wont start in gear

[bklyn400ex]

i've had my 2001 400ex for almost a year now i bought it used, it has never started in gear when i have my hand on the clutch, it shifts fine, i never really payed any attention to this, but last week i rode my friends 400, and it starts in gear so its been annoyin me now, any ideas on why it's happening??


thanx

[Juggalo]

check to make sure your nuetral saftey switch is intact.

[tprender]

I would check to see if the 2 wires at the clutch are together. If not this will cause the 400 to not start in gear. The previus owner might not have put the 2 wire together when he changed the stock clutch lever.

[Tommy 17]

2 wires will be on the handle bars by the clutch lever... tape them together and it will start in gear... just make sure u have ur clutch in when u hit the start button or the quad will jump ward bc its in gear;)

[nacs400ex]

yep, what they said. Happened to my dads 400ex.

[Stevie-D]

there is a small black box on the clutch perch. (stock clutch lever) this is where these 2 wires go. there is a sensor on the box that the clutch lever hits when pulled in...enabling it to start in gear...take the small box out(held on by a small phillips screw.) and clean off the sensor\button. also clean off the clutch lever where its hittin the button. it will now start in any gear, provided the clutch is pulled in.:cool:

[bklyn400ex]

it has an aftermarket clutch lever, but there are two wires hanging, they both have rubber boots on them, shoukd i cut and splice thanx

[H440exconfused]

You can cut and splice them but you can just lock the two together and just tape them up and it will start in gear.