List of things NOT TO DO..

[draboo]

OMG what da ya do if you have an automatic!!!???:helpsmilie:Kevin at cowtown warned me about that button and how easy it would be to go from cruise to OH CRAP time!!! Seems I hit that after I hit the deer took me awhile to figure out WHY the darn thing wouldn't start.pps: Thought I'd broken my new RT-S!!!!:gaah: I've asked the crew at cowtown how I culd put a guard over that kill switch so I couldn't hit it by accident. So far no ideas on that one. Threatened to tape the darn thing so it couldn't be moved!!!! The ???? is when would you use it anyway??? or why? I'm new at the driving end of this.:dontknow:

I can remember my first Spyder demo ride back in the summer of '07. T'was quite a comical experience. We all have been there,ThreeFeet!!

It is used in case of an emergency and you need to shut the engine off in a hurry. It is much closer to hit the switch with your right hand than to reach up to the key and turn it.

I do have an SE(auto). My suggestion is ride in a parking lot and hit it a few times to get yourself programmed to where the switch is in case you do it again.After doing this, do the same on a long stretch of not so traveled road while you are up to speed to get used to what it handles like after the switch is flipped.

I m actually glad it did happen, especially with the auto trans. It gave me a very good lesson on how the SE will handle without power.:thumbup:

 

[ThreeFeet]

I can remember my first Spyder demo ride back in the summer of '07. T'was quite a comical experience. We all have been there,ThreeFeet!!

It is used in case of an emergency and you need to shut the engine off in a hurry. It is much closer to hit the switch with your right hand than to reach up to the key and turn it.

I do have an SE(auto). My suggestion is ride in a parking lot and hit it a few times to get yourself programmed to where the switch is in case you do it again.After doing this, do the same on a long stretch of not so traveled road while you are up to speed to get used to what it handles like after the switch is flipped.

I m actually glad it did happen, especially with the auto trans. It gave me a very good lesson on how the SE will handle without power.:thumbup:

Way back in 73 I had a 100 cc kawasaki the plug fouled and the and the motor Quit like RIGHT NOW!!! back wheel screamed, I grabed clutch and the motor had already braked for me. If I hadn't got the clutch when I did I'd have gone over the bars!!! That bike did that to me a couple times. I am programed to grab the clutch!!! on both my bikes NO CLUTCH!!!!! Scares the pee outa me if I have to even practice doing the kill switch thing!!! I will but does the drive wheel scream to a halt?? Fish tail was mentioned. OMG I really wonder if I could man handle the bike. I haven't got THAT many muscles!!!:yikes::helpsmilie:

 

[draboo]

No, the wheel didnt lock up. I just slowed down rather quickly.

You really should try this, at least in a vacant parking lot. Switch it off for a few seconds and then back on. Do it a few times at different speeds so you will know what it is if it happens.

 

[SpyderWolf]

No, the wheel didnt lock up. I just slowed down rather quickly.

You really should try this, at least in a vacant parking lot. Switch it off for a few seconds and then back on. Do it a few times at different speeds so you will know what it is if it happens.

:agree: Knowledge is power, and knowing how it will handle before hand because you practiced it is much better than finding out later by accident. :thumbup:

 

[GA-SPYDER]

It was not on a Spyder, but on a brand new ( 3 days old ) Honda 350, many years ago. They had just started putting kill switchs on bikes. I went up to the corner store to get the sunday paper. I laid the paper across the handlebars and turned the key on, pressed the stater button, nothing. I was upset, dead battery. I tryed kicking the kickstarter, nothing. People standing around watching. A biker came over and said, may be a switch jarred loose, as he put the kill switch back on. Of course, the bike started. I thanked him as the crowd left.
Then he said, it had happened to him, when he went to take delivery of his new 350. The dealer had turned the switch off, as the manual at the time, said to.
OldManZues

Kickstarter? Hey, I remember those days, too! First bike was a '68 350 Scrambler. Boy, do I miss New Mexico riding.:thumbup:

 

[GA-SPYDER]

:roflblack::roflblack:ROTFLMFAO:roflblack::roflblack:

Thats funny right there, I don't care who you are...

THAT WAS JUST WRONG! Reminds me of a Mythbusters (with the dead pig in the Corvette). :yikes:

 

[Bullet24]

THAT WAS JUST WRONG! Reminds me of a Mythbusters (with the dead pig in the Corvette). :yikes:

Good episode, I was just pissed that the corvette was in excellent condition before hand! Guy still bought it after :roflblack:

 

[Phil]

Practice

Twas REALLY nice here this weekend. I took Spydee our in our pretty quiet neighborhood and practiced killing it on up hills, down hills, curves, low speed, high speed, everything. I feel MUCH better. :2thumbs: