The switch still works, you just have to hold it now rather than just touch it. And my other option was to disconnect it, so the rubber band is a better option.
I mostly hit it by mistake now because there's no centre grab bar, or if I'm going slow and leaning on the bars. But I have done it in the past on my SKS after hitting a really big bump. Catches you by surprise.[/b]
Funny thought on that (ha ha, I'm thinking to loud to type... c'mon get it out...) my brother, as I've said, hits his kill switch every now and then for no good reason (usually sliding side to side to stir up snow in my face, lol) and just last week he hit it again, by accident. He then found that that as long as your moving, your clutch is still engaged. He pulled up on the kill switch, and she started right back up again (much like jump starting a standard). Away he went. I wondered why all of a sudden he stopped so fast I had to tap the break, lol. I dunno, I thought that was funny.
I've seen the kill switch work by a sled being rolled. It got hit, and shut the engine down. If you happened to roll your machine in the snow, the snow might not be enough to stop the engine. And you may not be on it when it's up-side down and still trying to run. It is better than disconnecting the kill switch altogether, though.
