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This may be your problem...the actuator arm coming out of the transmission may be making contact with the front of the vertical part of the frame, causing it to not move far enough rearward to engage 1st gear.
This happened to me after I had removed the arm to replace the thru-bolt. There was considerable play in the connection, so I replaced the bolt w/ a stainless one w/ lock nut. When I re-installed it I did not get the orientation of the arm correct and it caused the same problem.
When you push down on the foot lever to down shift, the shifter arm on the trans. has to move to the rear, or counter-clockwise. On the upshifts there is no problem. You can remove the shifter arm from the side of the transmission and rotate it on the splined shaft clockwise...this will give it more clearance at the frame contact area. You need to be careful not to go too far. I think the angle of the arm on the foot lever and the shifter arm on the trans. should be fairly close to parallel. I moved mine one spline and solved the problem.
hope this helps,
TM
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