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The "Parking" Key Position in Gen III. Useful?
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<blockquote data-quote="SacramentoMike" data-source="post: 1317585" data-attributes="member: 11508"><p>For the third time in about two months of ownership I came back to my parked Gen III today (after owning two Gen I's) to find the damn taillights and front markers burning. Damn. Left the key in that "P" position. I'm used to cranking the key over to "Locked" and leaving it fairly secure, and don't really want to have to double check which of the two very close-together key positions I've left it in. What benefit is there from being able to leave your bike with these lights burning? Seriously, who finds this useful?</p><p></p><p>It reminds me of the great feature Gen I's had of automatically retracting the windshield on turning the key off--something most everyone soon disabled. No benefit I could ever see, and lots of extra wear on the windshield motor. I see this "P" feature as equally valueless. Does anybody really USE it, and able to explain the value it adds? I'd really love to know. If I hadn't noticed it, I could have left the lights on all night--or until the battery was completely dead. How's that a good thing again?</p><p></p><p>Can this be disabled like the auto-retract? Has anybody done that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SacramentoMike, post: 1317585, member: 11508"] For the third time in about two months of ownership I came back to my parked Gen III today (after owning two Gen I's) to find the damn taillights and front markers burning. Damn. Left the key in that "P" position. I'm used to cranking the key over to "Locked" and leaving it fairly secure, and don't really want to have to double check which of the two very close-together key positions I've left it in. What benefit is there from being able to leave your bike with these lights burning? Seriously, who finds this useful? It reminds me of the great feature Gen I's had of automatically retracting the windshield on turning the key off--something most everyone soon disabled. No benefit I could ever see, and lots of extra wear on the windshield motor. I see this "P" feature as equally valueless. Does anybody really USE it, and able to explain the value it adds? I'd really love to know. If I hadn't noticed it, I could have left the lights on all night--or until the battery was completely dead. How's that a good thing again? Can this be disabled like the auto-retract? Has anybody done that? [/QUOTE]
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