03-02-2021, 07:16 AM
Glad you got it figured out and fixed. As to the clutch in or out for starting, I always start any bike with the clutch pulled in. For me it is an ounce of prevention, dating waaaaay back to a time when the neutral light on a bike I was starting showed green, but in fact the bike was partially in gear ( it was not my bike mind you ). Anyway, when I hit the starter, the lurch forward startled the beejeeezus out of me. Fortunately, it did not lurch into anything, and I pulled the clutch in immediately. As I recall, false neutrals were a lot more common back then than they are now. Ever since then I have always started any bike with clutch pulled in.
