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Hey all!

Alrighty... weird question and I'm not sure if it's normal or not since I'm a bit of a noob with riding (my beautiful America is my first).

I had a situation in traffic where I had to slow down pretty quickly because of someone taking a right turn. I think I was doing like 45-50mph on the way up and then had to start braking down to like 10-15mph. Once I got the situation under control I started to get myself in the right gear. I think I came down to 2nd or 3rd and started to let out the clutch. It felt like I was in neutral. I gave it some gas but the engine just revved. I then up shifted because I thought I was in neutral and it put me into 4th I think. Then, I popped the gear's down twice and got back into the swing of things.

So, when I was at a few red lights on the way home I decided to see what happened with, the tranny and shifting just to make sure it was all okay.

(here's where I'm not sure if it's right or wrong...)

At the red light at a complete stop, if I try to shift all the way up or down it doesn't. I can get maybe one or two gears out of it before the shift control just wiggles. It just moves up or down slopply. I have to let the clutch out a tad and then I can hear it slip into gear and then I can continue shifting.

Is that normal at a stop? Are there any concerns here?

Cheers,
Louis