True dat on the throttle control. It can be really jumpy if your not smooth. Man, I was taking off in 1st gear, and missed 2nd, when in neutral I had opened the trottle expecting the gears to mesh, so spin spin spin, up into 2nd gear and the rear lashed really hard. Man that sucks. I always feel like I did some terrible damage. This bike seems pretty tough. I guess I better check how much I stretched the chain.