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Originally Posted by
PaddyR
Hello, I was going to put the thread title as "21 or 17" then thought better of it.
Just got a 2006 XT660R, I found the 21 inch front wheel quite sluggish getting over into the bends.
Like flicking through a medium sized roundabout (UK so on the left)
Very laboured going into first left then it will flick bolt upright instantly (I do like that bit) then laboured again hanging right, flick bolt upright again then the same sorta lazy hang left to exit.
I'm assuming it's the massive gyroscopic effect of the wheel, so anyone messed with swapping wheels? or do they have different fork bottoms/disks?
Any comments welcome
Cheers
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What you describe is the classic nature of a 21� front wheel some years ago I had an Africa Twin and that was the same it�s just the trade off because if you are going to go off-road best results will always be the bigger wheel.
I sold the bike and bought Triumph Tiger which had a 19� way better than the 21� on the road and in the end put a 17� in the front to get the result I wanted so the bottom line despite my waffle you want a quick turning XT but an X and then drop the forks in yoke or change the front wheel size.