Topic: Is a kill switch necessary?

[HonderCB]

is safety necessary?

[MCRider]

I should add to my reply #22, that only the first example required the kill switch. In all others the bike turned off on its own, or was idling. Even though most of the falls were on the right side.

So to answer the question, is safety necessary, I can unequivocally state... no..   

It is a matter of personal choice, let Darwin sort it out.

Oh yeah, unless someone else's negligence hurts me, then they should have been safer. I forgot that part.

[Lil Red]

My wife got into a situation once, the only time I've ever seen the need for a kill switch...she was riding a Nighthawk 700sc wich was probably a bit to to top heavy for her...doing some low speed parking lot stuff, she made a tight u turn and lost is so that she lost the plant of her left leg which left her at handlebar lock (left) stretched out so that she sat for a second with the throttle almost wide open and the clutch in...she killed it with her thumb...otherwise there would have been no remedy unless she got some help...

My Guzzi has the kill switch disabled...You know Italian electrics...most vintage ones do i noticed when i go to rallies.

I wouldnt sweat not having one...but you may regret it someday...maybe not.

[Flying J]

I am in the same situation on the 550 im building. I dont want a safety switch because its one more stupid thing with wires cluttering up my handlebars.  But i thought long and hard and decided that it needs to be there. No sense in looking cool when your dead right.

So i bought a fly racing kill switch. But its a temporary closed switch to ground out a system. So do you think i could wire it in on the points side of my Hondaman Ignition and use it as a kill switch that way?

[Spanner 1]

You could use it to short-out the points  BUT you would have to hold the switch 'on' until the motor stops rotating completly... if you let go with 1 or 2 firings left the motor could easily start-up again