Well ends up that the crash 6/4/07 is worse than I realized. I knew I bent the shifter and that the bike was down shifting funny, which I thought was just cuz of the geometry of the bent shifter. A fellow member of the board and Desmohio was very generous and donated me a new shifter THANKS BOWHUNT... The shifter started acting up alot on the ride Sat. right before the lunch at the park. Thats why I pulled off right when we got off 315. My bike got stuck in 4th. I ending up going over to Whity's and getting it out of gear and adjusting the linkage a little. It seemed ok until I left the park after lunch.... Anyway to shorten things up. I may be pulling the motor out of bike - worse case scenerio. I am going to pull the side cover first, cuz aparently the shifter can get knocked out of alignment and can be reset. Hopefully thats all it is. If that doesnt work, then I have a bent shift fork of shift shaft. Sad story