let me pose the questions this way: I'm not a stranger to naked bikes, as I'm coming from a 1125cr. How much worse is a sumo for being beat up by the wind at higher speeds? here is a 1125cr in case people are not familiar with them. For seat height, I'm about 5'7" with something like a 30-32" in seam. Can I expect to get at least 1 foot down on the ground? or tippy toes with both? Am I going to have to find a step ladder to actually get on the thing? lol as for comfy seats, the street riding we do goes anywhere from 250 - 500 miles of twisties (and minimum of 90 miles of straight roads both ways from my house to SE ohio and back). Am I going to feel like I was doing it with black tod after each ride? I'm guessing I can reupholster the seats myself, but if there are aftermarket seats available, that would be handy to know. Basically, if my 1125cr was like... 100lbs lighter (it weighs about 400lbs dry), I would just have kept it. but sadly, to be in that weight range with nude bikes, i'm looking at sumos and dual sports from the looks of things. just trying to figure out if there was some way to get a sumo to fit the bill, or a dual sport to fit the bill, or a mix of both. This will be my only street bike.