Strange behavior

That’s spooky brother. I park my bike in first. If I remember that is.

My Strom would rarely throw a false neutral.

I'm going to try to duplicate it tomorrow in the garage. Could be an ECU bug? But yea, it's first gear from here on.

Kick stand switch?

The clutch plates can stick. Particularly if left for a while.
Other possibilities are the clutch switch PARTICULARLY with aftermarket adjustable levers, and the side stand still being down or that switch sticking.

Sticking clutch plates meaning even if I had the clutch depressed, I wasn't clutching? That fits. I think the kickstand was up. Now that I think about it, the kickstand makes no difference. It starts either way.

Sounds like the kick stand was not fully up

If it happens again wait a few seconds and see if CHEC appears on the dash

I appreciate the replies. Let me gather some more info and I'll post it up.

Happened to me twice, luckily the parking attendant at the mall told me my sidestand wasn't fully up, he felt like a hero after I started her back up and pulled off successfully 😂

Wee van Cleef said:

Sticking clutch plates meaning even if I had the clutch depressed, I wasn't clutching? That fits. I think the kickstand was up. Now that I think about it, the kickstand makes no difference. It starts either way.

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Might need a clutch rod adjustment, clutch may not be disengaging fully.

Shifter linkage is pretty weak and flimsy on this bike. Make sure all are as tight as they can be.

One thing I don't like on the 650 compared to the 1000. My SV1000S was the best shifting bike.

How about on the rear stand? Will the rear wheel stop turning in neutral? Cold oil and temps have more drag.

Heading out for a ride/hike. I checked the clutch cable/levers. It was tight after the riser install, so I adjusted for some slack, moving the mirror forward, clutch down. Hit both ends with WD-40.

I was able to duplicate the problem by leaving the kickstand down. Got the CHEC light. I was going to ask if the kickstand switch can be jumpered, and then I realized the idiot switch worked as advertised. It's the knucklehead operator at fault. She ran like a top all day. Not a total loss, I got the clutch linkage how it should be and learned a bit. Thx all.

I keep a blue scotch lock under my seat to bypass the stand switch if required again.

My switch failed in the first year, if the motor cuts out every time a gear is selected it's the stand switch

You will also get a CHEC and a dash ( _ ) where the gear position number is on the V2

But mine is how it should be right? Keeps one from taking off with the kickstand down. Seems like a good idea, even though I've lived without this feature since the 70s.

Yes it is working as it should if the stand was down, if the stand was not down that would point to the switch failing.

Many use the stand to shut down the motor, not recommended, carrying a way to bridge the switch may save some time and trouble if the switch does fail.

My KS switch failed me and left me stranded. Until I saw it got tangled in the CS sprocket.

Left it jumped and still is. Just have to keep it lubed and pay attention.

My guess is the lawyers made it so after a few got called out on it.

Try this: With engine running in 1st, start to put the kickstand down. Note how far down you move the kickstand before it kills the engine. On mine, since it is still new, the engine dies almost immediately, within probably an inch of movement. Yours may be more or less.

Somewhere, there is a thread about the kickstand needing grease, or the spring relaxing over time, or the switch needing adjustment, etc., that causes the bike to die after purring this kickstand up, or going over bumps and things like that. I know this is not your problem Andy, but just a related thought for this thread.

I guess I have heard of the KS switch killing the engine if it drops 1" while riding. Like weak spring or a spring missing.

Should be 1/2 way down before it kills the engine.

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I guess I have heard of the KS switch killing the engine if it drops 1" while riding. Like weak spring etc...

Should be 1/2 way down before it kills the engine.

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Earlier I mentioned mine kills the engine after about 1" of downward travel, but that may have been an improper estimation. I do know that it doesn't have to go fully halfway before it dies though. Somewhere inbetwixt the two does it.