So I'm guessing nobody else has luck with just turning the key off, waiting a short moment and trying again? I just kinda figured the ECU was angry for some reason and needed a power cycle. I should say I've never shut off the bike with the sidestand, except by accident leaving it down and putting the bike into gear. I generally drop to neutral, sidestand down, get off the bike, put it on the center stand, put up the sidestand and then shut off the key.
I'm wondering, I just had the bike in for its 6k service... after insisting that I was 2k miles late, the service department did an oil change and nothing else - didn't check my plugs or fuel injection system. I figure they are listed as checks for a reason, and either one could certainly be a cause for the problem. They could also be the reason my bike sometimes shuts off when coming to a red light, sharp exit ramp curve, or other significant slowdown... does anyone else have similar issues as well? I'm curious as to a relation between them.
TomZ said:
(2) The great majority of comments are worthless, thoughtless irrelevant babble. (It would be great but probably too much to hope for if moderators could remove the chaff).
Personally, I'm not saying this for placebo stuff - just informational "this is how I park" in addition to the previous "this is how I start" - I think that in general people are/were sharing the similar info so that maybe a pattern might be detected. I also put my riding pants on, then put my jacket on, then put my helmet on, then get my gear situated, then get on the bike and start it, then put my gloves on while standing on the pegs before riding off the center stand, but I highly doubt that has any impact on whether the bike is going to start happily. The weather outside info is/was probably useful. Also, it's hard to make a post that isn't considered "chaff" when nobody has a solution, or really anything but *possibly useful* info to help try to discern the issue. Not to mention that making a comment about how "the info isn't useful to you" is useless to anyone else, so really someone could call your post "chaff" as well. Congratulations, you've joined the tired, poor, huddled masses.