as Chucker said, any of the "kill switches" (stand, red button, neutral) won't even let the bike turn over... so those are not the issue...If the bike is in neutral, the sidestand switch is inoperable. Also, the sidestand switch doesn't allow the motor to turn over. If you can't start it in neutral and it turns over, it's not got anything to do with the sidestand being up or down.