Sidestand down?
If not, it sounds like you could be ruinning lean, and the bike doesn't have the power to cope with the clutch / gearbox drag. A high tickover can also be due to a lean mixture.
Have you done any work to it recently?
Have you checked the colour of the spark plugs? What is it?
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