Sometimes NEVER put the bike in gear on the center stand and never try and stop it with your foot, use the rear brake.
If you want to know if something is wrong with your clutch, put it in gear while you are on the ground and sitting on the bike, hold the brake on, slowly let the clutch out , it should engage further out in the travel and not right away at the beginning when you first let out the clutch lever.
That is how you tell if your getting a good disconnect. CLEARLY dont do that again. Just adjust your lever out further for more travel if you have thick grips ( I see you did that already)
Also the service manual says to change clutch and brake fluid on a regular basis. When was the last time your was changed?
If you think you have a bad star spring that will cause a funny 'double bump' feed back in your hand and the engine would slip under heavy throttle.
You do not seem to have a slip issue, you may not have any issue at all unless you are engaging too soon and in that case it would be time to bleed the air out of the line and/or change fluid. (check the level too)
Thanks for the response. I reply:
1. I change the brake and clutch fluid every other year and did it this year in March.
2. Sometimes I have felt the double-bump thing, but not lately, and haven't noticed any slippage, but I don't ride very hard/fast. I've got Murph's replacement kit so may open up the clutch cover for a look-see, after I make sure there's no air in the system. Doesn't feel like it, but it's possible.
3. The bike seems to operate fine in traffic, engages from a stop, doesn't engage too soon, etc. Feels pretty normal, mostly. Doesn't try to creep ahead when in gear with the clutch held in. Apart from this failure-to-disengage-when-on-the-centerstand thing, only issues are difficulty going into first, and lots of foot effort needed to achieve vague undefined upshifts and downshifts. It's probably been this way for a long time. I seem to recall starting to notice the problem shifting last year, but with 4 bikes to ride and work on and keep track of, it's easy to run their minor issues together, or to overlook minor issues on one when a major issue's brewing with another. Incidentally, the other 3 bikes (all chain drive and all with the same grips) all stop spinning their wheels when the clutch is disengaged.
4. Lever can't go further out. In fact I bent it out a little further than stock and it still doesn't disengage fully.
As mentioned, I guess I'll open it up and have a look. Any ideas of what I should be looking for re: lack of disengagement appreciated!