[Darren69]

The other method used on some older Ducati pre-flip up stand was to include a warning light on the dash, but if you get in the habit of checking that then you might just as well look down and check the stand is up.

The cut out thing is all very well but like Utopia I have disabled it so the bike can be warmed up on the side stand which is much more useful. It will still cut out if the bike is put into gear though with the stand down.

I'm not sure it would be very straight forward or even worthwhile to retro fit the cut out interlock on an older bike.