Argh, I can confirm that my 50+ y.o. @$$ was able to push my bike around while it was in neutral, having stopped at the service station near my home long enough to top off the tank this a.m. I wound up pushing it home (thankfully not much more than about a quarter mile to half mile push)
When I first tried to start the bike this morning it wouldn't crank at all. No click, click, click, no noise at all. I wound up putting the bike into neutral, and was finally able to get it engage the starter and finally got it started. Whee. On my way, or so I thought. Stopped to get fuel, tried to restart, nothing again, even when I put the bike in neutral.
I had electric as I could see the indicators, and see that the headlight was lit, etc., but the bike just wouldn't even try to start
I suspected that it might be the kickstand switch, but tried flicking the kickstand a few times. Next suspicion is that it is related to the clutch switch. Reason for that suspicion is that I had cleaned the bike up a bit on the weekend and noticed that the boot from the clutch cable (up by the clutch handle) had slid down the cable considerably. When I went to put that well worn (cracked and splitting) boot back up there it seemed that the nuts/dials on the clutch handle were perhaps loose.
Suggestions and/or recommendations before I wind up trailering the bike to the shop to get whatever the issue is fixed? I would love to get it going again without needing to do that, but I also must admit to not being terribly mechanically inclined (actually, I'm pretty terrible when it comes to mechanical repairs, so that might not be the correct statement back there
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