kill switch, i've always done it that way.
alekinci's way sounds pretty good too!

 

kill switch. MSF teaches that way.

 

fsck, for those of us who use the kickstand (like me) or the key, the fscking kill switch can cause a great deal of turmoil until we remember we used it and have already killed our battery trying to start the fscking bike with the kill switch in the off position!!!!! [:@]

 

no, they taught use to park it in N, which is crazy in my opinion, and i dont understand why ANYONE parks in neutral

for those of you who drive a stick shift car, do you ever park it in N? hopefully not, and you have a parking brake

so since a kickstand is poor excuse for a parking brake, putting the bike in gear while parked only makes sense...else you will one day see your bike rolling forward...the kickstand fold up...plop

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even though i was taught to use the killswitch, after reading this thread, i will be using the key, i thought using the key was bad for the engine or something silly like that