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deviant56 · 05-20-2007, 11:59 PM

Just to put a little warning out there for you guys. Watch out for the kill switches on the clutch and kickstand to start acting up and going bad. It happened to me with the clutch switch on saturday when I was running just under 100 mph on a straightaway. The engine coughed then died and I couldn't do anything to make the bike run until I was able to get some tools and take apart the switch to fix it.

To be fair, I have 20k miles on the bike and they have not been particularly easy miles. Still, for something like a kill switch to randomly kick in and kill the engine in the middle of running those kind of speeds is some scary business.

05-20-2007, 11:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
deviant56 Blue Wheels Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: tennessee Posts: 497 Casino Cash: $4111 Sportbike: 01 kawasaki zx6r	Kill Switches Just to put a little warning out there for you guys. Watch out for the kill switches on the clutch and kickstand to start acting up and going bad. It happened to me with the clutch switch on saturday when I was running just under 100 mph on a straightaway. The engine coughed then died and I couldn't do anything to make the bike run until I was able to get some tools and take apart the switch to fix it. To be fair, I have 20k miles on the bike and they have not been particularly easy miles. Still, for something like a kill switch to randomly kick in and kill the engine in the middle of running those kind of speeds is some scary business.