Do these things flood?

[crickleymal]

1998 boxeye.
I started the bike as per normal at work (no choke and just a slight blip on the throttle). I made the mistake of forgetting the sidestand so when I engaged 1st the engine cut out. Would it start? I tried putting the stand up and down several times, operating the kill switch then back to the sidestand. At no point would it start. Eventually I wound the throttle full open and cranked it over for about 10 seconds and it finally caught.
To me this doesn't sound like the sidestand switch as it  started after I'd given up with it.

[darrsi]

Did you leave it in first gear?

[joebloggs]

Sticky side stand switch?

[crickleymal]

No I didn't leave it in first. If it was a sticky switch (which is why I operated the stand vigorously) it should have started as soon as the fault was rectified, not after 10 seconds of cranking.

[hmmmnz]

the bike doesnt even turn over if its the switch.
was it raining where you were today?
mine was a bastard to start yesterday after it had sat out side in the rain all day,
today it was good as gold

[unfazed]

1998 boxeye.
I started the bike as per normal at work (no choke and just a slight blip on the throttle). I made the mistake of forgetting the sidestand so when I engaged 1st the engine cut out. Would it start? I tried putting the stand up and down several times, operating the kill switch then back to the sidestand. At no point would it start. Eventually I wound the throttle full open and cranked it over for about 10 seconds and it finally caught.
To me this doesn't sound like the sidestand switch as it  started after I'd given up with it.

Sounds more like the engine had flooded.

[crickleymal]

It did it again tonight and the sidestand definitely was not involved. Being a clumsy cnut I knocked the kill switch stalling the engine. Again it really needed cranking to restart. Both times the weather was dry.