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Old 04-12-2004, 12:52 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Bike dies shifting into 1st / Kill switch tricky

Sometimes when i switch the killswitch to RUN, the bike won't start, so i have to flip it back and forth a couple times and THEN it seems the "run" setting registers.

And sometimes my bike dies when i start it and shift it into 1st. Yes, clutch is in, and the bike isn't jerking. To avoid this on a fresh start, i switch into 2nd from neutral and downshift into 1st.