When you're missing neutral, is the bike shifting up to second, or sticking in first? Some bikes are easier to get into neutral by dropping down from second. It should have a neutral light on the instrument cluster (it's usually a bright green light), look for that before letting the clutch out.
Yeah, the stalling is the downside of smaller displacement bikes. No torque, so you gotta giver a little bit. Good in a way, teaches you good technique and keeps you from being sloppy. I've been riding a Bandit 1200 & 1250 for five years, and then bought a F800R a few months ago. I stall it every now and then (eg. this morning) because I'm not used to having to give it the throttle when taking off.
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