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It sounds like clutch drag to me.
Put bike on centre stand, check in neutral,and start the engine. The rear wheel should be stationary, if it is rotating slowly use the rear brake to stop it and listen to hear if the engines revs droop or the engine tries to stall.

Tried this and in neutral the rear wheel doesn't spin but it spins if in first with the clutch in

dealer was groombridge in sussex , I spoke to the bmw dealer I got the bike from and they say they put 10/50 fully synthetic in , the manual says 10/40 but I'm no oil man so dont mean to much to me , and as for the 'hop' that happens more from first starting it , the bike move forward it's more of a rocking forward motion

First of all Hi , joined you a few weeks back after getting a GTR .... I have a little problem and hope someone can throw some light onto it .....

When I change gear its a little stiff ... how stiff is stiff you ask , well I have to put more pressure through my foot than I do on my fireblade or my ducati , it feels a bit 'notchy' if that explains it , the bike has done 6900 miles and has had oil and filter changed 500 miles ago when I got it . I dont know if this is a trait with these bikes or shaft drive in general , my old 1200GSA was well a GSA typical gearbox a bit notchy . I spoke to my local kawasaki dealer (its still under warranty) and they said I need to be more precise i.e clutch or gearbox and said if they stripped it down down and nothing was wrong I would end up with the bill ? nice customer service I thought ... my ducati 848 radiator went out of warranty and ducati replaced free of charge , the clutch stopped working the dealer stripped it down and found no problem but once back together it worked again no charge...thank got I didnt buy this GTR new , also when I go from neutral to first I get what I can only describe as a 'hop' i.e the bike almost hops forward feeling , any help greatly recieved .

almost forgot seems to get more notchy the hotter (longer I ride) it gets , and mostly from a cold start its reall nice and smooth and light

Didnt test ride the bike .........have never test rode a bike lol  the gs is better on the tight stuff i think but then again thats what i have the duke for  did make a cock up with the screen though , got a cee baileys ultra touring thingy and i thought the 08/09 screens were the same but i put it up against the mounts and it doesnt line up ? bugger  and need a good hugger as i took her out in the wet and the back of my legs got mucky  (never had that on any bike)

oh yes lol , and with that goes lots of german beer  and as for the colour I quite like it in the sun light 

Hi to all , thought I'd better show my face as I used the info on here to decide to buy the GTR , I traded my 1200GSA for it , its not my only bike hence the ducati avatar but will be more comfy touring germany this june