bottom line is that you adapt to what you ride after a while. You will do just fine on this sled, and they are not that heavy. take a few rides on some different terrain, trails, fields, ditchbanging and drift busting and you will get extrememly comfortable on the sled and know what you can and cannot do with it. many of us started out on older sleds with leaf spring suspension and narrow ski stances such as the old enticers, exciters and john deeres and such, and those sleds are a world away from what they are now, yet we did just fine on them. They rode like crap and were unstable at times, and now we have worked our way up to what we have now and are extremely confident with our sleds. Give it a few rides and you will love it. excellent motors.