There is a wire right under your shifter,it must be broke
In a typical classical conditioning experiment, a neutral stimulus is a stimulus that initially does not elicit a specific response. It becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus through repeated pairing, eventually eliciting a conditioned response on its own.
If the light doesn't come on, rock the bike back and forth, then kick into first, then into neutral. It should always come on. It will not start unless it is in neutral.
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put it in drive gear and try and start it if it does start while in gear its bad if it doesnt its good.
turn key to start position, put bike in neutral, ( one position up from first gear), neutral light should light and push start button. If engine is cold pull out choke cable on left side.
It is most likely a loose wire under you seat....
It needs adjusted it is still engaging. just like when it is running in Neutral and you put it in first gear it idles down more so than typical of a bike doesnt it ?
if the light goes off it's probably the starter...
Replace the battery.
The neutral start switch mounted on your transmission allows the vehicle to start only in park or neutral, but also serves as the back up lamp switch.
Try pulling in the clutch My Vulcan does the same thing
The O/D light flashing means the TCU (TRansmission control Unit) has a fault. Start by resetting everything (pull ECU fuse or disconnect battery) and then you need to retrieve the trouble codes stored in the ECU/TCU (Engine Control unit/TCU). Since normally the TCU will not give you a no-start condition, I would suspect something like the neutral-safety switch or the shift-position switch has gone bad. Try to start it in neutral...and try moving the shifter briskly through the gears. Any recent soda spills into the shifter???