I have had great luck using mine just like a regular tranny. When I purchased mine from Greg at WCR a few years ago, he flat out told me, ride it however you want...period! In the last year or so, I have seen people start to say don't backload them..... maybe Greg has decided they are bullet proof if you don't back load them. I have slowed the bike, down shifting(backloading the living hell out of it) w/o pulling the clutch, upshifted, donwshifted... you name it. I have not been able to kill this thing. It was in a duner for two years, now this season in a drag bike and shifts like the day I got it. Greg gives a warrenty and stands behind his word...