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Nice. Congratulations.

5 acres is a nice area to get a basic feel for it. Have him do some of the drills you learned to work on his skills.

Locking forward to meeting / riding with him someday.
 
That is a good bike. Make sure he fixes the stock suspension before trying to jump it. It is sprung for a 200lb rider in the rear and a 130 pound rider up front stock. That means it will try to put you over the bars. Fork springs are an easy swap and will make it a way better ride.
 
c_m_shooter said:
That is a good bike. Make sure he fixes the stock suspension before trying to jump it. It is sprung for a 200lb rider in the rear and a 130 pound rider up front stock. That means it will try to put you over the bars. Fork springs are an easy swap and will make it a way better ride.
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Not familiar with the bike but that sounds pretty nuts if really that different and your were not exaggerating some. Not saying you are wrong, just don't know why Kawasaki would do that as they normally don't do things that make no sense.

Assuming it's a problem. In the interim before he changes springs, my guess is that he could lower the preload on the rear shock to move some weight to the rear. Sounds like setting sag might be difficult on that bike....but also may be very important to do.
 
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