when i shift it seems to be rough sometimes. could i not be shifting corerectly? hold clutch all the way in, ease it out or just let it fly out, pull shift lever up slow fast ??

 

you don't need to pull lever all the way in, if you do so, it will be very noisy and not healty for transmition. just give a touch to clutch lever (pull it about half inch), it will reduce the load on the clutch and this is what you need. also if you are not racing reduce the gas for a moment when shifting, kick the shift lever fast (if slow it can cause false neutralls) or just keep loaded, it will shift when you reduced engine load. you can shift without lever also, you need to neutralize the load on transmittion by closing gas and keep preassure on shift lever. by experiencing this you will see shifting is not metter of clutch lever, it is just making it easy if you are not doing correctly. i beleive someone can explain better than me.

 

Try what is called preloading your shifter when shifting gears. clayed kind of hits on it but preloading is what it sounds like, applying pressure to the shift lever prior to engaging the clutch. One you perfect that technique your shifts should really smooth out.

Like clayd stated, you only have to bring in the clutch lever in just enough to release the clutch but bringing it in all way shouldn't be causing your rough shifting and WILL NOT hurt your transmission. Shifting with out the clutch is also possible and once perfected it won't hurt the transmission but is usually done when shifting up not down although some guys claim the go up and down using this technique.

 

If it's a new bike, it will get a bit better, and you should see a marked improvment
in shifting smoothness by switching to a synthetic motor oil. Not to mention you'll gain
~1.5rwhp.

My shifting became much smoother after adding a PC3 and Sato Slip-On too.

 

i wouldnt put synthetic oil in a new bike..... let it get some miles with regular oil first.

 

Some people won't because they don't know better.

Synthetic will not prevent a motor from breaking in, or hurt it.

Do some research, you cannot find 1 case of engine failure/issues,
that can be blaimed on using synthetic oil. Only good stuff happens