ORIGINAL: amnesia

"....when i'm riding at low speed, maybe say 5mph, and i just _slightly_ increase the throttle, the bike will jerk about some and start accelerating. The same with rolling off the throttle at low speeds"


What you really need to do is learn how to use the clutch and the throttle properly (and simultaneously). It's all a matter of techique. I think that most complaints you hear about throttle "jerkiness" are really just inexperienced riding technique. The throttle's never gonna react well if your clutch is all the way out and you're lugging at 5 miles/hour. At this point you should be accellerating and just releasing the clutch. Same thing when you roll off the throttle. You're always working the clutch (maybe just a tiny bit) to buffer the abrupt changes in throttle. I think most of us do this sub-consiously without even realizing it. I rarely ever notice any jerkiness unless i'm really sloppy with my clutch hand.