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Originally Posted by RacinNinja
It should die with the kickstand down as soon as you put it in gear..............
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No, the igniter can ground through any of the three safety switches - neutral, clutch, or sidestand. If the clutch is pulled, it will work, regardless of the other switches' positions.
On the NewGen, the clutch switch is connected to the sidestand switch rather than directly to ground (as found on the PreGen and 500). For the NewGen clutch switch to work, the stand has to be up also. I assume this is a tweak to prevent you from just holding the clutch to start it while it's in gear and you're not on the bike. Letting go of the clutch after that would kill it, but it might lurch forward, possibly right off the sidestand.