Starts fine, idles fine, ran great all last season. once you shift from neutral to first and engage clutch it immediately dies. had carb issues in the past. only 3500 miles on the bike. any help would be greatly appreciated!
Check clutch switch may be stuck bike thinks you are putting in gear without pulling clutch
Testimonial: "It was the kick stand switch!!!!! Just going to wire it back into itself and good to go."
This happened to mu sons SV 650 also as potty as it sounds try engaging 2nd, or disconnect side stand switch not sure if it needs bridging though
SOURCE: Engine stalls when engage in any gear from neutral.
CHECK THE SIDE STAND SAFETY SWITCH IS OPERATING
SOURCE: When I put it in gear it dies even with the clutch engaged
Check out your kickstand switch. kickstand must be up to move in gear.....safety
SOURCE: clutch does not engage well, especially when cold. First shift into gear will always stall motor.
to me this seems a case of many things not 100% set up properly.
big singles do burn a lot of oil, so either its low or just the wrong viscosity, check with a KTM forum as a lot of users will have already had this problem and rectified it.
but the first thing i'd check first is: Idle speed (if its FI then shouldnt be a problem) valve clearances and it also depends on whether you have any mods?
a race spec pipe will always cause issues starting cold.
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if the sidestand is down or the sidestand switch is broke it will do this too
It was indeed the sidestand switch! thank you
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