# Rule Number One of Riding

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rule-number-one-of-riding/263590
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [April 30, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rule-number-one-of-riding/263590 "2012-04-30T17:36:07Z")
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### Author: ![Gundamzeppelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Gundamzeppelin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gundamzeppelin)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rule-number-one-of-riding/263590/7 "2012-04-30T21:11:17Z")

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> [@First bike... R6 vs CBR 600?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387/40):
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> Make sure your kick stand is up…:ponder:ponder
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> Do yourself a favor, make it a habit to _ **visually** _ check and make sure it is up. Better yet, take the freaking kick stand off if you are at the track. Guy is lucky since he is at a track, otherwise he may have just ran off a cliff or ran into on coming traffic…
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> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qY-RZLKLmU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qY-RZLKLmU)

This seems to happen to a lot of track guys, IDK why you would even have the stand down at the line. Also I guess they gut the bike to get rid of as much weight as possible. So i could see someone removing the switch that stalls out the bike when the kick stand is down. to save those few oz of weight.:lol

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