If the key is left in the ignition while on a trip, it might attract attention not just from thieves, but from somebody wanting to go for a joy ride... and ruin your trip if he tries too hard to turn the key and either breaks it inside, and/or damages the ignition. But that's just me .
Ya know, it's almost the opposite of what you would think....
Your first thought is to worry about thieves and people creeping around in the dark up to no good...
When the problem is far more likely to happen in broad daylight, right in front of you. One of your 6+ foot 250 pound friends gets on your bike, and tries to turn the key on. Before you realize what he's up to, you see him lean into it a bit so he can put some real force on the key that he cannot turn, and bam, he forces the knob itself to turn...lol.
LOL. I've watched it happen, more than once...lol. That simple black knob is a very complex and mysterious device in he eyes of the average man. That fact that it will not turn *should* make one realize that something else is required...but all it really makes them realize is that more force is required...lol.
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