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Superfast Matt McCoy:
I apologize if this has been covered; I did a brief search and didn't find anything.

If I have a lanyard kill that is hooked up to a fuel pump (one that shuts off flow) and I can bump that lanyard off easily with my thumb on the handlebars, will that one switch be sufficient to meet the rules for the lanyard, the fuel flow shutoff, and the engine kill with hands on handlebars?

In other words, say you removed the kill switch from this, and moved the lanyard over to the right where you could bump it off with your thumb.  Would that be rules compliant?



Thanks!

ol38y:
I'm not quite sure what your asking. But, to be legal you must have the toggle kill switch and the lanyard kill. If you have an electric fuel pump it must be shut off with either toggle or lanyard the same time as the ignition kill. Either one must be capable of killing the engine and any fuel pumps.  If you're running fuel you must have a manual petcock that you can close with your hands still on the handlebars.

Larry

Captthundarr:
No, not in the current configuration. Lanyard needs to kill pump and ignition. Toggle switch needs to kill pump and ignition.

Stainless1:
Matt, the purpose of the lanyard is to kill the bike when you are not attached to the bike and can't turn the switch off.  The hands on requirement is for when you are on the bike.  If you are doing a fuel bike with a Magneto you will give all of us a chance to do a little creative thinking.

ol38y:
IIRC a magneto kill goes to ground when activated...

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