Park in N?

[AMGnDuc]

FWIW, they teach you in the MSF to park it in neutral, though realistically it depends on the parking situation.

I tend to park it in neutral with the forks locked.

[Scotzman]

FWIW, they teach you in the MSF to park it in neutral, though realistically it depends on the parking situation.

I tend to park it in neutral with the forks locked.

I was told the opposite by the MSF, "because you could have a kid climbing on it..." were the instructors words.

[Travman]

According to the interweb we are to leave it in gear when parked.

http://motorcycleviews.com/motorcycletips/motorcycletipsafety001.htm

[Popeye the Sailor]

In gear-it helps prevent it from rolling if it suffers a bump from some idiot. Not that it matters as much on the centerstand 

[rideserotta]

Great points on this thread. But I will say that because of this I've gone to always in gear... even in the garage.

[Adamm0621]

The only time I leave it in neutral is when it's parked in my garage.  Nobody touches my bike in the garage but me.  Whenever I park it any where else I keep it in gear.

[Bishamon]

According to the interweb we are to leave it in gear when parked.

http://motorcycleviews.com/motorcycletips/motorcycletipsafety001.htm

That's "How to Park on a Hill"      


FWIW, I was taught in the MSF course to leave it in neutral, but they didn't really cover parking on a hill.  Then again, it may have had more to do with making extra-certain that students don't go flying off on the bikes. 

[SDkid]

The only time I leave it in neutral is when it's parked in my garage.  Nobody touches my bike in the garage but me.  Whenever I park it any where else I keep it in gear.

same for me.  Just finished the MSF class, and they always said to find neutral.  But that was in the middle of a lonely parking lot, completely flat with no one else around.  With my bike it's in gear unless on the stand in my garage.

[AMGnDuc]

I was told the opposite by the MSF, "because you could have a kid climbing on it..." were the instructors words.

They told me something similar, but it was in regards to which way you should park your forks.  If you leave them straight, it's much easier for a child to pull the bike over from either side, but if you put them hard left and lock the steering, it requires a lot more force from the kid to make the bike tip over.

[danaid]

  I always park in neutral and back into a stall. Never gave much thought to parking in gear or the hill thing, I always seem to park where its flat.

[Popeye the Sailor]

  I always park in neutral and back into a stall. Never gave much thought to parking in gear or the hill thing, I always seem to park where its flat.

Come to San Francisco. 

[danaid]

Come to San Francisco. 

 I visit San Francisco often and love it there. My wife's family is sprinkled throughout in the bay area. I often thought if i had to ride/commute in that town that my riding skills would increase 100 fold.

 Unfortunately my bike is mainly used for short blasts into the nearby Sierra Nevadas where I live, when I get some time. 

[Cloner]

If you're worried about children climbing on your bike and wearing it, then maybe that's your best reason yet to use birth control.

If a kid is dumb enough, and is poorly attended enough, to wear one of my bikes in public, then Darwinian Selection is hard at work.  Who am I to intervene?

I thought the thread was just a quiz....how do you park your bike? .... not an argument .... you park your bike wrong!! .... was it not?

I don't believe there is any "right" answer, just lots of logical ones.  I guess it depends on your mental capacity whether you park in gear or park correctly.   

[kopfjäger]

If you're worried about children climbing on your bike and wearing it, then maybe that's your best reason yet to use birth control.

If a kid is dumb enough, and is poorly attended enough, to wear one of my bikes in public, then Darwinian Selection is hard at work.  Who am I to intervene?

 

[EvilSteve]

In my garage or somewhere flat: Neutral
Everywhere else: First

Suggestion: don't start your bike without your hand (or foot) on the brake.