He just needs to stop using the kill until reaching for the key is second nature. The distractions and different things he needs to do need to be set aside.

I'm left wondering why the Always the Smartest People in the Room at the Tall Table don't have answers like that.

Discipline and Repetition

Serowbot wrote on 07/12/17 at 11:20:28:

Why don't they make kill switches momentary?...
I've always wondered about that...

That's the way dirt bikes work.

Maybe a 2-stroke slows down more quickly than a 4-stroke when you kill it?

Only reason I can think for the momentary button on dirt bikes is to allow it to be used for engine braking.  I have often wondered that too and this is the only thing my thinker can think.

One thing that might work would be to use the biker's key thing that has the string you pull out with the key on it.  When you get up, you have about 3 feet before the cord catches you.

AlexW wrote on 07/12/17 at 14:55:25:
------------

Back when 2-strokes ruled the roost, most serious races would set their bikes up so they wouldn't idle at all for two main reasons.  One of those reasons was to get more responsive bottom end power.  The other is increased engine braking when you cut the throttle going into a corner.   The goal is to keep the rear wheel turning the engine over until you cracked the throttle to lite the engine up again.  But once in awhile the rear wheel would lock up and skidd instead of restarting the motor if you weren't careful.  This low idle meant that you almost never touched the kill switch.  It's main purpose was to kill a bike if the throttle was stuck open after a crash.

Modern 4-stroke off-road bikes have more braking power than two strokes and run an idle.