Have been using the kill switch both ways for years. The bike could care less what way it is shut off. Using the kill switch regularly ensures to the operator that it functions and is instinct to use when needed. Yes I have left my bike on and came back to a dead battery but if my bike required a key to be turned off and removed to lock it this would not have happen either. Not complaining at all. My tractor you have to pull the fuel cut off because turning the key off won't stop the motor.
Used to do alot of off road riding and the kill switch was extremely important. A stuck wide open throttle and on a rough trail going like a bat otta hell you didn't dare reach for the key switch, ya just flipped your thumb and motor stops!!! Or lock up the rear and stall the motor. Hey it all works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I wonder if that's why I had to have the shorted out starter switch replaced a week ago. I never use the kill switch either.

 

I use my kill switch most of the time.

 

yeah, and these are the same salesmen that swear that you must wait for the check engine light to go out before hitting your start button......

 

I don't know which one to use and I don't want to damage anything so I think I'll just pull the plug wires to shut it off from now on.

 

I like it now that's thinking outside the box

 

Isn't there a thread of a few guys here having problems with their bikes not turning on and found out that it was their kill switch that was sticking? I don't use it for that reason and I don't want to be stuck out in the midlle of nowhere.

 

I only use the ignition switch.

 

i couldn't get my bike in neutral while its running if my life depended on it. always kill switch, then neutral, ignition off, dismount.

 

no and none lol