Here is what happens. Shift from second to third and the normal mechanical 'feel' throught the toe of the boot is not the same and the gear does not engage. Thought maybe I was unknowingly still slightly pulling up against the shifter but that is not the case. The result is a false neutral. It is not happening upon every shift but does seem to be happening more often. I am aware of it and look for it every time that shift is made and a second try before the clutch is engaged gets it into third every time. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Not much help, but I have never experienced that and I can't recall seeing any other posts like this. My guess would be you need to have a mechanic look at that. I am sure some of the mechanically knowledgeable people on here will have more specific ideas of what may cause that. Good luck and I hope you get that fixed soon.

+1 and I hope it's under warranty.

If it's an upshift, the first thing to do is adjust your gearchange lever down a little.
These gearboxes are quite sensitive to having the gear lever adjusted correctly.
It's an easy thing to check and fixes most peoples gearbox "feel" issues.

If it's an upshift, the first thing to do is adjust your gearchange lever down a little.
These gearboxes are quite sensitive to having the gear lever adjusted correctly.
It's an easy thing to check and fixes most peoples gearbox "feel" issues.

Also pull the lever off the shaft and "lightly" apply some waterproof grease.

Make sure the shifter linkage rod isn't bound up.

The transmission on mine has been silky smooth and flawless. I would suspect adjustment as well.

Kawasakis were notorious for this in the past but haven't heard of this problem lately. It comes from not fully shifting into gear when up-shifting. After time, this would end up rounding off the dogs and eventually causing the bike to go into gear then pop out or into a false neutral.