Quote from: Electrojake on June 11, 2013, 01:44:53 PM
I thought you Aussies pulled the damn spark plug wires off to stop the engine.
Admit it, You mates been getting soft. 

Reminds me of a lawnmower I once had  . . .

My answer will always be Key, the only thing I have ever seen the Emergency Kill Switch do is Kill battery's. It's great that MSF instructors include the red switch in the MC shutdown procedure to get novice riders familiar with it's location and what it does, while it also allows them to leave their hands on the controls. Using the red switch to stop the engine is a completely unnecessary and redundant move that just adds another step to what is otherwise a simple one key operation. Granted, using the red switch does not hurt the bike in any way, and if it makes you happy to use it, party on....but your only kidding yourself if you think using it is required to shutdown a MC.

I also realize many here where taught to use it....I had to use it also when I took the MSF course. As I stated above, the only thing I have ever seen it do is kill battery's 

Stevo ... You forgot .... And catch riders out trying to start the bike ... When they don't notice/remember it sometimes 

I use kill switch, just because it's there. No real..."scientific" reason behind it really. Ultimately it doesn't matter which you use, they do the same thing.

I guess the MSF trained me well; I've always used the Kill switch.  No real risk of killing the battery, because when I get off the bike the key goes in my pocket.

Early on I killed the battery a couple times because of how I removed the key (left it in Park) but that hasn't happened for years now. 

Quote from: Bluesmudge on June 10, 2013, 07:45:05 PM
My days of dualsport riding have given me a hard lesson to always use the key.

If you use they killswitch you may forget to turn the key off. Headlight kills your battery pretty quick when the bike isn't running. Not a big deal in the city, but 30 miles from the nearest road on the side of a mountain and you might wish you had used the key.

yep. nothing like returning from a short hike for pictures, only to find the battery is flat.