Question about "park" on the ignition switch

[Road_Clam]

What lights are supposed to come on when you put the ignition switch into the "park" position? No lights come on on my bike in Park, and I thought the front t/s, and the rear running light were supposed to come on (all bikes are different from my experiences. Thanks,
Rich

[Guest]

Just the rear tail light, as far as I know. That is how it is on both my bikes

[braol]

Taillight only on mine as well. What's the purpose of it anyway?

[rphillips]

It's so you could take your gal parking on a dark back road. After you've been down in the woods for a while, on a dark night it would be hard to find your bike if you didn't have the parking light to see.

[duaneage]

In Europe Germany for one) it is requirred to use a parking light when parking a vehicle in a place where visibility is small or if there is a lot of fog.

This was a question on the Driver test for a license in Germany I took years ago. All cars sold there had a switch that turned a small bulb on in one of the turn signals , not the regular parking lights.

[rphillips]

Yeah, I guess you could use it for that too!!!