Your weight shouldn't be a problem because you are close to the weight they build the bikes for.
It's a long time since I read about the European Honda test team, they signed off on all new Honda models over 250cc. At that stage the English rider was the senior tester and he had to keep his weight close to the Honda spec weight, which IIRC was 72kg.
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Perfect post. Not one herecy and a lot of good advice. RT would approve for sure.
If you want really good suspension response the factory offerings are very unlikely to be good enough for you. My last four bikes have had the KSS treatment and it has been money well spent.
Huh! Never saw this thread till now.
On my 11 we made some mods which transformed the STR. I rode a mates one and was reminded how bad they are std. Last couple of posts on the money.
The fork Springs for my 80kg are too soft. The valving is primitive. I went Racetech valves on my Tiger and was going to again but a mate does Wellington KTech so he convinced me to try their valves. Big improvement with 0.95 Springs .
The rear shock is quite good but had a stupid 12kg rear spring. Changed to a 10 but also stk valving is wacko. Some new shims and now it doesn't skate over stutter bumps yet hard enough for sport riding. Don't underestimate how much the rear affects the front.
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