What do i have to do to be able to start my bike in first ? Idk if it's just my bike or what but i've never had a two wheeled machine that you couldn't start in gear. Is it like a sensor or something like that??

 

Clutch in, Footstand up

 

lol i was waiting for that i should have put more info, clutch is in, kickstand up, killswitch in the right position, etc. headlight dims when i push the start button and the engine does not crank, not a sound to be heard.

 

You need to put a charging on that battery with a battery charger first, see if its that works. If not, time for a new battery.

 

Could be a bad kickstand sensor??

 

Check your battery voltage. If the voltage is fine, I would check the kickstand switch.

You should be able to roll the bike off in 2nd gear (or atleast I have before)

 

well the bike shuts off if i throw down the kickstand, so i think that is fine, unless there is another way to check the kickstand switch. Is there a clutch switch? (...here i come google) And thanks for the heads up about the battery, ill charge it sometime this week.

 

Ok... let's start this...

Kickstand - switch is fine, if it wasn't your bike would turn off as soon as you go into gear from neutral

Battery - Battery will be fine, if you can start the bike in Neutral, there is no difference in power usage to start the bike in gear... (Checking your battery is easy though and is good idea to check anyway... bike battery off should be 12.5v~, when starting bike during crank voltage should not drop below 10v~ and once bike is started it should be around 13.5v~... if during crank it drops below 10v, there's dead cells and time for a new battery.)

Let's see... when you try to start when in 1st and it doesnt crank, if you shift to N will it crank normally?

 

ya, everything is fine in neutral, i thought maybe this series of bike just only started in neutral. i dug up this thread from the F4's https://cbrforum.com/forum/f4i-main-forum-11/motorcycle-wont-start-while-gear-clutch-squeezed-90421/ do we have the same switch? they say its the two wires going to the clutch and i definitely have those, but there are no pics in the thread so im not sure if its the same.

and i might need a new battery yes, but i dont think that would be the problem considering i started the bike all season with this battery no problem.

 

you say you started the bike all season with the battery with no problem. did the cranking situation suddenly start one day? or did it become a gradual problem for it to take longer and longer to start?