I disconnected mine yesterday. I was doing 60, passing some slower-moving tourists on one of those long hills where they add a passing lane (well, I guess it's the slow lane they add), and suddenly the bike just quit. I was able to coast through the slow lane traffic and get to the shoulder safely, but once I got settled, the bike started right up again! I remembered the side stand switch problem, and I disconnected it. No further troubles, yet, but I'm only about 120 miles from that event...