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this just started in the last 50-60 miles of riding, done today. NEVER had a problem with my bike like this til now and I've put over 11,000 miles on it myself.
So the issue is the bike started not wanting to be down shifted from 2nd to 1st when coming to a stop. I would have to kick the shifter kind of hard to get it into 1st and it would go. Then it started to get harder and harder to get into 1st. Now I have to really fight it to get it into 1st. Hell, in the last couple miles on the way home after getting off the highway down shifting through the gears it gave me a hard time getting into 2nd or 3rd.
So it's pretty annoying. I'm not sure what it could be, linkage, trans, clutch???? I have no idea. The bike will up shift no problem at all and down shifting through the higher gears is fine...but now it feels like it's getting worse.
Any ideas what I should look for? Suppose to be going for a ride tomorrow, don't want to lose out on a beautiful day not being able to ride. Even though I'm not incredibly mechanically inclined but I have basic knowledge and I have my father to help me who knows his stuff mechanically...just looking for ideas of what it could be or what to look for.