Well I must say that this farkle really makes a difference in throttle control. I did not have too much trouble with smooth acceleration from a stop but more so on gear changes, especially with my wife on board. This eliminated 80% of the jerky motion from on/off throttle response. I had one on my ST1300 but do not remember it making this much of a difference, then again the ST1300 is not the beast of a bike that the C14 is.