Originally Posted by utopia

I disconnected/bypassed my sidestand switch a couple of years ago, and intended to buy one of the conversion kits (TPO ?) that link it to the neutral switch, so you can start the engine with the sidestand down, but only if its not in gear.
I never got round to it though and, like an idiot, a couple of months ago I ended up thumbing the starter while standing next to the bike, while it was in gear.
The bike jumped off the sidestand, fell sideways on a lamppost before I could catch it, and dented the tank.
So I wouldn't recommend just bypassing the cutout and relying on memory.
I now have a homemade mod which involves just 12 ins of wire, a bullet connector if you're being fussy, and a diode, which does the job.
I only did it a short while ago though, and since then I've had an electrical glitch which melted the alternator/reg.rec connector block. Its almost guaranteed that this is completely unrelated to the diode mod, but I'll give it a few weeks running with the glitch repaired (alternator is now hard-wired to the reg/rec ) before I post details, as electrics isn't my hot subject and I would hate to risk causing your electrics to melt too, despite that being unlikely.
The mod is dead easy to do though, and super neat as well as cheap.
Mind you, my monster is a carby, so I've got no expensive electronics to risk by an amateur mod like this. Again, I think that's unlikely, but I'm not really qualified to state that for certain.
Anyway, I'll post it up in a few weeks, once its been fully road tested.