Welcome Brian
as the others say, consider the easiest (free things first. Most likely thing is simply the clutch cable adjustment. This is something you can (and should) do yourself.
Where the cable meets the handlebar lever there is an adjuster (14 below) and locknut (serrated round nut around the adjuster, 23 below). The lever must have some "free play" at all times, the free movement of the lever before you start to feel the resistance of the clutch springs. In simple terms, there should be just a few mm of free play as measured at the ball end of the lever, something like