thanx but after riding a bit more it tended to become a lot more responsive. I guess I'm still beaking the motor in. Now it responds as soon as I start to twist. I've been breaking it in pretty good today too. I've had it riding for about 3 days now and i've put about 35 miles on it already. Is that what u were asking? lol I do have a question tho, can u idle your bike when standing still? I wanna see if I can have my bike at a standstill and rev the engine ya know? Whenever i try to pull the clutch back and stop the bike all i get is a BURST of high revs coming from my engine, even when I'm really close to stopping. Can u rev your engine while stopped?