My 07 Kawi zzr600 tipped over while turning around at 5mph and will now only start in "N" with no clutchideas?

Question

It won't start in any gear with the clutch pulled, in, doesn't even turn over unless the bike is in neutral. Kickstand is up. Any ideas on what happend?

Answer 1

ck kick stand switch, could be bent or out of adjustment, if not perfect it will not start in gear, find it and push it in and have someone try to start it in gear with clutch in.

Answer 2

The rider pegs stick out further than the kickstand switch so I don't see how the switch got damaged. The pegs should have protected it.

My guess is clutch lever / cable damage. Since the bars were turned left and it fell on the left, the clutch lever could have been damaged on contact or jarred enough to cause a problem with the cable.

Judging my your comment that it starts without clutching in N, there is obviously a clutch issue. Inspect the lever and cable. My bet is you'll find something loose bent or disconnected.

Answer 3

Yep Yep, I agree with the previous poster...sound like it fell towards the kickstand side (which is 90% of the time since they lean that way) and the kickstand pushed inward and bent the kickstand switch that prevents you from putting the bike in gear with the kick stand down. It may have even hit hard enough that it damaged the switch.

Take a look at it...

If you can't see anything bent, or out of place, locate the kickstand switch, its a "normally on" switch...so that it is normally on until the kick stand swings down and pushes it in... what you can do is, locate the two wires coming into the switch...cut and splice them together so that you are bypassing that switch, see if that allows the bike to start.

If you start the bike in Neutral... and the put it in gear does it die?

Answer 4

The Kawasaki system routes the starter button signal through the kill, clutch and neutral switches and (at least on mine), the ignition circuit through the kickstand, clutch and neutral switches.  

That said, check for a wire that plugs in behind the clutch lever.  Try pushing it into the metal clutch lever housing (toward the clutch lever).  If that still makes no difference in starting, take a small screwdriver and from underneath, push in on a little tab and pull the switch out.  Since your wife dropped the bike, have her get on, put it in gear, pull back on the clutch lever and hit the starter button while you wiggle the spring loaded end of the switch.  If that makes it start, squirt a little WD40 into the switch button, work it back and forth, reinsert in into the clutch housing and see if that helps.  Make sure the switch is locked in place.

Answer 5

a switch.must have damaged the clutch switch.could be on clutch leaver or at other end of cable. don't know much about your brand of bike.my honda has the switch on handlebar clutch lever

Answer 6

I'd say you damaged one of your interlocks.  Most modern motorcycles have circuits to protect you from starting it in gear.  This is where the problem is.  If the motorcycle cannot tell whether your clutch is depressed, it will force you to put the bike in neutral.

Look for loose wires, or a switch that is not operating correctly.

You might also check the bike for a tendency to do things without you, since it just decided to roll over on its back. Were you present at the time?  Walking beside it or riding it?