Going on my first ride tomorrow a few questions???

[DroidHoff]

Hey everyone! I will be going on my first ride / first lesson tomorrow afternoon and I have a few questions. I have been reading a lot on the internet and on here the website in preparation for my BRC next week and I've also watched a lot of videos on Youtube to try and help. Today I started just trying to get a real basic feel for my bike and where the friction zone on the clutch is, so basically I just practiced slowly letting the clutch out until it grabbed and then stopping the bike backing up and doin it all over again. My question is that when I was finished with this exercise I found it really hard almost impossible to pull the gear shifter up halfway and put the bike into neutral. It just didn't want to shift up either into neutral or 2nd gear. The exception to this was that if I almost fully released the clutch while moving and then reengaged the clutch it shifted into 2nd without a problem and then I could downshift easily into neutral from there. It seemed that on most every video I watched (one was on a GZ) the rider didnt have any problem lifting the gear shifter into neutral from first to turn the bike off. Am I missing something? The bike is brand new and has only a couple miles on it. Thanks in advance for all the helpful responses!