Hello from Texas
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Yes it is very tall in the gears. below 20 mph keep it in first and feather your clutch/throttle
I have had to learn to ride mine smoothly up here in these hills, lots of 10 and 15 mph curves here lol
the rest of the time I am in second/third gear.... I never see 4th unless we make it out to hwy 36 and rarely see 5th gear unless on the slab
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clutch control
Yamaha took the vstar 1300 and adjusted the stroke, then changed the gearing of the tranny. It likes to run at higher rpms than most twins, but for low speeds your best solution is simply clutch control. It has been weird for me getting used to a higher rpm twin compared to the vstar 1100 i had years ago... course i'm also trying to shake my sportbike riding habits lol
Congrats on the purchase. There is a LOT of awesome stuff you can do to this bike... hope you have pocket $$$$
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Welcome from Northern AZ! A lot of us do the 30t pulley mod to correct that jerky feel. Its a worthy mod. 99% of us would agree, theres always a few haters 
Here's the forum link:
http://www.yamahastarstryker.com/18-mods-accessories/7185-front-pulley-change.html
Here's the forum link:
http://www.yamahastarstryker.com/18-mods-accessories/7185-front-pulley-change.html
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Welcome to the forum from the Heart of the Finger Lakes NYS, USA http://www.yamahastarstryker.com/18-mods-accessories/1797-changing-front-pulley-more-power.html
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Congrats and welcome man, where r u in Texas? Quite a few of us in Dfw... And yes like most said it likes higher rpms. I think of it as a vtwin and r1 had a baby and produced the stryker, takes some time to get use to the beast but once you do it's all smiles
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Welcome from NH... !! You picked a great bike, My 20 day temps just ran out on my bike yesterday... With 650 miles in 20 days on my new Stryker and I love it!!!! :tongue: Enjoy the new bike and welcome to the forums!!!!
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