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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Beamer Reamer" data-source="post: 492551" data-attributes="member: 15521">I have the AE as well and love it, now that I have made a few adjustments.  The first day I rode it, it was very, very hard to be smooth.  I almost immediately backed off the throttle spring one revolution which made a world of difference.  The next thing I did was add grip puppies which not only made the grip larger (duh) but made it "stickier".  This makes it a lot easier to smoothly work the throttle since you aren't squeezing hard any longer.  Last, I installed the PC3 and used the Wally Smoothness map for the lower RPM's - 2500 and down.  With these three mods, the bike is super smooth.This past couple of days I operated it in downtown Portland, through tight parking garages, low speed tight turns, and stop and go traffic - all with a passenger.  It handled awesome.As mentioned earlier, working the throttle at higher RPM shifts is the name of the game.  You can hear when you miss...</blockquote>