Anyone ever had this problem?

So I was riding my bike last week, filled the tank up, no problems, get back out on the road. I try shifting into 2nd, and cant find the shifter, try again, still cant find it, thinking im crazy i look down, and i see it hanging from my transmission....

So I was stuck in first gear, pulled off the road and parked in front of a parked school bus (about 6:30 am), used the headlights, put it back, thought i had it (as it shifted while the bike was sitting there), go back on the road, same thing, pull into another gas station, look at it, and see that the threads on the left peg bracket that hold the shifter in place are completely stripped out.

I end up riding the rest of the way home in 1st gear, luckily it was less then a mile, and I was going the opposite direction of the AM rush hour