....and they should be ridden like one....right.
Doesn't it rather depend on ones definition of sports and ridden? I mean in your case it involves a fair deal of falling off.
To make hasty progress I tend to just wack the throttle then change up. In short giving it a hard time. It's not good for the poor little engine. From now on "it's horses for courses" [1]. [1] Pip's Law.
