HELP! Kill switch?

[Weeruthie]

Hey All
Wee problem...... I seem to remember someone telling me that my Suzuki VL 250 had a kill switch on it..... something to do with the gears..... having to put it in and out of gear again..... but I can't really remember the deatils...... anyway rode my bike in to work today now problem..... now when I try to start it there is no power at all going to the starter switch and I can't get it into netral...... any ideas? Go on do your good deed for the day and help out a newbie
Cheers

[Mully]

Is the kill switch on the right handlebar switched on?

[p.dath]

Not familiar with Suzuki's, but the basics ... is the side stand up, and the bike in nuetral? And the kill switch off?

[p.dath]

Oh, you can't get it into nuetral. Try sitting on the bike and rock it back and forth and see if you can change gear after that.

Does the clutch handle feel like its got tension (aka, clutch cable not broken or anything)?

[Laxi]

Oh, you can't get it into nuetral. Try sitting on the bike and rock it back and forth and see if you can change gear after that.

Does the clutch handle feel like its got tension (aka, clutch cable not broken or anything)?

+1 my zzr has a habbit of sticking in gear if you dont stop the engine in neautral, rocking it fixes it every time

[MSTRS:Me]

Rock the bike back and forward - should be able to change gear then.
Find neutral (green light on dash), ensure killswitch (right hand, above the starter button) is in the middle 'setting'. press starter. If no go, then pull in clutch lever and try again.
Note: some bikes have a kill switch on the side stand, so the stand must be up...usually only if in gear tho. Also, some bikes will not start unless they are in neutral. Or with the clutch lever pulled in.

[duckonin]

Make sure your stand is up before you put your bike into gear or your motor will stop, so if your bike has the stand down and you are in gear it will not start also.

Kill swtich on the right hand side..Red for emergency,and that is what it is used for...cheers

[BMWST?]

a question that may (or may not help)If the neutral bulb is out,will that &^%$ the system up?

[MSTRS:Me]

In a word? No.

[Weeruthie]

Cheers Guys
nipped outside during my coffee break...... rocked it back and forward a few times and then I could click it back into gear and started no problem..... stress over I owe yous a beer

[varminter]

Get them in, there are only a few thousand of us, pints please.

[LaytonNZ]

Oh, you can't get it into nuetral. Try sitting on the bike and rock it back and forth and see if you can change gear after that.

Does the clutch handle feel like its got tension (aka, clutch cable not broken or anything)?

what he said!