Hard to shift into 1st&shifter does not return to neutral.

sounds like shift lever adjustment problem
take it into a service center and have it properly diagnosed and a quote

IF ON OLD BIKE REPLACE THE LEVER. or tighten the 10 mm bolt securing it.

Some bikes and atvs can be finicky about doing this on a normal day, but one thing I've noticed is that it makes it harder to find neutral if your bike is still rolling, has back pressure such as coming to a stop, or even if your bike is idling fast. Lots of times you may have to rock or roll your bike while working the shifter to get it to go to neutral. Its also possible that you can adjust your clutch lever up on the handle bar to tighten it when you squeeze. It may need just a little bit more to totally disengage the clutches. That's all I can think up for now anyhow. Good luck and hope this helps.

Try lubricating the shifter shaft. You may have to remove the shaft and clean dirt and gunk off the shaft and the bushing it rides in. If that doesn't work, check the return spring on the shift drum. My guess is lubing he shifter shaft will solve your problem.

I did this on my Vstar recently.

My solution was, engine off, ignition off. Hands off the clutch, Rock and downshift, rock and downshift a good half a dozen times to make absolutely sure you are in 1st gear. Now, still without touching the clutch, rock and VERY gently upshift. If you can push the bike back and forth without the clutch and the gears aren't engaging the engine, you're there. NOW turn on the ignition and pray for the green light.

Without being able to see and mess with the bike a bit, I would guess that you have a shifter pawl spring broken in your transmission. It's either the return spring or the spring on the pawl itself. To test the spring, start from the "neutral postition" of the shifter. Regardless of the gear the bike might be in, when you are not pushing down on the shifter or lifting up on it, it is in the neutral position, where it normall sits. Now, using your fingers push down on the shift lever until you feel the transmission start to shift, you feel a resistance. Stop right there, do not shift the gear but allow the shifter to return to the neutral position. Now, lift the shifter with your fingers until you feel the resistance of the transmission getting ready to shift. What you are feeling for is the resistance of the shifter return spring. Does it feel the same in both directions? If not, the spring is broken. If it does, then the problem is something else.

Still if the transmissio will not shift into a particular gear, something is wrong inside the transmission and you'll have to go into it to find the problem most likely.

Good Luck
steve

personally I have never heard of a chain breaking and having any affect on the transmission and shifting. although if the chain broke and caught the shifter, it may have pulled the shifter so hard that it could have bent the shifting forks inside the transmission.. this would explain most of your problems..replace the chain,and with the bike "off" and in neutral, on level ground, rock it back and fourth about 6 inches and try shifting from neutral to 1st and then back up to neutral, and then to 2nd. keep rocking the bike back and fourth while doing this and do this WITHOUT using the clutch. If it wont go to the gears easily, the shift forks are likely bent. there is a safety switch for the kickstand that will shut the bike down if the kickstand is down and bike is in gear. if the kickstand is up and releasing the clutch shuts down the bike, the chain may have damaged that as well. Hope this helps..

It will be hard to shift or find neutral if the clutch isn't adjusted right. check your adjustment first.

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