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[JONNIEROCK]

    Just bought a 2016 CVO Street Glide. When I shut it off I hit the kill switch and then I turn what I used to call the  ignition switch, which is now just considered the fork lock switch to the center position. On restart, I turn the fork lock switch clockwise to the unlock fork position, turn the off / on handlebar switch to run position and then hit the start button, is this the correct  sequence ? Or can the fork lock switch just be left in unlocked position and just use the kill switch and start button.
             Thanks Jonnierock

[GregKhougaz]

Your procedure is correct and yes, you can leave the fork lock switch in the unlocked position.

[JONNIEROCK]

   Is that what most of you on here do, leave the fork lock switch in the unlocked position all the time and then just use the off/on switch ?
                          Thanks Jonnierock

[Sprintkid]

It depends when and where I am parking and leaving my bike.

[King Glide]

Having had one stolen while in a parking lot years ago, the only time I leave mine unlocked is in my garage.

[ultra13]

I use the same start up method every time..Just like JONNIEROCK does. I lock my bike up everywhere. Even in the garage...I still do even if I can see it.   

[GregKhougaz]

   Is that what most of you on here do, leave the fork lock switch in the unlocked position all the time and then just use the off/on switch ?
                          Thanks Jonnierock

That was not your original question. Your CVO is not cheap and you don't want to lose it. I lock my fork, bags and trunk every time I walk away from the bike.

Especially for the bigger bikes, it is better to unlock your fork before you stand the bike up. You'll find threads here bye guys who dropped the bike because they could not turn the fork after standing it up.

[bigC]

I only use the kill switch unless I'm locking the forks.

[bakon]

There is no electrical connections to the fork lock. Lock it if you like. Mine gives grief unlocking with the button about 70 percent of the time and half the time with the key. For what it's worth a large screw driver and hammer will disable it. A disc lock is a better deterrent. Still useless when four fellows with two boards pick it up and slide it in trailer to pull away, bitching the entire time about the piece of chit that won't start....true theft story.

[Singlebeam]

I use the kill switch only. If I am out of town and staying in a motel, I will use fork lock but that's the only time.

[iski]

Kill switch in garage, anywhere else fork lock also.

[Fired00d]

I use the same start up method every time..Just like JONNIEROCK does. I lock my bike up everywhere. Even in the garage...I still do even if I can see it.   

Same here (add to that w/putting the fork in the lock position I also key lock it in that positon, and lock the saddlebags other than when it's parked inside @ home). Along w/that when I'm out riding I activate the alarm system which includes the use (turning on) of my H-D Alarm Pager... and when traveling I also use a disc lock on the front wheel.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[RonandJanet]

If I am anyway other than home everything is locked when I leave the bike.  In my garage it is unlocked unless I am out of town then I lock it and take the FOBs with me.

[SDCVO]

I use the kill switch only. If I am out of town and staying in a motel, I will use fork lock but that's the only time.

X2

[FLSTFI Dave]

I use the kill switch only. If I am out of town and staying in a motel, I will use fork lock but that's the only time.

X3  I always lock the bags.