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I once bought a Norton atlas that has suffered the same feteLack of a kill button killed my 650ss back in the 90s when it still lived in Ontario.
The story is that the new owner stored it over winter in a damp area. Corrosion in the throttle cable caused the slides to stick wide open on starting. While the owner was fumbling for the key switch the revs went to the moon causing a connecting rod to break , the jagged end exiting thru a crankcase half.
The bike became an insurance write off, went to a Breaker's yard and was spotted by none other than Herb Becker.
Herb bought the wreck and donated it to the Ontario Vintage group for a resto project. Eventually it was completed then raffled off to an non riding winner. He kept it for a few years then sold it to me.
So in this case, it worked out well for me that the bike did not have a kill switch, although it does have one now!
Glen
While the owner was trying to shut it down the motor blew !!!
The only thing that didn't get damaged was the cylinder head surprisingly
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