Weird feeling shifting out of first gear

[kksh]

Its the shifter bushing's at the linkages on the gearbox.

Cheap and easy to replace with oem ones.

BUT you can buy better ones that change the feel to more like a DC2R's shift.

See here:
http://www.heeltoeauto.com/Hybrid-Ra...-pr-65839.html

I thought well and hard about how it feels and here it goes. When I shift out of first I can feel the gear disengage then instead of having a spring loaded/cushioned feeling I get a an abrupt feeling going in to neutral.

If it were the bushes, and since there are only two, wouldn't I be feeling that sort everytime I shift out from 1st, 3rd or 5th? And also there doesn't seem to be any play when the shifter is in gear.

Last weekend I drained and changed the transmission fluid from Honda MTF to 10w40 engine oil just to see if the thicker oil will make a difference. It's not as smooth to shift and sort of masks the sensation but not as good to shift so I'll change it back to Honda MTF.