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Can you give a more detailed account of what you have been experiencing ?? , have you had any recent issues with it besides this ?? , like it started acting different lately , or it stalls more often now , or it shifts hard ..etc. ??
The more detail you give the easier it will be to help diagnose the issue or issues .... , like has the bike been sitting for a few months , or if you bump start it in 3rd gear does it still try to lock up ??(if you bump start the bike it should be in 2nd or 3rd , never 1st , and you need some speed , the slower you try to start it , the more compression you will feel , especially if done in 1st gear , which I would avoid anyway)