Sooooo... for all of you who were waiting for an update. I made it!
I left about 10 minutes earlier than I normally would, also because the route I chose is a bit longer since I'm choosing not to go on the highway yet. The traffic at 7:00 a.m. is not too bad, even when I hit a normally very congested road (Mira Mesa Blvd for those of you living in SD).
Only one issue along the way.. I get to a stoplight with a bunch of cars ahead of me and a lot of space in between cars, so I did my first lane splitting and got all the way upfront and I think "this is cool!".. then the light turns green, I roll the throttle and.. nothing happens. I'm in neutral!! WTF?? I really though I was in first, plus there was NO neutral light until I started giving some throttle
So yeah.. I had to quickly get the bike in first and leave, but I lost some ground on the cars beside me
I wonder what happened.. it happened one other time before that I really thought I was in first, but when I was ready to leave it turned out I was in neutral
Any insight?