NO! That's dangerous, and I'll fight someone that even attempts to do it to me! (and I let everyone know that during group rides too.)

Why? A new rider here in town lost his life to that damn killswitch bull**** a few months ago. Some rider pulled up next to a newbie and went to flip the kill switch. The new rider (not knowing who this guy was and what he was trying to do) panicked and swerved. Sadly, he swerved into a car beside him, causing him to crash, and resulted in him loosing his life.

SO PLEASE don't pull this killswitch BS while you are riding. At stoplights, fine, no harm done, but not while riding. Sorry if I sound irritated, but when someone looses their life over a stupid stunt like that, it gets me all riled up.

 

haha kickstand happened to me twice as well, then i caught on

 

Yeah +1 on the whole hitting the horn when turning off the blinker. Damn gloves!!! For me the biggest problem i have is pulling out of the garage and nailing it. Sounds simple, but with a smooth asphalt street and cold tires i always end up breaking the rear tire loose.

 

damn horn I still do that....

 

1first time on bike 73 500 suzuki wanting to go slow but had to try all the gears drove 60mph on winding side road.
2 thought speedo was in metric, (it's not) so I drove everywhere at 80mph.
3 dropped bike in yard front wheel slid out on muddy side hill. cracked battery cover.
4 donuts in front yard of new house dropped bike in mud
5 ran out of gas tank was already set to reserve.
6 riding with blinker on
7 hit horn to kill blinker
8 kill engine shifting into 1st with stand down
9 starting from stop wondering why clutch is taking so long to engage. 2nd gear maybe.
10 stalling the engine at the lights
11 trying to place foot on peg, placing foot on shifter instead LURCH
12 not engaging 2nd fully then reving the crap out of it when it pops into neutral
13 givin' er for some friends to hear and buzzing the back tire while at the limiter cause traction was bad
14 trans won't shift cause my foot was already touching the shifter
15 opening the throttle wide when I'm trying to close it (cause I'm a tool)
16 loading my 929 onto a boat trailer when the P/C failed on the side of the road. musta looked like some kind of circus side show. didn't wreck anything.

There is probably more but that's all I can think of. Anyone want me to test their ride? No?

 

That's a good one

+1 for horn, blinkers, starting with stand down.

It probably was the second day I got my bike, was driving around quiet neighborhood at a walking speed with an open visor listening to all sounds bike produces, and here you go HOOOOOOOOOONK!!!, I almost jumped out of the saddle lol. It was a really close sound I though a car is alreadyin my back

I feel thankful though each time a kickstand kills the engine even though it is embarrasing, riding with a kickstand will get you into big troubles in no time.

 

+1 on the kickstand. It took me about 5 minutes the first day i got the bike to realize what i was doing.

The town i live in is really hilly, lots of steep roads and turns etc.. I was stopped at a red light up a steep hill, holding in the back brake rev'ed her up to like 5 grand and almost just dropped the cluth. First wheelie lol !

 

+1 on killing the engine due to the kickstand being down, except I took it a step further and actually asked someone at a shop about it and it made me feel like a total noob, which I was at the time.

And last night I ran out of gas on the highway and had to push my bike up the offramp and uphill about half a mile to a gas station.

 

I've comitted almost every single one in the 2 weeks I've had the bike so far. Too bad I didn't join this forum earlier. Luckily it's been a bunch of "all-mosts" for me so far and no significant damage yet. Here's one newb mistake that that isn't on there, but authenticated my newb status: be careful when you pick your bike back up after dropping it!
Situation:
1. Day 2 on bike, slow-motion ease it down doing a tight last minute U-Turn at a gas station.
2. In an embarrased frenzy, pick it up so hard and fast it STARTS TO GO DOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
3. Watch skrawny homeless man, who was walking over after seeing the first mistake, use ultra-crackhead strength to save it from REALLY falling over on the opposite side.
4. Ride away feeling awesome about yourself.

 

After cleaning moto for hours, I rolledit backwards, 12 in., to clean hard-to-reach area on rims. Felt so good to be in saddle, neglegted to put stand down. I never let go of right handle as I laid her over in slow motion. If she weighs 300 lbs., I was pulling with 295 lbs. and it was all silent. Pinprick of a scratch on moto is invisible, and I got the "Everybody goes down" monkey off my back. My biggest noob mistakes were made here, in this little box. Examples include; pervin' on pittsy ("Lo ! I am Wierdo"), provoking a literary debate with 69 ( just some jackass, tryin to start shizz) and let's forget about the Chad4000 incident, Da? Pax, G.