I edited my post around the same time as you posted.
Well it's on the handlebars Norm and as a mate warned me, it could be easy to brush up against a tree branch or accidentally bump it myself. But as I don't have the battery hooked up permanently, this isn't a problem anyway. I was just posting up the warning in case someone else tries to replicate my method and they have a battery hooked up permanently. Better to be safe than sorry. Starter motors and geared flywheels are expensive.
Believe it or not, I did one time hit the starter in my car when the engine was running. No harm was done on that occasion, but the grating sound was pretty dreadful and definitely not a good thing to do.
