I noticed the past couple of rides that when I try downshifting from 2nd down to first, my bike doesn't want to go into first. It almost feels like it is stuck down in the gear as when I try to push down on the shifter it feels as though it is already down (it doesn't push down at all). Has anyone else experienced this? I have just over 200 miles on my Empulse.
Maybe you're already doing this, but try clutching out between downshifts. i.e... instead of grabbing the clutch and going 3rd to 2nd to 1st, go clutch in, downshift to 2nd, clutch out, clutch in, downshift to 1st.
You can kind of see/hear me do this in this video, each downshift is an independent event "click", "vrrroooo", "click", "vrrrrooo"... :
As a bonus, you'll learn a technique that will keep you from locking up your rear wheel going into a corner under hard braking at the track!