Sometimes Ending Up Between Gears With Gear Indicator Line Blinking

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Here's a method that works on just about any motorcycle for a clean positive shift: pre-load the shift lever. As you are going up thru the gears from a stop, place your toe under the shift lever and keep a little bit of pressure on the lever. When you reach your shift point, de-clutch and complete the shift motion. This eliminates that slight delay of moving your toe under the shift lever, then moving it up to contact the shift lever, then completing the shift.

I don't find the need for pre-loading quite so much on down-shifting. Sometimes I think about converting my bikes to a "race pattern" i.e. 1 UP for 1st, and DOWN for the rest.