Triumph, like most manufactures now, does a great job of placing the weight in the correct spot. I've been on every heavyweight cruiser out there and the R3T is as good a handler as nay of them, and better than most. This assumes that the driver knows how to tell a big bike waht to do and how to do it. I've seen several try to handle these bikes like a sport bike and they don't respond well to that. You really need to be clean with the line selection and set-up. Don't think so? I witnessed a former AMA racer SMOKE a few Daytona 675's on the street. What an eye opener!