Bike runs for 3 seconds and dies SOLVED

You have no idea how many people you're going to help with your video! Thanks for sharing this

you saved me.... I was about to rip the bike apart..... I stumbled across this video.... and pushed the kick stand up.... all worked ...WOW! 💪🏍

Thank you , save me hours of tinkering around . I think I actually watched this videos a year ago and then forgot this was an issue again till rods again after a long while

I have a yahama vstar 1100, doing exactly the same thing, I always start it with the kick stand down. Started it again this morning same thing. I backed it out of the garage to make room to start tearing her apart and it fired and ran fine(kick stand up). Even took her for a drive and she ran fine. I was thinking intermittent problem with fuel pump. Thanks you probably just saved me countless hours and dollars.

You can take the two wires off the kickstand and wire them together. That bypasses the kickstand switch. It also has a clut sensor by the clutch handle and you can bypass it the same way. Safe riding guys!!

thank you for taking the time to post this . I am having similar problem and will check to see if it will solve my similar problem .

after swapping fuel pumps, my BMW GS runs for 1-2 min before stopping but does this with the side stand up or down. so not the kickstand... but this video gives me a lead to check on other cut off sensors/switches BIG THANKS for making the video !

Had a similar problem, but the issue turned out to be a clogged idle jet in the carburetor. Hadn’t run the bike much for 1-2 months. Apparently this is a common problem as well

New rider here. Imagine rebuilding the bike just to find the issue in the stand lol

you should have let the kickstand down while it was running and seen what would have happened from there that would have confirmed almost for sure what you think the issue is

Bro what a tripp! I been having alot of problems with my 07' Gixxer shuting off alot all the time .But before that my Neutral light went off so i been riding it around like that and now that seen your video its making more sense now.

You have no idea how much this helps

Thanks for you showing us on YouTube I know you went to a lot of work doing stuff. I'm done about the same thing so again thanks for showing this

Kind of the same thing happened to me except I had a bad kickstand sensor. Kickstand would be up but yet the bike would still shut off. Easy bypass but dam sometimes they bikes can be tricky. 2001 r1

Anyone ever tell you that you sound like Jona Hill from Superbad lmao that’s awesome !

For me its different. Sometimes the starter wouldn't initiate with the kickstand down and the clutch pulled. Many clicks and beyond it just doesn't wind. Its always in neutral so I decided to flip up the stand whenever this happens and voila the starter winds and the engine goes boom.

Old Ducati had some weird system where the bike would only run if the kick stand was up .......neighbors loved waiting for the engine to warm up.

WOW. I've had the same issue on my 98 Katana. The bike was dropped like 3x over the winter. I've drained the carbs, emptied the tank. Been through 2x batteries troubleshooting. I've yet to try lifting the kick stand.

Thanx a lot Jeff. I actually smashed mine, while exercising dirt techniques (DP BIKE) .

The problem is obviously in the kick stand switch if the motor runs with it up but not with it down you need to do this a number of times to verify. Alternatively this could be a previously not noticed built in safety feature . Try cleaning all parts of the side stand switch assembly and terminals and contacts. Check the wiring diagram for existence of a fuel cutoff solenoid on the carburettor s. You could also try cleaning the float jets and needles in the carburettor s and checking for correct float heights if the needles have small wear grooves on their cones they will need to be replaced, Since they could cause an over rich mixture leading to a stall as the float bowls over fill.