I have a 2001 750 with about 6200 or so miles on it. I got the thing last summer with about 3,500 on the odometer. The bike had been down on both sides, but it looked like light cosmetic damage, so I bought it.
The dealer had put new tires on mine and swapped the old ones from mine to an older bike, these tires were brand new when I got it.
A lot of my riding has been straight line due to my area of residence, but I have also gone out and hit some nice twisty roads at high speeds, which brings up my question.
Do my tires suck for curves that bad or is there another problem? Maybe just that it is a Katana? I ask because I have what I would call a washout of the front tire at higher speeds when cornering. I will try and describe it better for you:
Let's say I am trying to hit a left hander, I am in a good lean and all of the sudden I feel the front tire kind of "skipping" to the right, as if it simply doesn't want to go where it is supposed to.
Again I am wonderig if this may be some other problem such as in the forks, should I go all the way to hard settings or what?
The back tire does slide a bit, but I have felt that before , just not under such low power situations, and the tires seem to never warm up, and just flat ass don't stick like I think they should.
The tires are continental contiforce Front:120/70/zr/17 rear 150/70/zr17
I have no confidence in these tires, which makes brisk riding suck!
The dealer had put new tires on mine and swapped the old ones from mine to an older bike, these tires were brand new when I got it.
A lot of my riding has been straight line due to my area of residence, but I have also gone out and hit some nice twisty roads at high speeds, which brings up my question.
Do my tires suck for curves that bad or is there another problem? Maybe just that it is a Katana? I ask because I have what I would call a washout of the front tire at higher speeds when cornering. I will try and describe it better for you:
Let's say I am trying to hit a left hander, I am in a good lean and all of the sudden I feel the front tire kind of "skipping" to the right, as if it simply doesn't want to go where it is supposed to.
Again I am wonderig if this may be some other problem such as in the forks, should I go all the way to hard settings or what?
The back tire does slide a bit, but I have felt that before , just not under such low power situations, and the tires seem to never warm up, and just flat ass don't stick like I think they should.
The tires are continental contiforce Front:120/70/zr/17 rear 150/70/zr17
I have no confidence in these tires, which makes brisk riding suck!
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