my 400ex will not start in gear does anyone know why?! it only starts in neutral isn't there something you can do to fix that?

 

Check the switch in the clutch lever. Disconnect the two wires that go to that switch and connect two of them together. Put the bike in gear and try to start it,careful, if it turns over then its the switch.

 

<< my 400ex will not start in gear does anyone know why?! it only starts in neutral isn't there something you can do to fix that? >>



i could be mistaken, but the 400 only starts in neutral. i know the 250 does, but i aint 100% sure about the Four Zero Zero.

 

it should start in gear with the clutch in

 

Yep, there's a switch in the stock clutch lever/parking brake assembly. If it's bad, you'll only be able to start in neutral. When I got rid of the parking brake on my 400ex and put the ez-pull clutch lever on, I just disconnected the wires on the switch and connected both of them together. Now it starts in gear, and in neutral no problem. But it will also start in gear without pulling the clutch lever in.

 

where is the switch located at??? mine does the same thing. when you said the clutch lever, do you mean the lever ontop of the clutch case? or the actuall clutch lever on the handle bars.?

 

<< i could be mistaken, but the 400 only starts in neutral. i know the 250 does, but i aint 100% sure about the Four Zero Zero. >>


ryan, the reason the 250ex only starts in neutral is because of the auto clutch. at least i assume you have one of the recent ex models as my old 250x had a regular clutch and started in any gear.

 

Hmmmmm....my EX starts in gear even without the clutch pulled in. Stupid thing has suprised me a lot of times.

-Josh

 

The switch is in the actual clutch/parking brake lever assembly. Take it off, and you'll see what I mean. I wish I had a picture of it, so I could show you the wires in the switch. It's pretty basic. Look at partsfish.com They have good blown up pictures of all the parts on your bike.

 

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