Congrats! Reading you review, we weigh the same and are the same size. And in the military, different team I suppose. The Dr Pulley 14GR sliders are a great investment. And I haven't found a motorcycle that can hang with me in the curves yet, but that's probably because of inexperienced riders. Yeah, it gets a bit squirrely since it's not really a performance oriented bike, but it still blows me away what it can do. Haven't tried with the sliders, I think it will make some difference. But as the rubber and the road are both cold, I think I'll wait until things warm up. No, I didn't buy it for cornering, it was just a nice surprise.