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BINGO, FJRottie! That is exactly what I have been doing thinking it the best way to prevent the bike from drifting while parked on the sidestand. While the Dallas area is not prone to seismic activity for some reason I just thought this was good practice. Now I am finding out that having the...

In my case, only the big green N displayed and the gear readout was blank. I truly appreciate reading through the many knowledgeable opinions and comments. I have had bikes before which indicated neutral but jumped when I kick started (the FJR is only my 2nd or 3rd bike with electric start)...

With regard to the "New Bike Smells" I did notice the smell of burning oil. This coupled w/ the sight of a fine blue/white smoke coming from my exhaust caused me some concern. I noticed that the point of origin appears to be from a very small hole located on the bottom of each of my exhausts...

I have been parking usually w/ sidestand down and in 1st. Then walk up to bike use hand to pull gearshift to N and then hit starter. So in this case, I guess the false N is between 1st and 2nd. Man, I gotta say though, it is hard to sleep at night thinking about riding! I am generating all...

With my bike on the side stand yesterday, I walked up and made a couple of very complimentary comments on how beautiful she looked before turning the ignition key to On and seeing the Bright GREEN letter N. After which, I hit the Starter to let her warm up a bit while putting on my gloves...