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Stiff shift between 1st to 2nd gear

21K views 27 replies 14 participants last post by  Rudeboy  
All the gears should be smooth, unless you are a completely new rider and just paranoid I'd have it looked at. Shifting from 1st to 2nd and sometimes ending up in neutral is common for beginner riders, shifting from 1st to 2nd, being in 2nd for a little bit and the gears dropping down to neutral is NOT normal.
Mine has never changed gears, it just bounces off 2nd sometimes if I'm not forceful.
 
By "purposeful" do you mean pressing it extra firmly up to 2nd compared to higher gear shifts? If so, is this normal then? There might be a possibility I'm not pressing it harder between 1 to 2, I may just be tapping it as light as I do with other gears which work fine.

It's at the dealer now so hopefully they'll notice it during testing. It could just be me...
I've noticed that I have to really be firm with the shift from 1st to 2nd or mine will stay in first, and sometimes it almost feels like it bounces off of 2nd so I usually look down for my neutral indicator. It leaves me pretty paranoid. And it only does it with the 1st-2nd shift, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th could happen if I even think about switching gears.