Hello Kevin and welcome from Virginia. I just measured mine on a 2014 R3T and have just under 1" of play, it has 54K miles on it and I have never adjusted the shifter since new. I did notice that I have some rubber spacers that need to be replaced though.
Kevin, welcome from Maine, Captain My shifter moves around an inch when shifting, , there is no free play in my shifter, just the normal movements from gear to gear, which seems to be quite long. I was wondering if shortening the connecting rod would shorten the shift length. Then maybe the shorter length might leave the shifter too far away from the foot. Dont know.