Engine dies shifting out of neutral

[NoNothing]

So I took my bike out for a ride yesterday, felt some SERIOUS clutch fade that got worse as I went on. Eventually the clutch pulled like butter and never disengaged, quite a pain in the ass at stop lights.

I managed to get my bike back in storage and I picked up some DOT3 today and followed the instructions in my Haynes manual to the letter. My clutch works fine now, I shifted through all the gears with the bike off no problem. So I go to give it a try shifting with the bike running on stands. Starts up in N fine, I pull the clutch in and BAM, the bastard shutfs off as I shift into first. Well, that's odd. I push the start button and nothing happens, all lights off but the oil light, almost as if I were in first without the clutch in. So I put it back in N, starts with and without the clutch engaged, like normal. But anytime I shift to another gear the bike shuts off and wont do anything. Are there any connections I should check for a short from some spilt DOT3 (I only spilt a bit, and arent the clutch wires engage to start, not disengage?)? or is there any other explanation for this? It was running fine yesterday apart from the clutch, but now I have a bastard wiring issue Im assuming.

I hope to get to the bottom of this soon.

[chefen2006]

Check if the side stand switch works ok??

[NoNothing]

AHHA! Genius! I didnt even think of that. I suppose Ill have to replace that or override it.

Thanks a ton always helps to get another brain involved

[chefen2006]

Was it the swich?? If so ,I would recomend you to fix it asap. You don't want to ride your bike with the sidestand down. Don't ask why.....

[NoNothing]

It was the switch, the side stand was up, but the switch was faulty.

Ill replace it ASAP, dont want a highside