+1 habit, but I think good practice...read somewhere where a new owner hit the switch and the bike lurched forward thru his garage door

 

I pull the clutch when I start no matter what Ive parked it in. Just in case.

I have seen someone standing next to a bike in gear...hit start without the clutch, the bike jumped and the jiffy stand came up......down went the bike

ouch

 

I have an 06 Street Bob. Trust me, always pull in the clutch there is NO safety disengage.

IN Gear = she will buck hard and maybe down you go as in my case where the bike landed on my ankle!

 

Well my bike is a 2009 FXD and it got no safety switch. Personally I wish it would but it definitely doesn't have one.

 

The clutch is always pulled and it's always in neutral....Hey, ya never know!!

 

I always pull in the clutch. It's pretty much just a habbit for me now.

 

Never seen anybody lurch their bike forward in the parking lot at the bar because they didn't pull the clutch in and it wasn't in nuetral???

Don't ask me how I know....

 

Hmm, interesting read. I always have the bike in neutral with the green light on, but I've never held the clutch in...I also thought the '09 model had a safety switch and wouldn't start in gear w/o the clutch in.

Maybe i should start holdin' the clutch in just to be safe.

 

MSF = put in neutral, then always pull in clutch when starting

Jake = listens to MSF

 

I do a little bit of both, if im in the driveway wrenching on it I know its in neutral cause I roll it out of the garage, if I'm out riding and then jump on the bike after I have stopped i get on the bike and pull the clutch in...My 82 has a "N" but sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't, better safe then sorry