diff --git a/examples/10_yoyo.html b/examples/10_yoyo.html
index 172b73a..61599ea 100644
--- a/examples/10_yoyo.html
+++ b/examples/10_yoyo.html
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 			<h1><a href="http://github.com/tweenjs/tween.js">tween.js</a></h1>
 			<h2>10 _ yoyo</h2>
 			<p>Demonstrating the yoyo() feature.</p>
+			<button onclick="restart()">restart</button>
+			<button onclick="stop()">stop</button>
+			<button onclick="start()">start</button>
+			<button onclick="pause()">pause</button>
+			<button onclick="resume()">resume</button>
 		</div>
 		<div style="position: absolute; top: 100px; left: 400px; ">
 			<div id="target1" data-rotation="0" data-y="0" class="box" style="left: 0px; top: 0px">
@@ -33,6 +38,8 @@
 			init();
 			animate();
 
+			var restart, stop, start, pause, resume
+
 			function init() {
 				var target1 = document.getElementById( 'target1' ),
 					tween1 = new TWEEN.Tween( target1.dataset )
@@ -78,6 +85,41 @@
 							updateBox( target4, object );
 						})
 						.start();
+
+				restart = function() {
+					tween1.stop().start()
+					tween2.stop().start()
+					tween3.stop().start()
+					tween4.stop().start()
+				}
+
+				stop = function() {
+					tween1.stop()
+					tween2.stop()
+					tween3.stop()
+					tween4.stop()
+				}
+
+				start = function() {
+					tween1.start()
+					tween2.start()
+					tween3.start()
+					tween4.start()
+				}
+
+				pause = function() {
+					tween1.pause()
+					tween2.pause()
+					tween3.pause()
+					tween4.pause()
+				}
+
+				resume = function() {
+					tween1.resume()
+					tween2.resume()
+					tween3.resume()
+					tween4.resume()
+				}
 			}
 
 			function animate( time ) {
@@ -123,10 +165,10 @@
 				background: #cfc;
 			}
 			#target3 {
-				background: deeppink;
+				background: orange;
 			}
 			#target4 {
-				background: cyan;
+				background: skyblue;
 			}
 		</style>
 	</body>
diff --git a/src/Tween.js b/src/Tween.js
index 7dfa594..360930c 100644
--- a/src/Tween.js
+++ b/src/Tween.js
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ TWEEN.Tween = function (object, group) {
 	this._valuesEnd = {};
 	this._valuesStartRepeat = {};
 	this._duration = 1000;
+	this._initialRepeat = 0;
 	this._repeat = 0;
 	this._repeatDelayTime = undefined;
 	this._yoyo = false;
@@ -161,7 +162,9 @@ TWEEN.Tween.prototype = {
 
 	to: function (properties, duration) {
 
-		this._valuesEnd = Object.create(properties);
+		for (var prop in properties) {
+			this._valuesEnd[prop] = properties[prop];
+		}
 
 		if (duration !== undefined) {
 			this._duration = duration;
@@ -183,6 +186,22 @@ TWEEN.Tween.prototype = {
 
 		this._group.add(this);
 
+		this._repeat = this._initialRepeat;
+
+		if (this._reversed) {
+			// If we were reversed (f.e. using the yoyo feature) then we need to
+			// flip the tween direction back to forward.
+
+			this._reversed = false;
+
+			var property;
+
+			for (property in this._valuesStartRepeat) {
+				this._swapEndStartRepeatValues(property);
+				this._valuesStart[property] = this._valuesStartRepeat[property];
+			}
+		}
+
 		this._isPlaying = true;
 
 		this._isPaused = false;
@@ -196,6 +215,17 @@ TWEEN.Tween.prototype = {
 
 		for (var property in this._valuesEnd) {
 
+			// If `to()` specifies a property that doesn't exist in the source object,
+			// we should not set that property in the object
+			if (this._object[property] === undefined) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			// Save the starting value only once.
+			if (typeof(this._valuesStart[property]) !== 'undefined') {
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			// Check if an Array was provided as property value
 			if (this._valuesEnd[property] instanceof Array) {
 
@@ -215,16 +245,7 @@ TWEEN.Tween.prototype = {
 
 			}
 
-			// If `to()` specifies a property that doesn't exist in the source object,
-			// we should not set that property in the object
-			if (this._object[property] === undefined) {
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			// Save the starting value, but only once.
-			if (typeof(this._valuesStart[property]) === 'undefined') {
-				this._valuesStart[property] = this._object[property];
-			}
+			this._valuesStart[property] = this._object[property];
 
 			if ((this._valuesStart[property] instanceof Array) === false) {
 				this._valuesStart[property] *= 1.0; // Ensures we're using numbers, not strings
@@ -331,6 +352,7 @@ TWEEN.Tween.prototype = {
 
 	repeat: function (times) {
 
+		this._initialRepeat = times;
 		this._repeat = times;
 		return this;
 
diff --git a/test/unit/tests.js b/test/unit/tests.js
index d0f3136..6c8e7be 100644
--- a/test/unit/tests.js
+++ b/test/unit/tests.js
@@ -1069,6 +1069,51 @@
 
 			},
 
+			'Test yoyo can be stopped and restarted properly': function(test) {
+
+				TWEEN.removeAll();
+
+				var obj = { x: 0 },
+					t = new TWEEN.Tween( obj ).to( { x: 100 }, 100 ).repeat( 1 ).yoyo(true);
+
+				t.start( 0 );
+
+				TWEEN.update( 0 );
+				test.equal( obj.x, 0 );
+
+				TWEEN.update( 25 );
+				test.equal( obj.x, 25 );
+
+				TWEEN.update( 100 );
+				test.equal( obj.x, 100 );
+
+				TWEEN.update( 125 );
+				test.equal( obj.x, 75 );
+
+				t.stop();
+				t.start( 0 );
+
+				TWEEN.update( 0 );
+				test.equal( obj.x, 0 );
+
+				TWEEN.update( 25 );
+				test.equal( obj.x, 25 );
+
+				TWEEN.update( 100 );
+				test.equal( obj.x, 100 );
+
+				TWEEN.update( 125 );
+				test.equal( obj.x, 75 );
+
+				TWEEN.update( 200 );
+				test.equal( obj.x, 0 );
+
+				TWEEN.update( 225 );
+				test.equal( obj.x, 0 );
+
+				test.done();
+			},
+
 			'Test TWEEN.Tween.stopChainedTweens()': function(test) {
 				var t = new TWEEN.Tween( {} ),
 					tStarted = false,