pressed the starter and nothing nada zip diddly squat!

[nickodemon]

I followed the sidestand cut out switch wiring, which goes into a dark blue block connector behind the left hand side panel. It is plugged in, so it hasn't been disconnected or rewired to eliminate the side stand switch. The sidestand switch doesn't work, as if sidestand down and put in gear the bike keeps running, so its faulty. How come when it's unplugged the bike does  not cut out when in gear, as i seem to recall you have to bridge the wires to eliminate the switch? Or do you simply disconnect it?