Switching bike off using side stand....bad?

[theopj]

Since one of my bikes fell forward off the side stand when on a slope on my drive I have got into the habit of leaving the bike in gear when I park the bike on a slope of any kind.

Since I'm gonna leave it in gear and I've started just kicking the side stand down when i come to a stop (with the clutch in) and this stops the bike. Is this bad - likely to damage anything by doing this rather than stopping it with the key?
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Suzuki Bandit SA 1250 & Honda CB750F2T

[T1z3R]

its the same as stopping it with the key or the kill switch.
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duck my sick!

[Paddy Blake]

It will be fine so long as you change the name of the tread to say SIDE
stand.

Paddy.

[Pete.]

No problem with it except that one day you might walk off leaving the key in the ignition.
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Hunnibeast]

yeh, i do it all the time as i always leave my bike in gear whenever i park up

beleive it or not it once stopped a load of pikeys from nicking it when i was at school, as when they tried to wheel it off it didn't move, and they were too f***ing stupid to realise it was because it was in gear

BUT i have also left the keys in the ignition a couple of times
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Suzuki TS50X, Yamaha DT125R, CCM 404DS

[Cwizard]

guilty

When i first got the NSR i kept forgetting to take my keys out at work, luckily its parked on the driveway of the onsite caretaker house, so nobody goes near it!
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Honda NSR 125 R1 (51)
Back and better than ever!!

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]