Banging into first

[nick crisp]

Yup, quite normal. My ZZR is just as bad. Some bikes are like that, but Suzukis much less so. Mind, they've always made sweet gearboxes.

Except for RG500s. Notchy as hell, so much so that the linkage rods used to break at the point where the threaded end met the rod. Harris Performance actually made a beefier rod for them, but it didn't eradicate the weak point unfortunately.
Yes, mines pretty much the same, clunks into first from neutral, you get used to it  :\