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Nothing's wrong with the spring. It just depends on what you are doing with the bike. It would be great if you do the occasional 2 up riding. In a lot of cases, Daytona 675s don't even have pillion pegs and spend most of their time on the track or misbehaving elsewhere. For that kind of riding, the stock spring is a bit stiff, depending upon rider size.
I put an Elka shock on my bike, with the spring sized for my weight about six months ago. Shortly after installing it, a friend and I took a road trip to Portland for a track day with both our bikes in the back. His 675 is bone stock, while mine has the aftermarket shock. Looking in the rearview mirror was pretty unnerving. His bike was bouncing all over the place like you might expect from a bike with its forks strapped down in the back of a van. My bike was just sitting there like it was part of the van. I thought I had really screwed up my bike, because it didn't behave at all like I expect a bike to behave, but once I got it out on the track, I discovered the rear felt a whole lot more planted.
Sure, there is shock valving and adjustment involved, too, but the softer spring made the back of the bike more compliant. The bike started out plenty stable, but now it is even more stable and doesn't hop in certain parts of the track like it used to.
So, there are reasons to change the spring, but it is fine as-is. My friend is like greased lightening on his bike, and he weighs a little less than I do.
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