Hmmm- seeing as I'm heavier than you, and sometimes in a great while the wife rides with me, and I'm very concerned about bottoming out, maybe I should think about getting the HD's and I can always keep the really soft. I can handle the bumps - the roads that I travel are just fine...plus I grew up with dirtbikes, so manytimes I catch myself lifting my *** off the seat some when I know a bump is coming...