Well it's good to know my testing seems to be consistent with the testing of others. Hot_Georgia, I did accelleration testing as well, although mine was mainly designed around the idea of shifting at a fixed RPM and trying different throttle positions. You can't really "force" the CVT to let you give full throttle but limit engine speeds to 2500rpm, so it makes sense that you saw dramatically different results. Mine were pretty much inconclusive. I couldn't get enough repeatability to call it a valid test, unfortunately, hence only publishing the steady speed results above. Maybe the next-gen HX will come with an FCD? One can wish.