Hi all,

I have searched the forum, but did not find anything that matches this exact issue.  I apologize in advance if it has been answered, but if it has, can someone please direct me to the post?

I just picked up a 98 Savage w/ about 9400 miles on it.  The green neutral light doesn't ever come on (I don't think it's the bulb).  The bike will not start unless the kickstand is up.  Once running, even if she's in neutral, she'll turn off if I put the kickstand down.  

I already tried to jump the plug on the left hand grip, with no success.  Does anyone know if this is due to the kickstand cutoff switch or if it is the neutral switch?  Also, are those part of the same mechanism?  If anyone has fixed this, do you have any pictures or info on how to access/test these parts?

Thank you very much!

I agree with Dave, most likely the neutral switch is bad, or hooked up wrong. ( disconnected) But if that doesn't seem to be it, I had a similar problem, the bike would drive then die till I went back to neutral. Start up on the side of the road then die when I put it in gear, NOT nice 120 miles from home. Turned out the neutral and kickstand switches are interconnected and the wire runs down tween the battery box and air cleaner on the drive belt side. They wiggled out and rubbed on the belt and wore thru. Had to patch and re-rout the wires and all as been fine since.  Just 3 bolts to pull off the drive pulley cover to check.