Just curious. The other day I changed my oil to the Honda synthetic and noticed an immediate improvement in the shifting on my 2008 ES machine with a little over 200 easy miles on it. I was going to do the white lithium grease switch but got lazy. Today, I took it down the driveway to get the mail and it was shifting even better. Smooth and quiet like it should shift. On the way back up the old shifting gremlin reared its ugly head again. It would not shift into second and there was no noise indicating that it was even trying to shift. If I stopped, it would shift through all the gears just fine. Finally got it to shift into second by taking off like I was in a drag race and it worked fine after that. I was thinking maybe a low battery condition even though I keep a battery tender on it. I know I need to do a proper load test, but….. With nothing turned on the battery reads 13.3v, with the key on it reads 12.6v, while cranking the starter it reads 11.2v, at idle it reads 14.1v, rev it a little and it hits 14.2v and with the lights on at idle it reads 13.7v. The 14+ volts seems a bit high to me with all the sensitive electronics on these bikes. Probably just over thinkin this…….