Yes indeed I put bearings in, got them from Walawalastore on ebay - I've bought from them before. Works out to about $1/bearing, plus shipping. Nice!

The truck did come with the sport tuned motor, as well as an MSC (that I won't be using). Aaaah...the good old days of wondering why the MSC gets stuck, and burning your fingers on the little resistors that attach to it, and getting another servo in there to move the MSC. That's a lot of extra junk in there!