Thank a lot for the help!!! That makes me feel a ton better that there's nothing wrong with it. I do have one other question...when I start riding from a dead stop it seems like no matter what revs i'm at it goes from whatever I revved it up to all the way down to like 1,000rpm and then back up. I've had lots of experience with motorcycles and this is the first time I've had a bike that does this, so I'm wondering if this is the norm or not. Thanks again for helping a newbie.