Advice needed: "Missing / Slipping" gears on my GS 650 F

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Assagai

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BMW F650GS / Dakar
Hi All

Can anybody give me some advice: when I change gears from 1st to 2nd or from 2nd back to 1st gear I sometimes end up in neutral...what can be the reason for this? My one friend suggested that I change gears at too low revs which causes my bike to jump into neutral (which I don't believe because I do "enjoy" my bike :ricky:), can this be? AND when I do stop I battle to find neatral, I normally have to put my bike into 2nd gear and then lightly press down for neutral...

Is this something I can fix myself or should I take my bike to a workshop? Please keep in mind that I am a bit of a "monkey" ??? ??? with a wrench and can only do basic checks on my bike.

 
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