Starting your bike in gear!!
#101
04-23-2011, 10:19 AM
#102
04-23-2011, 10:23 AM
stalling
I also found out why the bike runs choppy like it wants to stall sometimes. The dam phobe on the key ring for the alarm was not communicating with the alarm turn signal module. It was trying to shut the bike down. I took the bike to the dealer and had them take out the alarm and install a regular turn signal module. It has never stalled again and runs much better.
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04-23-2011, 11:01 AM
#105
04-23-2011, 11:18 AM
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Will 09's start in gear when you push the button? Why would you push it without the clutch pulled? Even with it pulled the bike "lurches" forward that little bit. Don't want to test that out!!!
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#108
04-23-2011, 12:35 PM
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Did it last year to my Vrod. We were at a bike blessng & the priest asked everyone to go to their bikes, start 'em up & rev them. Well, idiot that i've become, I did it from the right side of the bike. When I started it, it lurched foward & I couldn't stop it (wrong side of bike). It bent my foot peg & broke my shifter. Sux! Thank God one of my buddies lived only a couple of blocks away. We went to his house & made a temp shifter.
It's always in the back of my mind now.
It's always in the back of my mind now.
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04-23-2011, 12:40 PM
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Ever had an embarassing moment where you accidently hit the starter before verifying your bike is in neutral? Yeah......me neither! 
Although I would say that if the MoCo had a system that only allowed the bike to start in neutral, it would be a good safety feature. I will confess, I know someone...lets just call him Tod, who did attempt to start my...er Tod's bike once (on my '03 Ultra) with the bike on the sidestand...thinking it was in neutral. WRONG! Boy was I surprised when the bike lurched forward. Thanks God it didn't fall off the Jiffy Stand. I never.....I mean Tod never made the same mistake again.
Although I would say that if the MoCo had a system that only allowed the bike to start in neutral, it would be a good safety feature. I will confess, I know someone...lets just call him Tod, who did attempt to start my...er Tod's bike once (on my '03 Ultra) with the bike on the sidestand...thinking it was in neutral. WRONG! Boy was I surprised when the bike lurched forward. Thanks God it didn't fall off the Jiffy Stand. I never.....I mean Tod never made the same mistake again.
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04-23-2011, 06:25 PM
