400ex wont start unless in nuetral

[Les Davis]

sometimes my bike won't start when in gear with the clutch engaged. It will only start when I put it in nuetral. anyone else having this problem??? looking for some help.

[fastkid400]

the 400ex has a safety thing that doesnt allow it to be started in gear with the clutch lever out. u can start it in gear with the clutch pulled in but not out.

[Les Davis]

Yes the clutch is always in when this happens. It does this sparatically so I was wondering if it's an electrical problem with the bike?

[wvspeedfreak]

Les,it is probably a bad clutch start switch.The one that the clutch lever activates.

[Les Davis]

Thanks for the advice. I will check that out this week.

[DaleJrFan]

take the switch off and by-pass it so you can start your quad in any gear with or with out the clutch

[tdsongster]

I have the same prob with my 400ex

[tp300ex]

the same thing happend to my 300ex check the lil black box by the clutch

[Les Davis]

Thanks for the help guys. Bypassed the wires at the black box last night and the problem is solved. Took less than 5 minutes to complete.

[balls2da-wall]

alright do you just clip the switch of and splice the wires together?
...also with the kill switch...cut the two wires of and splice them together does that put it in "shut off" mode? I have my tethered kill wired in series with the ground wire off the kill switch so i could by pass it in a race if i need to...the tether only works when the kill switch is switched to "kill"...but anyway I have removed the controls and I just spliced the two wires off the kill switch together and im hoping that it is wired to "kill" so my tether works...is this right?

confusing i know!:confused: :eek: