I am certainly sorry you guys are still having problems. As to the pulling in of the clutch to start, I get what your trying to accomplish. I ride with a lot of Harley owners, most with a lot of performance upgrades. None of them.have to pull in clutch and have no problems starting. As for me, Harley mechanics went through everything y'all described to fix the problem...battery, even settings on how the engine senses position of crankshaft all under warranty. Until they replaced the fuel pump nothing worked. And they would not have found that without leaving the fuel pressure gauge on, because for several days they had it,it started fine and fuel pressure settings had read normal. They really were stumped before they checked to see if it bled down. Today I am very thankful, it starts great every single time regardless of wether it has been sitting, ran or not, on tender or not, and I never pull in the clutch. I have over 13000 miles on her and she is less than year old. I wish you guys best of luck in hopes your mechanic finds the solution. I wanted to put mine on my Christmas list.