but the idea is still sound. You do not have to remove your hands from the handlebars to switch off the ignition and its related components. If I am not mistaken, this control is now mandated by law.

Might be a law; I think 4 ways are also mandated ?
Every bike I've had in recent memory has a kill, all my ATVs have a kill,
Snowmobile's likewise. But the strange thing my Side bys don't?
Could be that like cars they have an automatic / sudden stop and rollover kill switch.:dontknow:

 

[Smokinspyder]

do we have a style of tip over switch like most 2 wheelers have where the fuel and ign are cut off basically a extra fail safe ?

 

[boborgera]

do we have a style of tip over switch like most 2 wheelers have where the fuel and ign are cut off basically a extra fail safe ?

Don't know if the Spyder has any thing like that ? But i've dropped a few bikes in my time, And if still in gear they'll just stall, unless they were in neutral when dropped then the engine will just keep on running:shocked:

Just to add if a bike had a tip over switch can you imagine if you were in a hard lean going around a curve and that switch trigger's.:yikes:

 

[spyryder]

do we have a style of tip over switch like most 2 wheelers have where the fuel and ign are cut off basically a extra fail safe ?

There is a rollover valve on top of the fuel tank.

 

[katnapper]

LOL

All I can say is.. Thank you for the smiles!

Anybody got a old kickstand? I want to put it on my Spyder!

 

[grumpybob]

I'm so old and slow I guess I will have to stick with the procedure I know.

Stick my head between my legs and kiss my ___ goodbye. :roflblack::spyder::spyder: OK I just couldn't resist..

 

[boborgera]

I'm so old and slow I guess I will have to stick with the procedure I know.

Stick my head between my legs and kiss my ___ goodbye. :roflblack::spyder::spyder: OK I just couldn't resist..

:roflblack::yes::roflblack:

 

[bjt]

Can anyone give an emergency senerio in which they would, or have time to use the kill switch while driving ???? Anyone......... Anyone......... :dontknow::dontknow::dontknow:

:dontknow:
The only thing i can think of is that when the kill is engaged it cuts power off to the fuel pump and the ignition, Definitely a safety feature there.!![fire]

Exactly! Broken fuel lines present just such a possibility. Preventing engine damage, and possibly oil on the rear tire from a blown engine, if the throttle cable failed would be another. Preventing an out of control machine in case of a clutch failure is yet another. The odds are against such failures, but they have happened. I will admit that the kill switch is an outgrowth of another era and of racing practices, but the idea is still sound. You do not have to remove your hands from the handlebars to switch off the ignition and its related components. If I am not mistaken, this control is now mandated by law.

Potentially those who had the bad DPS that locked into a left or right turn might have wanted to use the kill switch as taking a hand off the handlebars to turn off the key would have been a disaster.

 

[arntufun]

Potentially those who had the bad DPS that locked into a left or right turn might have wanted to use the kill switch as taking a hand off the handlebars to turn off the key would have been a disaster.

I see what your saying but.......It would not stop you faster than slamming the brake would. That should always be your first instinct in that senerio.

 

[bjt]

I see what your saying but.......It would not stop you faster than slamming the brake would. That should always be your first instinct in that senerio.

But killing power may give you back control of the steering allowing you to correct back into your lane instead of braking into oncoming traffic. I don't know this for sure as the issue never happened on my Spyder, I'm just speculating.

 

[wyliec]

arntufun

Can anyone give an emergency senerio in which they would, or have time to use the kill switch while driving ???? Anyone......... Anyone......... :dontknow::dontknow::dontknow:

Here is an example, if you haven't already seen it:


http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11793&highlight=kill+switch

 

[wyliec]

But killing power may give you back control of the steering allowing you to correct back into your lane instead of braking into oncoming traffic. I don't know this for sure as the issue never happened on my Spyder, I'm just speculating.

Check post #41 and on (baja ron and hdx's posts):

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15089&highlight=kill+switch&page=2

 

[boborgera]

I see what your saying but.......It would not stop you faster than slamming the brake would. That should always be your first instinct in that senerio.

It's not in my nature to agree with people more than once or twice a week ,But :agree:I had my original Dps take me on white knuckle flights quite a few times [Across lanes twice] What saved me was hard breaking and hard steering back into my lane, and then loosen my grip on the bars when the DPS went [snapped] back to ''normal''; Hitting the kill switch would have left me with NO power to accelerate back into my lane, And would have slowed me down to a stop on the highway.:yikes:

 

[Trickie Dick]

I see what your saying but.......It would not stop you faster than slamming the brake would. That should always be your first instinct in that senerio.

Not me... I'm bailin':roflblack:

 

[NancysToy]

As you can see by the various comments, there are many ways to skin a cat. The trouble comes with the delay that is needed to think up a solution, and evaluate one uncommon situation from a list of many possibilities. The kill switch is a simple, immediate solution to a variety of problems. That is one of its main reasons for being. If you get used to using it every time you shut off your Spyder, you will never hesitate when the need arises under pressure. To each his/her own, but I use the kill switches on all my vehicles that are equippped with them. I always know where my right thumb is, and where to find the switch.

One added bonus, when you are used to using the switch to turn the Spyder off, it becomes the first thing you look at if you hit it accidentally and kill the beast.

 

[Firefly]

Don't know if the Spyder has any thing like that ? But i've dropped a few bikes in my time, And if still in gear they'll just stall, unless they were in neutral when dropped then the engine will just keep on running:shocked:

Just to add if a bike had a tip over switch can you imagine if you were in a hard lean going around a curve and that switch trigger's.:yikes:

They don't always stall-----
http://www.radiousa.com/blogs/post/...torcycles-got-tangled-after-crash-and-spun-a/

 

[Arthur---Mexico]

Well, I've been riding for more years than most of you. The order of stopping a two wheel bike is lower your feet to balance the bike as you come to a stop, then use the kill switch with your thumb to stop the engine without taking your hands off the handlebars, then you lean the bike over on its kick stand, then you turn off the main ignition switch and remove the key. And then you turn to fuel switch to OFF. It has worked for me and my Harleys for many many years. On the Spyder it is about the same proceedure except there's no fuel valve to shut off nor do you have to balance the Spyder when it's stopped. And no kick stand. But there is that difficult to find parking brake pedal that has to be pushed on all SE5s before your Spyder rolls away.

 

[arntufun]

Here is an example, if you haven't already seen it:


http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11793&highlight=kill+switch

:agree: with that one. Nice find Wyliec. :thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

Stupid question time... pps:
If you kill power by whatever your method of choice; you have shut off all of that wonderful computing skill that Nanny possesses... Wouldn't it be better to have her on your side when your World is turning into nothing but "big eyes and brown shorts"? :yikes: