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He's probably not...but I am
What a way to start the week
How Do You Turn Your Bike Off
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He's probably not...but I am
What a way to start the week
The higher the grade of fuel the longer it takes to run out of fuel. But I have a solution. I just fill it up with diesel. Seems to do the trick.
AberdeenAngus
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Man, you are a real biker.
You know that book thing, that came free with your motorcycle? No? OK, you are looking for a book, with a picture of a motorbike on the front, that looks pretty much like this:
Your book will have a different picture on the front but don’t worry or get too intrigued, at least you’ll now know what you are looking for. If you can’t find it or really are not sure what it is you are looking for, pop alone get to your local ‘official’ BMW dealership. There is one in Battersea, which (as you seem to live in London) may well be convenient. Who knows, you may even meet some likeminds when you are there; wouldn’t that be great?
Anyway, it’s crammed full of all sorts of useful and helpful stuff, including how to turn your bike off. As the book is published by BMW (they are the people who made your motorcycle) it’s about as ‘official’ as you can get. This is what it says:
Switching off ignition
Requirement Radio-operated key is within range.
There are two ways of deactivating the ignition.
Version 1:
Briefly press button 1.
Light is switched off. Handlebars (steering lock) are not locked.
Version 2:
Turn the handlebars all the way to left.
Press and hold down button 1. Light is switched off.
The steering lock engages.
PS Button 1, is shown in a picture in the book. It’s the button you used to turn your keyless motorbike on with.
Helpfully, it’s marked ‘On’ and ‘Off’. The thing that looks like a padlock, is the steering lock. Its operation is also described in the book.
PPS The kill switch is, as its name might imply, an emergency method of killing the engine. Not every stop is an emergency. If you find that it is, then maybe motorcycling really is not for you.
You can also stop / kill the engine by coming to a halt in gear and flicking the side stand down. This is not ‘official’ as it’s not in the book.
That's some quality work there. It's great to watch a skilled craftsman at his trade.
You fool.
What a hazardous situation that would create.
Just imagine the consequences if they then mixed up their clueless/keyless cutout bungee lanyard with the one fitted to their airbag vest.
They might inflate themselves, and as they bobbed about in midair six feet above the bike, swaying in the wind, their bike would be stopping and starting until the battery went flat (won't take more than three days, as I read it on here), and they would then come crashing down to earth, bouncing like a BMW logo bedecked Space Hopper, and possibly knock some passing bikermate or other innocent Starbucks/Tesco shopper into the path of a low flying taxi driven by a demented Scotchlander.
I opened this thread with great expectations and wasn't disappointed 
The 14th century is the future to many in Yorkshire.
Is it a dealer job to install, or can it be done by an independent?
Obviously an owner wouldn't know how to, and it would invalidate the warranty, because my mate said.
Now and again, a door opens onto a parallel universe. Worlds of mystery and intriguing wonder, asking of us more questions than there are answers. To quote those that forge ahead, boldly going* : “It’s life, Jim but not as we know it”.
* The best known split infinitive of them all.
It would also invalidate your insurance. Everything does. I read it here.
You're too late, Jitsie have got in first
https://www.splatshop.co.uk/jitsie-lanyard-magnetic-kill-switches.html
Yeah, that's right, but they'd only invalidate it after they'd increased your premium by £1000 due to the modification.
And you'd get no refund or ever be able to get insurance ever again. From anywhere. Another mate told me that.
I hit the forum and saw this thread - I knew it was going to be a good day....
It’s going to take some beating but as ‘the season’ is rapidly beating a path to our doors, we can expect some stiff competition.
if you ever need cheering up just visit this section,now I feel safe to venture down stairs to the kitchen and make a brew 
The indignation of putting a spare key up the chuff of one’s beloved steed because the key battery has run out.
The OP has come in for some (I hope, lighthearted) stick. As he (I am ashamed to say, as it might reflect on the rest of us) lives in London, I’ll gladly invite him along on one of my Wanders, as and when I can restart them. That’s not to take the pee out of him but rather as a ‘Thank you’ for providing us with some excellent entertainment this morning. If, as maybe the case, he’s new to all this biker malarkey or just not sure how UKGSer’s anarchical freestyle approach works, then it’ll be a good opportunity, I hope, for him to see what the forum is really all about.
Richard
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