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jsarsfield Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 72	Bike stalling when put into gear. 09/27/09 at 16:39:38 Hi new member here. have a 1989 Savage 650 and today I took off the left side controls to clean them and since doing so it stalls as soon as I put it into gear but it runs fine what do you think is the cause? any help would be appreciated.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Bike stalling when put into gear. Reply #1 - 09/27/09 at 16:52:31 There are 3 safeties on your bike clutch, must be pulled to start bike. kickstand, must be up to be in gear neutral, see kickstand
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jsarsfield Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 72	Re: Bike stalling when put into gear. Reply #2 - 09/27/09 at 18:05:52 verslagen1 wrote on 09/27/09 at 16:52:31: There are 3 safeties on your bike clutch, must be pulled to start bike. kickstand, must be up to be in gear neutral, see kickstand It was the kickstand switch ... My last bike never had one .... Thanks
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kevinphan Full Member Offline Posts: 220 Dracut, Massachusetts Gender:	Re: Bike stalling when put into gear. Reply #3 - 09/27/09 at 18:08:51 Anyway of removing one of the safety so that the bike could start without pulling the clutch in and just with a press of the button?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Bike stalling when put into gear. Reply #4 - 09/27/09 at 18:18:52 bypassing safeties are not for nubes. study your wiring diagram and it will be obvious.
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Bike stalling when put into gear. Reply #5 - 09/28/09 at 05:57:52 I too don't like the clutch switch. I try to see a reason for it, as it won't start in gear anyway. I can't see a reason.
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Re: Bike stalling when put into gear.
Reply #6 - 09/28/09 at 06:18:05

I don't like the clutch switch either. I "bypassed"mine by taking a wire terminal meant to slide under a screw & putting it in the plug for the switch, cutting off the excess & putting the end back in the clutch switch. Looks like the switch is still hooked up & easily removed if you want to put it back in operation. Just remember, it will start in gear without pulling the clutch in.

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runwyrlph Serious Thumper Offline Semper ubi sub ubi Posts: 846 pa Gender:	Re: Bike stalling when put into gear. Reply #7 - 09/28/09 at 16:48:18 i keep trying to put my bike in gear with the kickstand down and it stalls! any way i can bypass that safety switch? I'd also like to be able to start it while it's in gear! any way to get that set up ?
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Reply #8 - 09/28/09 at 17:51:13

It is almost never wise to bypass a safety, whether you like it or not. The bike will start in gear, if the kickstand is up and the clutch is disengaged. Far better that the bike shuts off when in gear with the kickstand down than that you drive off with the kickstand down, then crash when you attempt to make a left turn. That sort of safety switch is usually the result of somebody getting hurt or killed.

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runwyrlph Serious Thumper Offline Semper ubi sub ubi Posts: 846 pa Gender:	Re: Bike stalling when put into gear. Reply #9 - 09/28/09 at 19:27:11 runwyrlph wrote on 09/28/09 at 16:48:18: i keep trying to put my bike in gear with the kickstand down and it stalls! any way i can bypass that safety switch? I'd also like to be able to start it while it's in gear! any way to get that set up ? i'm being facetious! guess i forgot the emoticon !
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Re: Bike stalling when put into gear.
Reply #10 - 09/28/09 at 19:28:20

runwyrlph wrote on 09/28/09 at 19:27:11:

runwyrlph wrote on 09/28/09 at 16:48:18:

i keep trying to put my bike in gear with the kickstand down and it stalls!

any way i can bypass that safety switch?

I'd also like to be able to start it while it's in gear! any way to get that set up ?

i'm being facetious! guess i forgot the emoticon ! Wink

hmmm was charon being facetious too? this can get confusing Undecided

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Reply #11 - 09/29/09 at 07:35:23

I wondered what the heck that kickstand light was for, since I've never seen it lit up. Whoever had my bike before me must have bypassed those safety switchs, because I can start it without the clutch pulled in (in neutral that is) and I've never had it die cause I put it in gear with the kickstand down. Usually I put the kick stand up first anyway. I guess you learn something new every day huh?

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Re: Bike stalling when put into gear.
Reply #12 - 09/29/09 at 08:04:10

Angie wrote on 09/29/09 at 07:35:23:

I wondered what the heck that kickstand light was for, since I've never seen it lit up. Whoever had my bike before me must have bypassed those safety switchs, because I can start it without the clutch pulled in (in neutral that is) and I've never had it die cause I put it in gear with the kickstand down. Usually I put the kick stand up first anyway. I guess you learn something new every day huh?

Stick around here Angie, you'll learn things you never even wanted to know.... LOL

BTW, mine doesn't have a kickstand light... as far as I know...

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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Bike stalling when put into gear. Reply #13 - 09/29/09 at 08:06:25 Whats w/ the bike starting in gear. Mine won't. It will not start till the green neutral lite is lit. I think you guys like messin up minds !
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Re: Bike stalling when put into gear.
Reply #14 - 09/29/09 at 08:10:29

Routy wrote on 09/29/09 at 08:06:25:

Whats w/ the bike starting in gear. Mine won't. It will not start till the green neutral lite is lit.

I think you guys like messin up minds !

Mine will start in gear with clutch pulled in, as long as the kickstand is up, as Charon said. Thanks goodness, because on the off-chance that I stall it at a stop sign, I'd hate to have to kick it back into neutral before I could re-start it!

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