Was lanesplitting on my way to work today when someone in front of me was holding me up so I pulled the clutch and gave the throttle a slight twist. When the revs came back down the bike just died!
Let go the clutch but since I was in first gear all it did was lock up my rear. Switched to second and that started it again.

I could have just used the starter, but every once in a while the bike seems to have trouble starting up unless I crank it for 5+ seconds.

Now my question is, is this normal? Does your bike cut out sometimes? And how about the electrical starter? Anything I can do?

If it matters, todays event was in a tunnel and it was raining.