got the bike started today, took like 20 minutes before it would run without the choke, even then it took about another 10 minutes before it would take any throttle, reving from idle was a dog till about 7-8000 then it would rev like it should. Went for a ride, definiately a big wide dead spot off the bottom, taking off from a stop took some revs and a easy clutch or it would die, once moving it came alive about 7000 and then would zip through the gears providing i kept the revs up there. Pretty fun bike to ride, first time on a ricer, handled great.