I'm not sure where I saw this, but there's some "advice" floating around on the internet that the kill switch on a motorcycle is not meant to be used for regular startups/shutdowns of bikes.You should leave it on the ON position and then use the ignition key to control whether the bike is on or off.
The reason? The kill switch may wear out and leave you in bigger trouble if you ever need to quickly shut off the bike.
Absolute rubbish, but I saw tons of people saying 'hmm yeah that's not a bad idea!".
Even if the kill switch wore out, you can very easily turn the ignition to OFF in the event of an emergency. Plus I've taken apart kill switches before and there's not much in them that can "go bad". And even then, prematurely replacing one (if you're so paranoid of its impending failure) is relatively cheap to do.
Has anyone else seen this come up? Or even worse.. believe it?
The reason? The kill switch may wear out and leave you in bigger trouble if you ever need to quickly shut off the bike.
Absolute rubbish, but I saw tons of people saying 'hmm yeah that's not a bad idea!".
Even if the kill switch wore out, you can very easily turn the ignition to OFF in the event of an emergency. Plus I've taken apart kill switches before and there's not much in them that can "go bad". And even then, prematurely replacing one (if you're so paranoid of its impending failure) is relatively cheap to do.
Has anyone else seen this come up? Or even worse.. believe it?