Today I had the original tires taken off of my 96 due to dry rot cracks around the rim. Replaced with Cheng-Shin Barracudas. I know they aint Dunlops but they are round and rubber. All the same to me. Anyhow, the ride home was wet due to a frog strangler that fell while the tires were being put on so I took my time because of that and the slick new rubber. But here is where I am puzzled. In curves that I take almost daily in the dry @ 55-60 conservatively, the bike seemed to be harder to lay over, like it was trying to stand up. Actually concerned me enough to slow way down once. Any ideas what may have caused this feeling? Me not used to the new tires? Air pressure? Tire compounds?

New tires have some sort of protective coating that takes 100 miles or so to wear off. Ride carefully until you have some miles on your new tires.

Yea the 100 mi. thing I knew. Reason #2 I was taking my time. But they just felt wierd in the curve. I appreciate the input and I'll definately keep a check on the psi.

I've used Cheng-Shen tires before and gotten good service from them.  They seem to specialize in odd sizes - I rebuilt and old Yahama RD250 and Cheng-Shen was the only manufacturer that made the original size.  Hope this helps.

I recently put new Dunlop tires on my ride. When I left the shop and made the first turn I thought I was going down and immediately straightened it back up. Even being aware that they may be a little squirrley at first, it caught me by surprise. Now that I have several hundred miles on them it's smooth riding again. Very freaky that first turn though.

Jim Smith wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:



I really like the way the lay on the road.