New tyres and steering is really different
 

Hi all, I just got some beautiful new tkc80's for my 05 xtx, I used to hahave some full road tyres can't remember the brand they were 120/60/17 and 160/60/17, my new tyres are 120/70/17 and 150/70/17, I understand that the steering would be slightly different but now the bike wants to resist Turing into corners and want to lean but once you start Turing it wants to dive into the lean quite rapidly, it could just be were I'm not used to the new tyres shapes ect but I wondered if anyone else experienced similar issues with the tkc80's or whether it's maybe bearings or something else, I do have a leaking forkseal and it did effect steering befor eg wobbleing when cornering g but now it feels more like the bike wants to turn in a different way

Kind regards Adam

Don’t worry at all mate I bought a tiger 800 5 months ago did not like te tyres so changed them.I thought something was wrong with the bike it just wanted to lean right over and did not want to turn. But trust me when you go out next time by the end of the ride You will Be used to the change. Changing to a different tyre can be dramatic (not always) but I really would not worry give it 2 or 3 more rides and you won’t remember the other tyre ride.

Thanks mate i did have a feeling it would take a while I had a similar thing when I changed to SM on my xr400, I got to do the forkseals soon anyway so I'm going to check bearings all-round when I do them anyway, ride safe my friend

Will do mate all the best Ian