In the last episode (not a spoiler) Jax got on his bike and while starting it was down shifting, looked like from 4th or 5th. Maybe he was just confirming he was in 1st. If not, that's quite the faux pas in a biker flick.
I tried to watch but just couldn't get into it. I think the vast majority of "bikers" (aka posers) now who ride around and try to portray an image of exactly what they are not pretty much ruined it for me. I always chuckle though when I see a convoy of accountants and doctors riding their hogs down the road trying as hard as they can to look like badasses, and failing hard.