On the commute this morning I really noticed how much smoother the manual box is on my R than it was on the GTD when changing gears and slotting the stick in.
Trying hard to describe the old feeling here, it was as though you were moving the gearstick between slightly ridge-edged slots, you could just about feel when you changed gear. Maybe it was just set up ever so slightly wrong on my GTD, but I accepted it as normal as i'd never had any trouble in engaging certain gears except on a cold start in the middle of Winter (2nd gear).