| I have seen literally dozens of people do this, at least one per trackday and also from doing on-road training, but mostly on track where people just fire up and ride off to a loud chorus of people shouting and waving at them to stop as they career down the pit lane. We've had people go out on a right hand circuit and realised they'll come off at the first left hander and had the marshall flag them to stop.
Also seen a non-biker drooling over the bike and putting his leg over it not realising the stand will go up, then go to step off again to a bunch of onlookers diving under the bike to keep it upright.
I prefer the manual version, then I am in control of it, not the bike or the elements. Throw your leg over the bike, stand flips up or you flip it up, then key etc etc. For me it's a bit like checking you are in first gear at traffic lights or indeed habitually anywhere - how many times do you tap the lever down in the full knowledge that it is already in first gear?
WeeJohnyB
[Edited on 16-2-2006 by WeeJohnyB]  |