Has this ever happened to you

[LewFZ1]

Has this ever happened to you? This morning I was out having a thrash really enjoying myself. Needed a pee (old age) anyway being in France decided to do what the french do, pulled over and did what I needed to do. Back on the bike and away like a bat out of hell. In A mode and loving it. Closing up on a truck rapidly and just gets past him and the fucker dies on me. Thankfully my slightly, over the national speed limit was enough to keep me out of harms way. I looked at the instrument cluster and nothing. Reached for the ignition key and found it had switched itself off, or rather I had not fully turned it on, diffo an oh fuck moment. Must have been me as it has never happened before and after two more hours did not happen again.

 

[Fulfilled-09]

Sounds like you were lucky, Lew, as it could have happened during a different and potentially much worse manoeuvre.

 

[Locksmith]

Thought you meant the truck driver died for a moment :lol

 

[whooshbang]

yep! I pulled in to fill up with fuel once and upon leaving the station the bike died on me! thought i'd accidentally put diesel on for a moment until i glanced at the cluster and seen it dead. I hadn't switched the key over fully and it bounced back to 'off'. I always make a point of checking it now.

 

[bobh]

I have an Irish mate with a wicked sense of humour. He told me he always checks things like whether the sidestand is properly down twice. When I asked him why he needed to do it twice, he replied "Ah, to be sure, to be sure."

Probably good advice in this case too.

 

[Griff1971]

Glad ive read this, don't like where the ignition position is in the first place on the tracer,
but ill be double checking it from now on.