Mrs. Rat and I went for a ride yesterday. As I was backing out of the garage, I had the bike in neutral and the motor idling. I tapped the shifter with my left foot and the bike immediately turned off. I had left the kickstand down.
My wife looked puzzled. Could it be she had never made that mistake? Never left the kickstand down and engaged the transmission?!? I explained that I had left the kickstand down and when the bike went into gear, the motor shut off. 'It's a safety feature,' I explained. 'I'm sure your bike has it too.' I restarted my bike and we took off on our ride.
Later, at a has stop, my wife tried an experiment to see whether it worked or not. She announced, 'My kickstand has nothing to do with my motor. I can put the bike in gear with the stand down and it'll keep running. ' i was suprised.
I said, 'Oh really? I thought all modern bikes had that feature. '
She raised an eyebrow and studied my expression. Was I making a snide comment about her bike?
It hadn't crossed my mind. I wasn't saying, 'All modern bikes have this feature . . . If your Harley doesn't have that feature, it must be a relic!'
She could see in my countenance I meant no disrespect.
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