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Old 08 Jun 08, 01:30 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Kiwi View Post
Each to their own, I have several bikes and apart from the ducati none of them had a sidestand cut off switch, to have one set up with a "safety" feature and the others not is possibly inviting trouble, ie lazy habits learnt with the ducait and its safety switch could prove disasterous when these habits are transferred to another bike with out this feature
In some ways I agree with you, insofar my other bike which I rode in my teens and twentys did not have such a device and you learnt to remember it. But if the bike is capable of providing the facility, but doesn't due to the manufacturer's warped logic then I see no reason not to use it. After all you have to alter it to stop it working so why not alter it to make it work correctly.

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